Public Sector Pay Rises Won’t Satisfy Union Ambition
2 August 2024
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Julian Jessop quoted in The Mirror
2 August 2024
Economic Theory
15 August 2024
Len Shackleton quoted in The Telegraph
IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton has been quoted in The Daily Telegraph responding to announced public sector pay rises, arguing that this will not subdue industrial action or satisfy the goals of trade unions.
Len said:
“The deals may temporarily buy off some of the most obvious industrial disputes. But there are plenty more in the queue for higher pay in the public and quasi-public sectors – civil servants, local authority employees, universities and hundreds of quangos.
“The Government’s hope that these big payoffs will dampen down the explosion of trade union militancy since the end of lockdown is rather optimistic. The planned trade union legislation will make it easier for unions to strike…
“Unions have long memories, and will not be satisfied with a one-off settlement. They will aim to outstrip inflation permanently and will be back again and again for higher pay. Activists long to roll back the years to the pre-Thatcher era when militants ruled, and the wind is in their sails.”
Read the full article here.
Len was also quoted in The Daily Express and Yahoo! Finance.
Len said:
“The deals may temporarily buy off some of the most obvious industrial disputes. But there are plenty more in the queue for higher pay in the public and quasi-public sectors – civil servants, local authority employees, universities and hundreds of quangos.
“The Government’s hope that these big payoffs will dampen down the explosion of trade union militancy since the end of lockdown is rather optimistic. The planned trade union legislation will make it easier for unions to strike…
“Unions have long memories, and will not be satisfied with a one-off settlement. They will aim to outstrip inflation permanently and will be back again and again for higher pay. Activists long to roll back the years to the pre-Thatcher era when militants ruled, and the wind is in their sails.”
Read the full article here.
Len was also quoted in The Daily Express and Yahoo! Finance.
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