Comments for Going To Work http://www.goingtowork.org.uk <em>Practical solidarity</em> for a world that <em>puts people first</em> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on NHS campaign update: After the Commons vote by DEAD NHS! READ A.S.A.P http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/nhs-campaign-update-after-the-commons-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-365 DEAD NHS! READ A.S.A.P Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:56:19 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=438#comment-365 ITS'S !!!!!! now UP to the NHS STAFF! to stop this nhs bill at the point of delivery!the nhs directors at fat cats at top of NHS have partly already sold out the nhs,but if the 400,000 plus staff of nhs say no to langsleys plans backed by the nhs scum at top..his plans are dead...the nhs staff will work under what already exists,ignoring langsleys plans! the nhs commisoning suppourt groups are not in his bill either!read nhs mangers.net,these commisioning things will help commisioning g.p's,but are seperate and ration out private health to those who can afford it...only...,there is no garantee in health bill to protect nhs.... they clearly want private cpnaies taking over whole nhs until its the PHS PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICE,,,YET STILL NAMED NHS...? oh and 3 layers of bueracrqcy are being replaced by 7 layers...! ITS’S !!!!!! now UP to the NHS STAFF!

to stop this nhs bill at the point of delivery!the nhs directors at fat cats at top of NHS have partly already sold out the nhs,but if the 400,000 plus staff of nhs say no to langsleys plans backed by the nhs scum at top..his plans are dead…the nhs staff will work under what already exists,ignoring langsleys plans! the nhs commisoning suppourt groups are not in his bill either!read nhs mangers.net,these commisioning things will help commisioning g.p’s,but are seperate and ration out private health to those who can afford it…only…,there is no garantee in health bill to protect nhs…. they clearly want private cpnaies taking over whole nhs until its the PHS PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICE,,,YET STILL NAMED NHS…? oh and 3 layers of bueracrqcy are being replaced by 7 layers…!

]]> Comment on Bad news from the Lords by M http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/bad-news-from-the-lords/comment-page-1/#comment-364 M Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:31:11 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=473#comment-364 If we lose the NHS to privatisation, we lose some essence of Britishness. If we are unwilling to help those in need, what does this say about us as a nation? I'm sick to death of Cameron talking about the better choice we'll have once this bill is passed. Choice is great, yes...if you're buying a sofa, but it is completely irrelevant in a healthcare setting. I want to know that I will get excellent care at any hospital that is free at the point of need. Competition and privatisation does not make for better standards, just look at out train network. Extortionate prices, unfathomable fares (when is off-peak?), dreadful standards, overcrowding. Also look at what competition has done to our high streets - big supermarkets have the monopoly whilst smaller, local businesses struggle and disappear (does any town centre need five Tesco Expresses?) Why are the Tories so scared of state-ownership? I don't want to end up like America. It's a nation of absolute myth. Of all the places I've travelled in the world, I've never seen such a vast chasm between the haves and have-nots, and they continually sniff at our socialist principles as if it was a big steaming pile. When you buy any insurance, there are clauses, terms, conditions, exclusions. Why on Earth would I want restrictions on my healthcare...'I'm sorry Mrs Jones, we can't fix your broken arm because you didn' pay your broken arm excess. And as for that nasty cut on your leg, if I can just draw your attention to clause 5.1, we couldn't possibly stitch that up', 'but I've paid thousands of pounds for this policy!' Who wants this for their future, honestly? No-one, not even the knee-jerk voters who welcomed the Tories in! I pay my taxes for the NHS, not some dubious war, or high speed b****y rail, or to clean out someone's duck pond, or to build some olympic stadium that will be weed-covered in a year's time. I pay my taxes for great honourable institutions like the NHS. Something we British should eternally be proud of and defend to the death! If we lose the NHS to privatisation, we lose some essence of Britishness. If we are unwilling to help those in need, what does this say about us as a nation?

I’m sick to death of Cameron talking about the better choice we’ll have once this bill is passed. Choice is great, yes…if you’re buying a sofa, but it is completely irrelevant in a healthcare setting. I want to know that I will get excellent care at any hospital that is free at the point of need. Competition and privatisation does not make for better standards, just look at out train network. Extortionate prices, unfathomable fares (when is off-peak?), dreadful standards, overcrowding. Also look at what competition has done to our high streets – big supermarkets have the monopoly whilst smaller, local businesses struggle and disappear (does any town centre need five Tesco Expresses?)

