This gentleman is more articulate than any member of the current government because he speaks the truth ……… he understands how a society and economy needs to run…..
Totally agree, even though I do not claim to be a Socialist. Where are the erudite men (and women) such as this man in the Labour Party? If there is not a strong Opposition Party, Dictatorships are always possible. Britain is well on the way to that as far as I can see. People need to wake up in the UK - at all levels. Maybe the placement of a mock (or real?) guillotine in Parliament Square might serve as a warning?
Mick Lynch, a much needed spokesperson for the working people. A leading light with a wake up call that needs to be heard and heeded. Thank goodness for this legend of a man.
@@markwilliams1172 Refusing to acknowledge the benefits to the working class does not however alter the facts that without people such as Mick Lynch, Nye Bevan and the like, there would have been no such thing as a weekend, giving workers the right to a rest period from work. And of course, the NHS, which most of us at some time in our lives, have been very glad of. This is only to mention two examples.
he is a communist with his head in the clouds (the head of the union is a prominent card carrying communist party leader with ties to the peoples republic of china and the Russian government). The country would be a better place if he had a terrible 'accident.'
I truly hope this spawns a revolution, bringing the working-class people together, summoning class consciousnesses, and bringing down the elite establishment which has been oppressing the working-class for centuries and centuries. Mick Lynch and the indefatigability of the working people, is proof that we already live in socialism, we just need to take away socialism for the rich, and give it back to the workers of our country. God bless Mr. Lynch. This is the dawn of a new era: to all the working people, keep up the good fight!
What a plantpot this man is. Holding the country to ransom and demanding no redundancies in a changing sector. Labour are hand in hand with these idiots, the same party that have no backbone and don't know what a woman is. What a joke.
Her mouth dries up when she realises quite how out gunned on information, knoledge and tallking points she is. He was destroying all media bs yesterday. Love it.
Beautifully said my good friend, I truly hope this spawns a revolution, bringing the working-class people together, summoning class consciousnesses, and bringing down the elite establishment which has been oppressing the working-class for centuries and centuries. Mick Lynch and the indefatigability of the working people, is proof that we already live in socialism, we just need to take away socialism for the rich, and give it back to the workers of our country. God bless Mr. Lynch. This is the dawn of a new era: to all the working people, keep up the good fight!
Workers hardly ever strike in the UK and that's why working conditions and pay are a total disgrace. Time for people to show the Tories who really runs the country.
There were a lot of strikes in the 1970s and1980's across different sectors. Teachers, train and bus workers, and nurses went on strike. The result was an increase in wages. In the meantime, companies have paid out huge bonuses to CEOs and Upper Management off the backs of minimum wage workers who do most of the ground work for the companies to profit enough to pay out those bonuses. However, since then the only ones who have had strikes have mainly been train and bus drivers. It is time for a national strike again across sectors. I used to work for a supermarket and literally had to "Beg for more hours" for over 4 years to be able to afford basics like food and rent. (My contract was part time and I needed full time). They said it wasn't in their budget whilst at the same time were paying out huge bonuses to managers and the CEO. Staff were expected to work unpaid overtime and told to take that time back. When we complained we were often told, "There are plenty of people lining up to take your place." Constant disciplinaries for going over the companies sickness percentage was common even if it was through no fault of their own. Staff often came in when they were sick (including covid) and even when they had broken legs, still not recovered from major operations or having cancer treatment because they knew if they went over the companies sickness percentage they were likely to lose their jobs. A lot of people cancelled their Union membership as they felt the Union did nothing to help them and they used that money to pay for essentials. A lot of people left for other jobs with better working conditions and pay. Some are still there due to them feeling that they are "too old" to get another job. (These are people aged 50 and over.) Those left behind are still having to rely on benefit top ups, anti depressants and food banks. It's disgusting! This is happening in a lot of sectors but personally I NEVER want to work for another supermarket EVER AGAIN. I now work in a hotel and am treated FAR BETTER as are the rest of the staff. A national strike is long overdue!
The real problem is capitalism. Capitalism demands exploitation, wars, and conflicts. However the workers will fight tooth n nail to protect the capitalist system. They gave Boris( who is on the side of the capitalists) a landslide victory.
Barely? I haven't felt much difference and I'm on nothing like that amount. Depending on her specific outgoings and lifestyle, she probably hasn't noticed in the slightest.
