Public sector working to rule tactics to protest government cutbacks

[patslatt]

The Gardai are taking their diligent sweet time on passport control at the airports,leading to long delays in the return of passports. Although the Gardai would deny that this is a work to rule tactic to discomfit the government for its pension levy,the timing is hardly coincidence.

Working to rule could become the favoured tactic of public sector workers and their unions to protest against government austerity measures. It would be preferred by those public sector workers who realise they are privileged to have permanent,pensionable jobs in this economic crisis. (Possibly a false assumption should the IMF be called in for an economic rescue.)

How would the government respond? At first,it could hope that annoyance of the general public would deter the PS unions from persisting in working to rule. But since the scale of the austerity measures needed to squeeze €18 billion out of the deficit will require drastic pay cuts and redundancies for many years,the ps unions are likely to persist with working to rule even in the face of the general public's annoyance.

At some point,the government would have to legislate a provision giving supervisors an arbitrary and unappealable right to dismiss any ps employee abusing the rules of employment procedures.

[cyberianpan]

Indeed

The unions & public sector workers will make a careful cost/benefit analysis around whether keeping their loot will get them in more trouble

So they need to announce 2% redundancies per year, based on worst performers

cYp

[Bobert]

The problem with a work to rule is that it's no different to any other day in the Public Sector.

[blacbloc]

Why don't you find some nice fascist country for yourself to f*** o** to. Columbia would suit you perfectly. You could even get to own your own gun and go shooting street kids in the cities. The public sector IS the general public Prat Slatt, as much as the private sector is. Duh!

[ballot stuffer]

Why don't you find some nice fascist country for yourself to f*** o** to. Columbia would suit you perfectly. You could even get to own your own gun and go shooting street kids in the cities. The public sector IS the general public Prat Slatt, as much as the private sector is. Duh!

But we outnumber you

[still-life]

public sector pay restraint = shooting street kids!

LOL

[Bobert]

Why don't you find some nice fascist country for yourself to f*** o** to. Columbia would suit you perfectly. You could even get to own your own gun and go shooting street kids in the cities. The public sector IS the general public Prat Slatt, as much as the private sector is. Duh!

You know, if he lived in Columbia he wouldn't be guaranteed his freedom of expression, thus preventing him from voicing a thought somebody may not agree with. And if you dislike what he says so much maybe you should move to Columbia?

[patslatt]

Why don't you find some nice fascist country for yourself to f*** o** to. Columbia would suit you perfectly. You could even get to own your own gun and go shooting street kids in the cities. The public sector IS the general public Prat Slatt, as much as the private sector is. Duh!

Lack of discipline in the state's finances is the most likely road to fascism,so i may not have to move!

[Hansa]

There have been delays at immigration since the New Year - weeks before the levy were announced.

Conspiracy theory falls a bit flat there.

[still-life]

Something to do with the Guards losing their working-away-from-a-station allowance after the new station opened at the airport.