USA election y'all

[Basingstokered]

One down, one to go.

Nice to see local loons getting some hate on here for a change

[57vintage]

Nice to see local loons getting some hate on here for a change

Considering his NUJ picketing background when Aberdeen Journals went on strike, I thought he'd be anathema to you reactionaries.

It's a funny old world - yet Jenny Eclair still gets a gig.

[Basingstokered]

Considering his NUJ picketing background when Aberdeen Journals went on strike, I thought he'd be anathema to you reactionaries.

It's a funny old world - yet Jenny Eclair still gets a gig.

I don’t mind people going on strike, I always enjoyed seeing them cry when the old bill beat them.

To be honest that lot look workshy so probably did aberdeen journals a favor by not turning up. Could let the proper workers get on with it !

[57vintage]

I don’t mind people going on strike, I always enjoyed seeing them cry when the old bill beat them.

So which of your employment benefits won by trades unions' struggles in the past 150 years are you willing to forego (may not apply in the self-declared home of western democracy and freedom)?

- fair, negotiated wage rates?
- reasonable hours of work?
- weekends?
- workplace anti-bullying and coercion measures?
- paid overtime?
- sickness absence cover and payment?
- paid maternity/paternity leave?
- safety and wellbeing at work?

Just tick all of the above, eh?

[Basingstokered]

So which of your employment benefits won by trades unions' struggles in the past 150 years are you willing to forego (may not apply in the self-declared home of western democracy and freedom)?

- fair, negotiated wage rates?
- reasonable hours of work?
- weekends?
- workplace anti-bullying and coercion measures?
- paid overtime?
- sickness absence cover and payment?
- paid maternity/paternity leave?
- safety and wellbeing at work?

Just tick all of the above, eh?

Considering I wasn’t in a trade union I couldn’t really care for what they do.

Another thing dress for the job you want and that lot have dressed for the dole.

[57vintage]

Considering I wasn’t in a trade union I couldn’t really care for what they do.

Ah. You benefit from historical struggle to win rights but fail to acknowledge it.

Gotcha.

Just pull up that ladder.

Thanks for confirming.

[Basingstokered]

Ah. You benefit from historical struggle to win rights but fail to acknowledge it.

Gotcha.

Just pull up that ladder.

Thanks for confirming.

Unfortunately for you the areas I worked in trade unions were illegal

[InversneckieDob]

So which of your employment benefits won by trades unions' struggles in the past 150 years are you willing to forego (may not apply in the self-declared home of western democracy and freedom)?

- fair, negotiated wage rates?
- reasonable hours of work?
- weekends?
- workplace anti-bullying and coercion measures?
- paid overtime?
- sickness absence cover and payment?
- paid maternity/paternity leave?
- safety and wellbeing at work?

Just tick all of the above, eh?

Aye, but those things would've happened any way.
You know how philanthropic the free market is.

God bless trickle-down economics.

[57vintage]

Aye, but those things would've happened any way.
You know how philanthropic the free market is.

God bless trickle-down economics.

Someone much more astute than me once observed, “ I have a joke about trickle down economics, but 99% of you will never get it”

I was relying on your input on this one to give your usual etymological insight to the use of ‘imply’ on which I seem to have sinned, and ‘infer’ on which both complainants seem to be innocent.

I’m awaiting our old pal Mr L’s comments on any intended implication of his original words. I’ll censor the profanity.

[InversneckieDob]

Someone much more astute than me once observed, “ I have a joke about trickle down economics, but 99% of you will never get it”

I was relying on your input on this one to give your usual etymological insight to the use of ‘imply’ on which I seem to have sinned, and ‘infer’ on which both complainants seem to be innocent.

I’m awaiting our old pal Mr L’s comments on any intended implication of his original words. I’ll censor the profanity.

I examined the threads and drew no inference of linguistic impropriety.