No one should accept real term pay cuts year after year, meaning facing a steady decline in standards of living.It's a shame people inherently only see the here and now and what affects them, and not the bigger picture. I fully understand cost of living is up, but I ask what will happen if RMT win a large pay rise for it's workers? Every other union will want the same, leading to everyone having more money to spend. This in turn will lead to companies charging more for everything, and even more inflation. Your pay rise will be eaten up and then some. Then what? This is political, in the middle of an election cycle. Nothing more, nothing less. My flame retardant suit is already on.
It is not a race to the bottom, although the 'Conservative' government thinks it is, and would quite happily have most in the public sector on £9.50 per hour if it thought it could get away with it.
Everyone should go on strike if that is what it takes to get at least an inflation matching pay rise. Unless you are happy with real term pay cuts, followed by a tiny rise, followed by a real term pay cut etc etc.
The inflation we're enduring isn't being caused by people spending too much money. It is a combination of the regime printing too much money as a result of crisis that it has caused fully or partially, and supply chain issues caused by lockdowns in response to covid.
However, I also realise the people at the top of the union chains do not have its members interest at heart, rather, using them to beat the government with. It's a no win situation for someone like me who sympathises with the RMT members who are striking, not just for improved pay, but to save jobs too. But then see the chaps at the top of the union trees earning hundreds of thousands of pounds per year, who despise the 'Conservative' government, and will do just about anything to bring it down.