Juddian:
Rjan said‘‘That is always how it actually is with the bosses, however. Workers have in fact been outwitted - that’s why profits are flowing while workers haven’t seen a payrise in 10 years, amongst other things.’’
Not big on reading are they, socialists that is, we’ve had a payrise every year, the staff worked hard, pleased those customers
who themselves have grown, plus constant new customers
Maybe you have had a payrise, but how does it compare to inflation just for starters? Have things actually got better for all the hard work, or have you just stood still?
And back to the subject of outwitting, how does it compare to the final salary pension you no longer get, or public services that have deteriorated, how does it compare to the cost of housing that has rocketed, or your kids education that now costs a bomb?
If you can truly say you’ve benefitted across the board, then I say good on you, but it’s not the larger picture in the country.
You’re stuck somewhere in the 70’s with Red Robbo, Derek Hatton and the rest of the suicide jockeys, the bosses are all capitalists and any profit is evil.
Profit is a good thing, it allows massive re-investment in equipment and expansion, which means the customer (yes that pesky bleeder again
If the good thing about profit is purely its reinvestment in the firm, then what is good about bosses who spend profits predominantly on themselves, who hoard cash, or invest in rightwing political lobbying, who acquire profits purely by cutting pay, etc.? Surely there are certain means of acquiring or disposing of profits that you accept are just not beneficial?
As for foreign workers, yes we have a few foreign drivers, two Romanians i work with daily that couldn’t be better or more reliable fellow workers, good lads too, they’re on the same money as us obviously and they too appreciate the job they have, they aint going anywhere and fully intend to retire from this job many years from now.
Excellent, but you didn’t actually address my question about how you’ll respond to undercutting of any kind. It may never happen for you, your firm may even be the undercutters in the market given what you’ve said about its growth, but I’m still interested in how you would propose to respond.
Be my last post to you because i’m losing the will to live to be honest, have a good evening.
Perhaps straightforward observations and questions are a strain to contemplate.