{"id":867,"date":"2011-12-01T20:13:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsb.lasunison.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2011-12-01T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:48:12","slug":"caution-damp-squib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsblog.lasunison.com\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"Caution! Damp Squib!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, called the 30th November Day of Action by over\u00c2\u00a0two million public sector workers a ‘damp squib’!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think we will soon\u00c2\u00a0see the first scientific evidence of a damp squib exploding in the face of a British premier!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of hard-working, decent, public sector workers stood up together on the 30th November 2011, shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm, to defend their hard-earned pensions being stolen from them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Day<\/a>

Unison Battle Bus at Waterloo Ambulance Station<\/p><\/div>\n

Standing up for what is right, and denouncing everything that is wrong with this Coalition.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Our General Secretary, Dave Prentis, stood on the picket line at Waterloo\u00c2\u00a0ambulance station and gave support to LAS UNISON members.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If anyone wants to see what a good public service looks like, then look no further than the London Ambulance Service (LAS).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone, no matter what job they do, all working for the same aim: that is to protect the public services, look after the people of London and try to improve patient care.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We say that we are all front line within LAS, and what better example of that than the 30th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a real disgrace that the Coalition is attacking our pensions but, we are seen as an easy target.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we stand up and fight back we are called ‘stupid’ by government ministers. Stupid!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Day<\/a>

Camden Ambulance Station<\/p><\/div>\n

They want us to pay more (not a bit more, but a lot more), they want us to work longer (not a bit longer, but a lot longer) and they want us to receive less (not a bit less, but a lot less)!<\/strong><\/p>\n

They have lied to us and misrepresented our pensions to the public, created a red herring regarding private v public, while all the time aiming to steal from us to pay for the debt that their irresponsible\u00c2\u00a0friends in the City got us into in the first place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How stupid do they think we are!<\/strong><\/p>\n

They say we are stupid to take action: we say we would be stupid not too!<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is important to remember within this whirlwind of anti public sector pension\u00c2\u00a0rhetoric, three small facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n