I am sure that many of us will have read that 83% of Rome’s police force phoned in sick on New Year’s Eve. Around 1000 were scheduled to attend work but only 170 or so did, a shocking figure. But now it appears that partly in protest of how they have been vilified for their […]
For the past few weeks I am quite proud (or possibly embarrassed) to have been amongst the minority for I have neither seen any football, nor discussed any football, nor listened to any football. It is quite amazing though that when footie fever hits, even heathens like me seem to know what is going on […]
Whilst the press watch with glee and the government watch with despondency, the rest of us in the UK look on in bewilderment as union after union announces its current stalemate with xyz employer will be followed by strike action. Whether its over the sacking of some employee, a desire to modernise, or a plea […]
It amazes me constantly that some parts of our society think it acceptable to go on strike over proposed pay deals at a time when many are losing their jobs, accepting pay freezes or even agreeing to pay reductions. What makes them so special? Is it really the case that some people can justify the […]
