Unions representing nearly three million people are threatening to bring about coordinated strikes this autumn to cause as much disruption as possible. MailOnline has more.
Several motions tabled by Britain’s biggest trade unions, including Unite and Unison, demand they coordinate their efforts to have the greatest possible impact and ‘win’ the battle for inflation-related pay bumps, the Observer reports.
While the proposals technically fall short of a ‘general strike’, a motion by Unite would task the Trade Union Congress (TUC) with making sure industrial action is synchronised or intentionally staggered to have as great an impact as possible.
The plans come ahead of the TUC congress – the unions’ decision-making forum – which will be held in Brighton from September 11 to 14.
Unite’s call for the body to ‘encourage industrial coordination’ to ‘most effectively harness their union power to win’ is backed by rail union RMT and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), it is understood.
Unison is calling the cost of living crisis a “low pay crisis” and is calling for the TUC to campaign for pay rises “at least in line with inflation” along with a £15-per-hour minimum wage.
Inflation is now at 10.1% and there are predictions it could reach 18.6% next year.
The unions boast nearly 3million members between them, with 1.4 million in Unite, 1.3 million in Unison, almost 200,000 in the CWU, and 80,000 in RMT.
Transport, education, healthcare, the civil service and local government could all be affected by strike chaos in coming months.
Worth reading in full.
Prepare for a second Winter of Discontent. Apparently, the militant trade union activists determined to bring the country to a standstill have forgotten that the last Winter of Discontent helped to persuade the public to give Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives a massive majority. Expect Liz Truss to put trade union reform front and centre in the 2024 Tory manifesto.
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If I was forced I would have AZ over mRNA. mRNA have never been licensed because they always run into safety concerns. That was in the risk-averse days when we tested before emergency licensing and giving to kids.
Luckily I’m not living in the medical wing of a Nazi death camp so I won’t bother with any of them.
That “spokesperson” for the EU Commission should be jailed for saying that mRNA vaccines have “proven their worth”. It’s an emergency use of a completely unlicensed gene therapy. Now it’s the only vaccine available.
AZ have more reported side effects and deaths than the Pfizer jab.
I haven’t checked but the difference in reported deaths could be statistically significant.
so far.
I’m thinking 5 or 10 years out. mRNA is truly novel and has always failed because of safety. AZ is at least a reputable technology applied slightly differently
either way – my choice can’t be based on 6 months of data
total risks = known risks + unknown risks
Also, of course,
known risks = reported risks + unreported/deliberately concealed risks
Astra sever side-affects and deaths to 01/04/21
Reactions: 440871 Fatal:472
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/977006/COVID-19_vaccine_AstraZeneca_analysis_print.pdf
Pfizer sever side-affects and deaths to 01/04/21
Reactions: 124371 Fatal: 302 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/977005/COVID-19_mRNA_Pfizer-_BioNTech_Vaccine_Analysis_Print.pdf
And remember folks “If It Saves Just One Life” A fallacy that obviously doesn’t apply to the NHS vaccination agenda…
Now get outdoors and clap!
Would be good to know the percentage split in numbers of vaccinations between Pfizer and AZ in the UK so we can make a judgement on how “deadly” they are compared to each other. Anyone have those numbers or know where they are?
Did you notice that they’ve set the earliest reaction date to 3-2-1921? (2nd page up top). Strange..
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/977006/COVID-19_vaccine_AstraZeneca_analysis_print.pdf
And Pfizer’s is set to 3-4-1990
I wonder if that is in order to give it a rate of fatality that matches the flu?
And by the way if you have a young wife, mother or daughter… the AstraZeneca injection is causing a disorder called Vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia, (VIPIT) just in case you choose or need to go legal on a medic or authority enforcing these jabs.
On the other hand, if your mother, daughter or wife has ever taken the contraceptive pill without worrying they probably shouldn’t worry about the risk of the AZ vaccine. The number of thromboses from the pill far outstrips the AZ vaccine.
Well that’s not true. I took the pill when younger and didn’t worry. The differences were:
1) I knew about the risks and what to look out for….it’s only now that the MHRA is being more candid about the jab. They sat on their hands for a scandalous amount of time.
2) Things like high blood pressure which are known to predispose you to clotting on the pill were monitored and pill not advised for those with issues, to lower risk further…while it is not clear who is at high risk of VITT from the jab
3) there was a tangible benefit to the pill (not getting pregnant, a very high probability event in my 20s (one might say 100pct, with hindsight) and one which would have been life altering in a way I was not looking for).The pill is mostly taken by younger women under 35 ….people who are at very very very low risk of COVID harm ….so where is the tangible benefit for the jab for this age group? It’s tiny. Not remotely comparable to not getting pregnant.
Wait for the Novavax or Valvena if you need one to travel
You cannot speak of reason to the Dane
And lose your voice.
Hamlet, Act 1, scene 2.
“On the lifting of restrictions in the UK and the success of the vaccination programme so far, Dr Nabarro says: “(Some say) this is an opportunity for the UK to emerge from the pandemic, well I say ‘perhaps’.
“I have to stress that I am not 100% sure that the world is going to find it easy to vaccinate itself out of this pandemic because the emergence of variants that are capable of escaping protection of current vaccines.”
Never had a coronavirus vaccine before in 50 years of trying.
Nabarro is right in that we won’t vaccinate our way out of this and the quicker we give up the less side effects we will have to cope with. He also said the only thing lockdowns do is make the poor poorer. Looks like WHO advice is now to follow the pre-pandemic pandemic plans. A bit of handwashing and don’t visit a care home if you are ill.
Hopefully this will result in increased scrutiny by regulators of the remaining vaccines which no doubt have their own skeletons in their cupboard.
As well as kicking vaccine passports into the long grass, even if only for the time being.
Pfizers jab has Polyethylene glycol (PEG) in it…..
Just what the doctor ordered!
Sleeves up….
Antifreeze to us lay people!
Actually no, it’s ethylene glycol in antifreeze. But still wouldn’t want it.
I understood it was ethylene glycol in the Pfizer jab which is a known carcinogenic.
No, the documents say PEG. However, PEG seems not to be a particularly good thing to have added to your blood, and it’s possible for some of it to breakdown into ethylene glycol.
It’s a laxative
Shit
Absolutely correct. There will be fewer vaccinated due to shortages and the vaccine hesitancy is increasing each day although not reported in MSM.Netherlands has one of the highest vaccine hesitancy and many in health care refuse to be vaccinated. Very hard to see how Netherlands can reach high vaccination rate at all. Do you think a EU country with a low vaccine uptake would be happy to have their citizens discriminated in travel when such EU rules must be unaminous?
I’m sure Brussels has our best interests at heart, not:
“Brussels would rather prioritise Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna – both of which use mRNA technology”
The EU are so worried that they won’t be extending the contract but not so worried that they won’t use up existing stocks on the suckers next in line for jabbing ?
Exactly. This will pacify the really really dumb.
Still won’t take any of these.
Here’s the story of a young family left devastated after their mum was given the Pfizer. Obviously it’s just a coincidence.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fit-healthy-everything-live-for-20376989