Rishi Sunak is working on tough new anti-strike laws

So you need to make the jobs super attractive with even more perks if you want a functioning public service for all.

Hence the strikes.

I think if you did that kind of strike, you'd be breaking the terms of your employment contract and could be sacked. Whereas its legal to strike by withdrawing your labour under certain conditions so you can't be sacked.

No it doesn't.

They could do payment strikes.

I heard of somewhere (can't remember where now) that just doesn't take payment on their public transport instead of disrupting service.

Win win, it hits the fat cats where it really hurts while not inconveniencing the public.

They had a lot more support from the public.

There’s vacancies in many sectors post pandemic it’s why unemployment is so low. Same in other countries with shortages

I don't think there are. How do you explain the staff shortages in so many areas? Who are the people you're thinking of? We had the Great Resignation, predictable, and as antelope says, people who can live on savings are doing that.

I presume the hope of govts everywhere is that the cost of living will drive all these people back to work.

what are Labour up to atm? We really need them to step up.

Because no one wants to work these jobs.

I don't disagree. But why aren't people entering these professions in their droves then? There's tons of vacancy's.

Our NHS trust has. The payrise that was given last year had to come out of existing budgets - it's didn't come as extra from the government so vacant posts were cut completely to fund it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/55089900

Public sector v. Private Sector - Pay Gap

I know a few people who have quit and living on savings until their state pension. This will only increase.

Former public sector are probably realising this. People can quit of course up to them but I doubt benefits is that great an option.

I dunno. There are so many people who would absolutely love to have the pay, pensions and excellent terms of conditions of those who are striking.

If he does this more people will quit work. Without wage rises plenty of people are better off on benefits or with only one partner working. I will look into it myself.

How long would it take for the country to notice we have a dictatorship? If people do not have the right to strike, how on Earth are they going to be heard? This is just as bad as silencing the dissent.

People would not need to strike if we had not had a shit government interested only on they own gain and fools that keep them in power.

Some unions like the RMT aren't affiliated to Labour.

No I just got a pile of mail - mostly bills.

Strikes are supposed to be disruptive!

We're stuck in the UK (unless you are wealthy enough to get your visa out of here)
We're having our right to protest removed
We're having our right to strike removed
We're denying refugees safe routes
We're struggling to get the basic needs of the population met
Human rights are being torn up

This is all Political choice

This x100.

The sad thing is that there are some people so clueless that they will happily see other workers be trampled on in a nasty rush to the bottom.

Labour still wouldn’t be able to do it. That’s why all their policies suggestions are so minimal they can only find a bit here and there.

We already have WFT so that is no longer the saviour it was once thought to be.

Labour wouldn’t be able to pay up for all these demands either. They are pro union though so it wouldn’t be easy politically.

The train strikes are a joke. Far too many of them disrupting many thousands of people.

Their demands are ridiculous. Guaranteed no redundancies etc. companies have to move with the times to be successful. They can't keep staffing ticket offices when technology is more efficient!

Borrowing is difficult because of Conservative Party arrogance and incompetence.

Borrowing is difficult due to market reaction. We already have WFT

But for inheritance tax what level are you thinking?

What are you even talking about?
Before 2010 public sector pay used to rise in line with inflation roughly (exH public sector). Then it was "frozen" due to austerity- no pay rises for 2 years, then max 1 % until 2018
So 4 years of some limited pay rises and now its back to "we can't afford it"
Meanwhile private sector are offering better pay and perks due to resourcing challenges. So low paid public sector staff are leaving to do less pressured/better paid private sector jobs.

If you got a job in 2008 and since then your pay had not kept up with inflation, so you had effectively taken a pay cut, would you be happy?

Also, many of those voting to strike are doing it because of the stress of the jobs/working conditions not pay. NHS staff are on their knees from the pandemic and there is no plan to make their jobs easier. They are watching heath trusts pay thousands per day for agency workers to cover staffshortages and then getting told there's no money for a pay rise.

I think our public services will just collapse more quickly if the government ban strikes as even more people will feel their only option is to leave. Its disgraceful in a supposedly affluent country.

The Tories destroyed the economy and they think destroying Workers' Rights will fix that? The Tories are a fucking disgrace who have wrecked the UK.

Money is available when they want it
This is country spending not household budgeting

There is some taxation that isn't income tax that could also be raised - I'm thinking inheritance for example as well as energy sector windfalls