The government is the face of the issue. No one else. Mick Lynch is one of the most honourable and intelligent union men I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Fighting for workers rights day in day out. This man is a legend.
The real problem is capitalism. Capitalism demands exploitation, wars, and conflicts. However the workers will fight tooth n nail to protect the capitalist system. They gave Boris who is on the side of the capitalists a landslide victory.
I'd vote for Mick! So refreshing to here someone say what we're all feeling. He could restore this country back and get rid of all the slime that's taken over. Well done Mick for speaking truth to power and always keeping your cool.
I can see why noobdy with any profile wishes to debate him on camera. They put that junior presenter in front of him and 5 minutes in she is a bundle of nervers, barely able to string a sentence.
Privatisation of all the previous nationalised businesses has been a disaster with initially being vastly undervalued for profiteering of shareholders and increased charges to customers, they could be easily renationalised by making them unprofitable by taxing them and making the corporations actually pay tax would be a good idea
They need to make the trains like Renfe in Spain or Australian local metros… UK is collapsing in every vital sector from healthcare to transport to education
Mick's absolutely right when he says that workers are at a stage where they have to fight if they want to defend their jobs. This country already has the most draconian anti Union laws anywhere in Europe, and worst is still to come. Unless the RMT and its members want to go the same way as the NUM and the miners did, now is the time to make a stand.
Get a grip. Boris shut the country down for taking advice from a Marxist organisation, now it’s mick’s turn. Notice That those making the decisions won’t lose a penny. How much of his war chest will go to his members. Paying their mortgages will he? Hypocrites all of them. Just remember, their will always be hedge funds waiting to pick up their houses cheap.
Yeah the NUM made a stand. Look at the success they had. Not one pit left. I worked at Kellingley pit for 27 years Arthur Scargill fucked us over for his own agenda. He didn’t go without anything all the time the strike was on. Taking on the government only hurts the people, it will not end well.
everything Mike says is spot on, what pisses me off is all the main news outlets are trying so hard to discredit Mike, its the working class who work their bums off and make their employers a great deal of money whilst the workers are stuck on the same wage when the cost of living is going up and up........but hey let the people at the top enjoy their hard-earned profits, god forbid they start to struggle and feel the pinch!
This Rail strike is important not only for Rail workers but workers in general. Its becoming quite clear that the government's objective is to deskill jobs, make workers work longer hours for less money.
@@bartman01021988 the rail workers continued working normally during covid and some even died because they contracted the virus whilst serving the public.
@@bartman01021988 yea its enough that the government basically handed these private companies profits straight from tax payers so CEOs can get bigger bonuses.
RMT are a proper union, as a former employee of the railway company GTRM I believe the RMT are doing the right thing because they have always stood up for the PEOPLE
Its about time the working class in this country learned to stand up for themselves again. The number of them that were stupid enough to vote Tory in the last election was pathetic, they were just asking to be taken advantage of.
I’d rather my taxes go towards workers wages increasing in line with inflation than in bosses bonus’! Should the bias be in our favour we’d be seeing the rail companies as the ones who are allowing strikes to go ahead, not the workers who are simply asking for a fair deal, as all of us should!!
The 'special treatment' question is so bizarre. Every industry, every sector and every worker should be demanding better if they are in a similar situation to our rail services. Our ability to organise should spread across industry. The work Unite has done within Hospitality has especially been benefitial to me and my colleagues, and made us realise how badly we were being treated before and during covid. I've nothing but solidarity with Rail workers asking for better.
It’s textbook union busting rhetoric designed to try and make working people turn against each other. The median wage as is regardless of sector is too damn low.
the problem is that just 'demanding better' makes no sense, pay must match actual value added at some point, we are a trading nation, and someone has to actually pay for the things we consume eventually. The median wage in the rail union is £41,000, far is excess on the average for the country and there is a tremendous degree of slack and unproductive labour in the rail sector - they are overpaid, not underpaid.
@@alex29443 Only a few of the top RMT workers make such a wage and that is not the workers striking. It's patently untrue that today's workers are "slacking". That's just your perception. Productivity and pay once climbed together. But in recent decades, productivity and pay have diverged: Net productivity grew 59.7% from 1979-2019 while a typical worker’s compensation grew by 15.8%, according to EPI data released ahead of Labor Day.
