That was the slogan by the PM last year. It has been proved that he does not care about British workers at all.
With the credit crunch and vast industries suffering, should jobs go to British workers?
The current " wildcat strikes " are I feel, the tip of the iceburgh . Not only are people fighting for their jobs, but also their families well being.
This artical for me, sums everything up. After reading this I had to say what they always do, in the house of Commons, when they agree with something...... here here.
time for a revolution me thinks
(oh gawd really must put fidels life story down now :shock: )
I am not at all militant, and I am not a member of any union.
I believe in the right person for the right job, what ever their nationality, but what is happening now is not right.
There are two many folk in that area that are already can be trained to do those jobs, even if its costs a little extra to do so.
We are now living in difficult times that can be hard to deal with, but by good leadership by all the powers that govern the world today, things will be good again, but I for one do not see that happening quickly.
I will boldly type...
British jobs for British workers!
Lucys post.
In 1973 the UK agreed to join the EEC. The people got a vote on that and the result was a positive, in favour of joining.
The people never ever signed up for anything else other than what it was billed as at the time, which was treaty to jointly trade with the rest of Europe. We did not agree or sign up to this...
The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union, TEU) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht, the Netherlands after final negotiations on December 9, 1991 between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993 during the Delors Commission. It created the European Union and led to the creation of the euro. The Maastricht Treaty has been amended to a degree by later treaties.
Europe has now got a lot of control over our own laws. They have not been elected to do that from the British people, and as such we now have them telling us what laws we can and cannot use.
The European twats who run this shambles, will not even accept the fact that Ireland wants out. The Irish vote will be turned around so that they will have no choice but to sign. We were promised a votebut we will never get it, as the powers to be know, that we will veto it. That is not what we voted for back in 1973, but have had to watch and listen to our country being turned upside down, by people who we have not elected to run our country.
Best send all the brits working abroad back then.
I did realise that Neil, I had understood the way the company who had originally won the contract then sub-contracted it out to the Italian company.
I agree that the trouble has come by the British not being able to put in an acceptable tender.
Is there someone to blame there, that our own British owned companys are not in that positon to be able to compete?
The families of the Italian workers contracted for this work, must be over the moon that they are in work, as I hear that their country is suffering too with the economic down turn.
I never used to know anyone effected by the world conditions today(the financial ones).
Now we have 3 close friends who businesses have failed, and put many out of work at their work places.
We know of 4 friends who are now on 3 day weeks.
My daughters boyfriend after several years employed by the same company, 2 weeks ago was told to go home, and the company was in administration.
My son due to finish his degree this year, has no chance of a job, in the career he has chosen to study!
Bad times all round.
The solution???????
Does anyone know where Peanut and Dave-notts have gone?
I am waiting for their take on this!
What a load of bitching.
Polish truckers sell diesel at 50p litre, that undercuts the english ones 70p litre.
Competition.
The Xenophobia and right wing rhetoric are predictable and common responses to the hard parts of economic cycles - you will always find them in the lazy columns of the tabloid wasters, it saves having to actually think about what is happening.
Personally I believe what we are seeing isnt a thing that is about international borders, its about the owners of labour and the owners of the means of production (no Im not a Marxist by nature). I think we are witnessing a sea change in the way the world sees non productive speculative bankers who produce nothing, make nothing and add no value whatsoever to the world rake huge amounts of money off the backs of those of us who do produce something meaningful.
I have no doubt that the early stages will be painful, but the truth is as much as the rich believe we cannot get by without them they will not eventually be able to resist the fact that the truth is quite the opposite.
These people from Italy and Portugal are working men like me, and I have no doubt there would be whoops of congratulatory joy if a British company was awarded a contract in their countries. So lets not blame the working man for a system of monetary nonsense founded on greed, lets just watch the pin striped fuckers fall.
kewl , what kind of content would Gaunty suggest for a program like that ?
Well lots of different views. IMHO if europeans come across here and can do a job better than local people at the same rate of pay then fine. But this situation is not quite that - a foriegn company outbid uk companies, how? Maybe because they pay thier employee's less - if that is the case that is wrong, they should have to pay the going rate for the country they are working in. Or maye the local companies where cr*p.
Moving outside of this, and to a more general point - like i said at the beginning, non-nationals should only get the job if they are better than nationals.