Comments by "Brandon Stiffe" (@Stiffytheenlightened) on "More industries to strike? 'Nurses, postal workers, railway workers' says Eddie Dempsey" video.

Look, when the people at the bottom get a pay rise, it increases the pay of everyone in the organisation. It will then spiral to other strong unions leaving some people very poor. Seeking a pay rise now is detrimental to the fortunes of this country. The Unions are only doing it to oust the Tory Party, union leaders having massive salaries themselves. I was a Coal Miner and we did it in the 70's and 80's, and yes there were a few lower paid people but we squeezed the system until we had money beyond our dreams but it destroyed the economy and the government were forced to act. The government know whats coming this time and are prepared to prevent wage rises at all costs, even the destruction of those industries
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@vivalaleta You won't be saying that when the power goes off and candles are £20 each
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@casperwallace9685 Why would they care? They would just wait till everyone starved. They waited a year for the miners to starve themselves back to work.
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@casperwallace9685 Like I said before, why would they care? They would just wait till everyone starved. They waited a year for the miners to starve themselves back to work.
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@chefroud2415 Profits going down or not, the government can't let pay rises happen.
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@clouddog2393 That is unfortunate. The overall heath of the country's economy must come first.
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@petermartinaitis8166 Yes, some spent the money on beer and a flash car. I bought a house and saved any spare money.
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@brendan2415 Yes, some spent the money on beer and a flash car. I bought a house and saved any spare money.
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@johnholmes8178 Not a chance - the Unions will have to accept the new laws.
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@Cronhour That was a different issue at different time
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@maxisussex Yes this is the preamble to privatization.
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@46FreddieMercury91 Because they haven't had the pay rises yet, obviously. The government will prevent any further rises.
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