WE are once again witnessing the bully boy attitudes of the trades unions, in this case against the Government, over the radical changes that are urgently needed to the remuneration packages enjoyed by the public employees.
Most of these employees enjoy incomes and inflation-proof pensions far more attractive than most in private industry, all of which has to be paid for by the public tax payers, many of whom have much lower incomes. This is particularly true of pensioners, where their pensions may have been legitimately frittered away by companies, but who are still expected to pay council tax.
What a great shame it is that these bully boys do not put their might behind getting a more appropriate index-linked state pension, and perhaps stopping companies taking over another, using the taken over pension fund to fill black holes in their own funds.
This effectively robs people of the money that they thought that they had invested for their own retirement, and at present it is perfectly legitimate.
R C Blake
Courtlands Road
Tavistock