The problem at the core of this is generational inequality, for years and years the rich have been getting richer in this country while the poorer have been getting poorer. A general strike might well be the only thing workers can do to make it clear that this imbalance needs to be addressed through proper taxation of wealth and those on the highest incomes.
That is not generational inequality though that is just the old socialist vs kapitalist struggle where in the last few decennia the kapitalist have been winning.
@@mikedebruyn I don't mean it in the sense of old vs young, generational inequality, more so inequality that has risen and escalated in recent years to a completely unsustainable level between the richest and the poorest and low/mid incomes
Absolutely fantastic from Mr Lynch - wholeheartedly agree with everything said. Fair play to the interviewer for allowing him to explain himself. Sadly the same can't be said for many broadcasters these days.
@btwgrfqfeqfew I’m the older generation. I haven’t ruined it. I’ve worked hard all my life. I take your point though. We have a dumbed down electorate, dumbed down by football 24/7, by the adult comics we call newspapers , and drivel such as I’m a celebrity get me out of here. The only good thing to come out of the chaos at airports is that the “masses” can’t spend the week in Benidorm drinking Saint Miguel and frying their brains.
@@jobbyomoron8478 the school day itself is 6hrs but there’s prep and marking too. I have two friends who are teachers and they regularly work until 8pm at night. They could earn a lot more in other sectors, for the qualifications they have. The pension is nice though I admit.
@@jobbyomoron8478 Mythical guff spouted by people who don't know any teachers. Those 'holidays' are mostly worked through. The work week is regularly 50-60+ hours with work taken home, done late at night and at weekends. The hourly rate off the back of that is a pittance. And when a holiday is actually taken its to fit around the school breaks and with all the inflated prices that go with that. It's not a cushy job.
This guy is a genius, I’d of never thought that a few brave people standing against this inept system might inspire other people to stand against this fascist regime
@@thatroverguy1937 - I hope so - I no longer live in the UK, but it utterly breaks my heart to see the tragic pathetic state of the country in the 15 years since I left. It was a booming vibrant happy place. It's now a depressed collapsing sh!t hole and its time to tear the rotten system down and start again.
@@piccalillipit9211 I couldnt agree more mate, I just wish I left 15 years ago 🤦♂️ the complete hypocrisy of this country is intoxicating, I’m more than satisfied these guys taking a stand against it, they have my support and I bet they have a lot of peoples support
I dont work on the railways, and the strike means I can't go to work for the days. However I completely support the action they are taking 100%, its great they can find strength In numbers
@@Crsf84 The reason the UK working class is amongst the poorest in the west is because many gullible people over here let the biased MSM "think" for them, it sounds like Jamon toast is one of the morons i am talking about! Anyway, anyone with taste knows that it must be marmalade on our toast!
This man is a HERO !! i will give Sophie her due, she asked decent questions (in contrast to recent other useless interviewers) and gave him time to answer with reasoned sense----he knows his job well.
He's right. Pay hasn't just been falling since Covid. It's been falling since the moment David Cameron became PM and began his long, slow campaign of part-privatisation and pay freezes/restraint in the public services. Almost 20% loss in real terms salary in education alone.
It’s been falling since the 70s m8. Neoliberalism and capitalism are inherently exploitative. If we never address the root of the issue this will keep happening
@Fluppity Duppity Fluppity, I was on around £21k as a teacher, working 14 hours days 6 days a week, which worked out at around £5 per hour. I worked throughout every single holiday, catching up on planning and marking (at least 90 books a day). I paid literally thousands on classroom resources, decorations and books because there wasn't funding for it from the govt. Overpaid? As if.
Not quite correct. Marxist union leaders will still get paid their inflated salaries. Salaries that have been paid by union subscriptions. Paid by those who work on the frontline. Don't forget there's no wages for people who are on strike
Pathetic effort by the Sky News reporter in trying to paint a greedy narrative on the rail union’s demands for fair treatment and better wages. Mick handled himself extremely well.
The situation we are in is solely because of the Govt. Mick is standing up for working people. The media is trying to paint him as a villain and not addressing the core of this problem. Mick is a true voice.
This is a guy who knows his business inside and out, can't warp the story and make him look like the bad guy here when he's as straight talking and to the point as this.
Don’t trust MSM like Sky. They are all pushing us against one another while profits are further extracted from the working class. And then blaming the RMT fighting for the working class!