Why are the Tories so scared of state-ownership?

I don’t want to end up like America. It’s a nation of absolute myth. Of all the places I’ve travelled in the world, I’ve never seen such a vast chasm between the haves and have-nots, and they continually sniff at our socialist principles as if it was a big steaming pile. When you buy any insurance, there are clauses, terms, conditions, exclusions. Why on Earth would I want restrictions on my healthcare…’I'm sorry Mrs Jones, we can’t fix your broken arm because you didn’ pay your broken arm excess. And as for that nasty cut on your leg, if I can just draw your attention to clause 5.1, we couldn’t possibly stitch that up’, ‘but I’ve paid thousands of pounds for this policy!’

Who wants this for their future, honestly? No-one, not even the knee-jerk voters who welcomed the Tories in! I pay my taxes for the NHS, not some dubious war, or high speed b****y rail, or to clean out someone’s duck pond, or to build some olympic stadium that will be weed-covered in a year’s time. I pay my taxes for great honourable institutions like the NHS. Something we British should eternally be proud of and defend to the death!

]]> Comment on Bad news from the Lords by helene stone http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/bad-news-from-the-lords/comment-page-1/#comment-363 helene stone Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:34:47 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=473#comment-363 The NHS is most definately at risk. It is the one institution set up when this country was broke after the war. Its purpose to look after the health of ordinary people who could not afford medical care,often women and children. People fought and died for a fairer society where those who were disadvantaged and unable to work were still able to receive medical care and a welfare safety net. This is a mark of a civilised society. Instead since Thatcher, and including New Labour, the NHS has been systematically prepared to be taken over by private healthcare providers. These companies many of them foreign private healthcae providers have been circling around the Governments often given unfair access to decision making while all the time the NHS has seen its funding cut, £20 billion in savings, what and where does this figure come from. I work in the NHS and it feels like cuts and is ccertainly cuts in front line staff as I have experienced. The NHS has been in the process of privatisation since Thatcher and the process now is being escalated. For the Tories the recession has been a God sent opportunity to escalate their attack on the remaining nationalised organisations. The NHS is most definately at risk. It is the one institution set up when this country was broke after the war. Its purpose to look after the health of ordinary people who could not afford medical care,often women and children. People fought and died for a fairer society where those who were disadvantaged and unable to work were still able to receive medical care and a welfare safety net. This is a mark of a civilised society. Instead since Thatcher, and including New Labour, the NHS has been systematically prepared to be taken over by private healthcare providers. These companies many of them foreign private healthcae providers have been circling around the Governments often given unfair access to decision making while all the time the NHS has seen its funding cut, £20 billion in savings, what and where does this figure come from. I work in the NHS and it feels like cuts and is ccertainly cuts in front line staff as I have experienced. The NHS has been in the process of privatisation since Thatcher and the process now is being escalated. For the Tories the recession has been a God sent opportunity to escalate their attack on the remaining nationalised organisations.

]]> Comment on Welfare Reform Bill: First round goes to disabled activists by John Fawcett http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/welfare-reform-bill-first-round-goes-to-disabled-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-340 John Fawcett Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:37:24 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=538#comment-340 As the workers as being expected to accept wage cuts to defend jobs,wherever possible & the politicans generously gave back 5% of their earnings in 2010,pensioners like my mother-in law lost 25% of her winter fuel allowance,would it be too much to ask that a levy be placed on firms that make an increased profit to prop up this glorious system that we live/exist under. All 50yrs of my working life were spent working on bonus systems-chasing the clock & if we did not produce, we did not get or even expect any bonuses-bankers please take note. By the way & noting that we are all in this together, has anyone heard how much the royals are chipping in,including the duke of Ed,who,at a time when it has become popular to slag off immigrants,has become the dearest of them all over the years.Before someone points out that the the royals pull in loads of tourists, it would be fair to say,so does Mickey Mouse in Disneyland. As the workers as being expected to accept wage cuts to defend jobs,wherever possible & the politicans generously gave back 5% of their earnings in 2010,pensioners like my mother-in law lost 25% of her winter fuel allowance,would it be too much to ask that a levy be placed on firms that make an increased profit to prop up this glorious system that we live/exist under.
All 50yrs of my working life were spent working on bonus systems-chasing the clock & if we did not produce, we did not get or even expect any bonuses-bankers please take note.
By the way & noting that we are all in this together, has anyone heard how much the royals are chipping in,including the duke of Ed,who,at a time when it has become popular to slag off immigrants,has become the dearest of them all over the years.Before someone points out that the the royals pull in loads of tourists, it would be fair to say,so does Mickey Mouse in Disneyland.

