I had what I would consider to be a fairly big victory at work today, not so much because I fought for something and won, but because I asked a question and it turned out I was right and gained a substantial amount of money as a result.
Then you have a domino effect at the News of the World. A few dodgy characters decide to hack dead peoples' voicemail and a whole 168 year old print publication sinks in the space of a week. Hardly fair to all the people who work there and had no knowledge or part in this scandal. Rupert Murdoch seems to be willing to just do it.
Added to that the whole JLC unconstitutionality. The employer that took it was probably described as an idiot, a tight arse and any number of significantly more derogatory names. Just because it was an unpopular action, doesn't mean it was wrong, and although it will have an impact at some level, this country has much larger issues than JLC wage mechanisms. If our government were to have the balls to slash and burn on the long term unemployed then they'd be begging for these low paid (hah...€8.65 is luxury wages to unemployed people in most of Europe) and maybe some of our more necessary hospitals could keep their A&E open after 8pm!
Anyhow, a thought, a rambling and a little rant from me!
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