Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(23/12/2016 08:04)ls1911 Wrote:  Don't always believe the newspapers,there's nearly always other t&cs thrown in that management 'forget' to inform the press about.
No-one decides to go on strike lightly

That's true & I may have been a little hasty with my earlier response. Certainly, with regard to the public sector pay cap that's been in place for about 8 years now, the official line (and the one the press normally take) is that everyone will get at least a 1% pay increase each year.

The reality is somewhat different as we have a pay pot of 1% which has to be distributed. Given that many people in public sector jobs are paid at the minimum wage, and that's getting increased by more than 1% each year, the extra money for that comes out of the pay pot - leaving less than 1% for everyone else.

Add in attacks on T&C's and pensions, and the reality is that many people are either financially static, or worse off in real terms, but the press never let the truith get in the way of a good story.