]]> Comment on Sotheby’s: Bad for art? by Sotheby’s discovers the costs of being anti-union | STRONGER UNIONS http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/sothebys-bad-for-art/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Sotheby’s discovers the costs of being anti-union | STRONGER UNIONS Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:28:28 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=455#comment-297 [...] or something more modern – to the Teamsters strike fund should get in touch! Alternatively, send Sotheby’s UK a message about how they should settle their dispute with the [...] [...] or something more modern – to the Teamsters strike fund should get in touch! Alternatively, send Sotheby’s UK a message about how they should settle their dispute with the [...]

]]> Comment on Sotheby’s: Bad for art? by Unions bid up for Sotherby’s workers rights « 21stcenturymanifesto http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/sothebys-bad-for-art/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Unions bid up for Sotherby’s workers rights « 21stcenturymanifesto Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:34:18 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=455#comment-292 [...] for justice continues, and you can make your protest heard by sending Sotheby’s UK management an email. 0.000000 0.000000 Share this:StumbleUponDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...] [...] for justice continues, and you can make your protest heard by sending Sotheby’s UK management an email. 0.000000 0.000000 Share this:StumbleUponDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

]]> Comment on Sotheby’s: Bad for art? by Alan Shearn http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/sothebys-bad-for-art/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Alan Shearn Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:36:51 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=455#comment-291 This one has got the lot. Massive increase in profits and a doubling of the CEO's salary, workers who refuse to accept a reduction in their terma and conditions being locked out, unskilled agency workers being lined up to replace some of the jobs and the involvement of union busters rather than negotiation. If you want to know why you shhould support Occupy Wallstreet, look no further. This one has got the lot. Massive increase in profits and a doubling of the CEO’s salary, workers who refuse to accept a reduction in their terma and conditions being locked out, unskilled agency workers being lined up to replace some of the jobs and the involvement of union busters rather than negotiation.

If you want to know why you shhould support Occupy Wallstreet, look no further.

]]> Comment on Sotheby’s: Bad for art? by Sotheby’s customers get the message about workers’ rights | STRONGER UNIONS http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/sothebys-bad-for-art/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Sotheby’s customers get the message about workers’ rights | STRONGER UNIONS Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:08:33 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=455#comment-289 [...] The campaign for justice continues, and you can make your protest heard by sending Sotheby’s UK management an email. [...] [...] The campaign for justice continues, and you can make your protest heard by sending Sotheby’s UK management an email. [...]

]]> Comment on Bad news from the Lords by Maureen Poole http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/bad-news-from-the-lords/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Maureen Poole Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:13:28 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=473#comment-287 I just want to add my voice to those who are supporting Lord Owen and Lord Hennessey in their efforts to look after the original principles of our NHS. I don't normally get involved in political issues of the day (perhaps I should !) but this is one of our core services and with all the cut backs that the majority of our citizens are enduring currently, lack of jobs across the board for our young people and an ageing population, we MUST stop the slip into privatisation for the NHS. I just do not believe Davin Cameron's assertions that the huge changes will improve the quality of the service. I just want to add my voice to those who are supporting Lord Owen and Lord Hennessey in their efforts to look after the original principles of our NHS. I don’t normally get involved in political issues of the day (perhaps I should !) but this is one of our core services and with all the cut backs that the majority of our citizens are enduring currently, lack of jobs across the board for our young people and an ageing population, we MUST stop the slip into privatisation for the NHS. I just do not believe Davin Cameron’s assertions that the huge changes will improve the quality of the service.

]]> Comment on Sotheby’s: Bad for art? by Show Solidarity at Sotheby’s | STRONGER UNIONS http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/sothebys-bad-for-art/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Show Solidarity at Sotheby’s | STRONGER UNIONS Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:24:23 +0000 http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/?p=455#comment-286 [...] And if you haven’t yet done so, you can send an email to Sotheby’s senior managment in the UK, asking them to pressure their US colleagues to negotiate fairly – Take action here. [...] [...] And if you haven’t yet done so, you can send an email to Sotheby’s senior managment in the UK, asking them to pressure their US colleagues to negotiate fairly – Take action here. [...]

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