Train strikes

[JamesWales]

Yet for around a decade, most low paid workers have never had a rise in line with inflation. Very few who work in the public sector have had rises in line with inflation. They were victims of Osborne and Cameron trying to save the public purse. Millions of people have seen costs rise while their wages haven't matched that for a decade or so. Now inflation is going through the roof while wages don't catch up. FFS, how much longer to working people have to "ride this out"?

Well, sorry to bring some facts to the table, but the minimum wage was £6.19 in 2012. It's £9.50 now. Thats an increase of 53%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation..._Wage_Act_1998

We can add a little from the last few months, but Inflation from 2012 to 2021 was 25%.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...ion-calculator

No one disputes the global financial crisis, then a pandemic then a war in Europe don't impact on things. They do. It's been fkn tough, but the solution isn't to give everyone 10% more money. You may want to support the union on ideological ground but you know that in your heart it isn't the answer for the country as a whole.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Well, sorry to bring some facts to the table, but the minimum wage was £6.19 in 2012. It's £9.50 now. Thats an increase of 53%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation..._Wage_Act_1998

We can add a little from the last few months, but Inflation from 2012 to 2021 was 25%.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...ion-calculator.

For a start, let's not start putting words in my mouth. Not at any stage did I say to give everyone 10%, neither did I offer support for the union. What I did ask was how much longer have working people got to "ride it out". You were rather reluctant to offer an opinion on this.

As for your stats on the minimum wage, good that there has been such an increase, but given that the minimum wage was so low to begin with, it needed to grow quickly. It also brings people into paying income tax, even with the rise in the personal allowance, so give with one hand, take away with the other.

I notice you had no response to public sector workers, nurses, teachers etc who have had their wages virtually frozen for a decade. Do you support them in their struggles against inflation or not?