NoFaultFound said:
What a load of bollocks. Civvies who don't want change as it may upset the cushy working practices that they have become accustomed to. Lots going on with Fleet Transformation but you won't see Jolly Jack striking, no they just have to lump it and get on with it. If they want sympathy they are going about in the wrong way the scrimshankers.
I believe if we had the right to strike Mr pear Blair, Brown bear, baboon Hoon & two jobs Des Brown would very quickly listen to members of all 3 forces instead of this trying to paint a very different picture from what i see (can only speak for myself) in day to day service life. I find it harder to find anyone serving (on submarines, mostly afties) who has the opinion that the RN is in a good state of repair. The sooner that the spin doctors reliase that the lower decks don't give a monkey's feck about the big picture etc and are only interested in subjects like pay, watchbills, time to sea/shore ratio and maybe a decent run ashore maybe the navy will recover. All i see is misery for the guys, like myself stuck inside. Five odd years ago all i heard was it was the fault of the 90's redundancies but things will get better, this in my opinion is true apart from get better, if anything things have got worst.
Had a little cuckle watching the news last night that the police service pay rise is split, welcome to our world. There was a bit more to the story but a police fed spokeman indicated that the police striking is against the law and maybe its members are begining to ask for a change in the law to allow them to strike. Maybe its time for the forces, police are able to strike. We serve our masters but what happens when your master treats you like sh*t, you roll over and say
"please sir, can i have some more"