ShefChipShop Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 We also have tossers who think they are important but care little about regular people ( those I call the "lanyard losers" who wear their work ID badge round their neck even out of work because it makes them feel important). I love that description of certain public sector workers, as I know exactly what type of person you mean. I am all for working class solidarity, as long as we are all working and PAYE tax payers. The real backbone of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradescanthia Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 If all the guys working for NMW went on indefinate strike the country would be buggered. Just a thought............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Chemist, you make a couple of assumptions, one being that all who read the metro are unable to think for themselves. I have only ever read it to pass the time whilst travelling on public transport ( which I rarely do) believe it or not some people read a variety of newspapers to obtain a different perspective. The second is that you think that all who read this post are thick. Shall I tell you why? The Sun newspaper was castigated a few years ago for treating its readers like idiots. Do you know why? Because it highlighted certain words in BOLD! BLACK! capitals in order for its readers to grasp the story and keep it flowing. Much like you have done. The metro/DM link was somewhat light hearted... With the bold I was just trying to break the post up, I found it hard to read myself. I don't think adding quotes would have made it any easier to read. And you can't add pictures on here. Oh by the way, you do know that communism failed don't you? I'm just referring to your Orwellian comment. A lot of people have inherited housing after the fall of communism. Many of them still own, perhaps even rent it out, quite a few are working over here. Worryingly it seems that communism provided better housing for the people... And that a new landlord class is being born in certain parts of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodmally Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Im certain there will be a link to Affordable housing in there somewhere ,but as yet i cant find it. You dont think it would be a first for Chem1st no mention of housing do you? Or is this a miracle we wont see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howden Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 You obviously don't know how the rail industry is structured. Who are you going to talk to at the station regarding fares? Let us know how you get on when you pop down to your local station, I look forward to your reply. So, how did you get on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fivetide Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 It would make more sense (imo) to start a new style of union - aimed at the younger generations of people who now have 'middle class' jobs (phone shops, call centers, coffee chains) for exploitatively low pay. All the younger people who graduated into a society in which the unions are relics of history, who've never had the chance to see what a self-organised labour force can achieve when they work together for their own benefit, instead of working seperately for the benefit of the corporations. The new social media classes are ripe for a bit of properly organised mass action. Grrr. Back to socialism comrades, before it's too late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthenekred Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I think I've found a flaw in the plan already. Well spotted. Us and them, them and us. Never the twain shall meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I'm very much in favour of working class solidarity with emphaisis on the working. We should unite against those who cannot be bothered to work. Those people who will sit on their bright house sofas watching Jeremey Kyle all day while we pay our taxes to sustain them. They will go out and drink, smoke and take drugs while we are hard at work. Well they may occasionally stop doing this to procreate another kid to a different father. That'll be chem1st then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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