Have your say on government e-petitions

No Compromise with the Public Sector

Submitted on Wednesday 7th December 2011

Published on Thursday 8th December 2011

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 8th December 2012

Signatures: 6

Tagged with

Economy ~ Greece

Petition Action

No Compromise with the Public Sector

Additional Information

We are in an age of austerity, where we have record levels of debt which the government is trying to reduce before the interest payments cripple our ecomony. At a time where people in the private sector are losing their jobs, and everyone is having to make sacrifices, the public sector does not seem to want to play its part. The government should hold firm, not be held to ransom by strikes which threaten our most important services (health, emergency, transport) and which further damage the economy at a time we can least afford it. Even the opposition peer Lord Hutton, who conducted the review, concluded that the current deal was fair, and possibly even too generous. If the strikes continue, the government should consider implementing its statement that it will withdraw the current offer that is on the table. Without the protection of the Eurozone, we do not want to be in the same position as Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland...


You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

3.231.55.243 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:44:25 +0000