Spain setting an example

[spitfire]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10109275.stm

Will there be riots?

Originally Posted by spitfire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10109275.stm

Will there be riots?

Good move. Unpopular but necessary. Hope for similar if not greater cuts announced here in the emergency budget.

[mackembulldog]

Originally Posted by CanaryWharfMackem

Good move. Unpopular but necessary. Hope for similar if not greater cuts announced here in the emergency budget.

Cabinet ministers reducing their pay by 15% may not be forthcoming though. Lead by example?

[Stevie Freestein II]

As long as Dave does this then I can't see a problem:

"We aim to cut civil service wages by an average of 5% in 2010 and freeze them in 2011," he added.

He said his own salary and those of senior cabinet members would be cut by 15%.

Interesting to note that the unemployment rate in Spain is about 20%, reckon the UK rate will be at least 10% within 2 years.

[SproutMackem]

Originally Posted by mackembulldog

Cabinet ministers reducing their pay by 15% may not be forthcoming though. Lead by example?

they gave themselves a big rise last year. (the Spanish MPs)

[mackembulldog]

Originally Posted by SproutMackem

they gave themselves a big rise last year. (the Spanish MPs)

Ahhh.. cut from the same cloth as the british bankers then... rewards for failure

[spitfire]

So then a question to all you public sector workers then. Are you prepared to take wage cuts in order to minimise job losses for your colleagues?

[Big Sharp Teeth]

Originally Posted by spitfire

So then a question to all you public sector workers then. Are you prepared to take wage cuts in order to minimise job losses for your colleagues?

Yes. It seems like the only sensible course of action to me.

Not sure if my colleagues agree.

[mackembulldog]

Originally Posted by spitfire

So then a question to all you public sector workers then. Are you prepared to take wage cuts in order to minimise job losses for your colleagues?

If in that position I would, yes. However, I would say that the large majority of people in this country wouldn't be that selfess and use the 'I'm alright Jack' stance. Better to cut the wages of the many than a percentage of workers (whatever that ratio would be).

[janiep]

Originally Posted by spitfire

So then a question to all you public sector workers then. Are you prepared to take wage cuts in order to minimise job losses for your colleagues?

As a private sector worker, should the situation ever arise, yes.