For a lot of your viewers Mick Lynch is the face of workers trying to give themselves and others decent and fair working conditions. He provides hope. Not everyone is a middle class, privileged pundit payed over £380k per year.
@@johnanthonylucock7833Workers in the public and private sector are being held to ransom by a living standards squeeze caused by systemic economic mismanagement on the Tories' part
Maybe they should do what public transport workers did in the Netherlands, when they went on strike. All services carried on as scheduled, all trains, buses and trams. Everything normal. However, no fares were collected. Passengers travelled for free. So, owning operators still had all the costs of running transports services - but no income. They came back to the negotiating table very quickly!!
Politician's say "we must show pay restraint" meanwhile petrol is at £2 a litre and gas bills to heat our homes is and will continue to rocket. Meanwhile those very same Politician's enjoy pay rises well above inflation while enjoying expense accounts as with as some highly lucrative side secondary incomes
@@michaelgriffiths5723 not defending the man. But that's for office space, staff salaries and running of an office. If your going to spulout something tell the full story.
What about the Tories that were getting thousands to lobby for companies. Then they expect ordinary people to work for peanuts. Allso were did the money come from to pay for jubilee.
The unions need to made financially liable for the money that's been lost from the economy. In short give them the same treatment that got dished out to the monasteries
@@johnanthonylucock7833 why would the unions be liable? Their purpose is to uphold the rights of workers. Unions are the reason people no longer work 14+ hours a day, 7 days a week, why we have weekends, a minimum wage… I could go on. Unions are essential so the working class don’t get trodden on more than they already are
@@ej5677 The unions are not about the workers, they're all about their Marxist selves. If the unions were so beneficial to the working class. Why did it take until the late 1990's for the minimum wage to be brought in
It’s going to be a very dark winter of discontent for the whole U.K. in 2022. The nurses are rejecting their pay offer. All of the pay deals being given are nowhere near an offer of acceptance. So that’s another industry that is going to have a massive amount of disillusioned and broken spirits amongst their employees. If the RCN and Unison are playing this to win they need to have all industrial action on the same dates. As I hope the RMT on the next set of dates (unfortunately I don’t think these first dates will be a success)will coordinate it on the same days as ASLEF. Far too many public sector areas are rejecting their own pay offers so the Government are in this for a long haul.
@@acthompson9983 not much option really. Nursing is at a crisis now with no EU recruits now to work and study up the ranks and bands. Nursing is going to get worse and NHS services will become dangerously stretched. Pay freeze for years hasn’t been encouraging for any fresh blood to sample the sector. No matter what the UK is a welfare state it’s not like USA. Too many people rely on the NHS for basic advice and treatment. Too many of our citizens way of life is supported entirely by The Welfare State.We would need to stop the availability to all. And become like USA pay for certain treatments. It’s cheaper probably to run a cash strapped NHS than pay welfare medical bills for private healthcare for our work shy citizens.
@Norman Smithers I think ALL unions need to coordinate United strikes. Really cripple the infrastructure of our country short and sharp. All rail workers unions need to coordinate together. Same as nurses all these unions that cover these industries need to unite on certain dates. No point RMT doing it this week ASLEF the next again. There will still be staff on duty in the railway system that will be exploited to cover the immediate shortage from their striking colleagues.
@Hobby 700 it’s still ran cheaper than providing private healthcare for the welfare state patients. It would be interesting to see how much each category of citizen cost the NHS every year. I would say a good percentage of patients especially those reoccurring ones are reliant on some form of welfare support. If u privatise the NHS u are giving the private healthcare industry the ability to “print” their own money (profits). It’s not as simple as what u are suggesting. Healthcare will still cost tax payer far too much money. But in the hands of the private it’s far more scary than with a NHS.
Legend. England needs a man like this! One that stands up for this views and what’s right for the working class. We’re being sucked for everything. We as a nation need to STAND up for what’s right!!
Bravo, feel for passengers effected, but the brazen assault on working people in this country, work contracts that bear down obligations on the employee yet allow the employer to do almost anything they like, and increasing wealth gap needs to be addressed, and not in the way those who benefit from this system portray the problem in the media as an issue created by poor people and immigrants.
@@balasani400I know what Starmer is. He's centrist, Blairite New Labour, overlapping with left-of-centre Conservatives. I dislike him intensely, but I want him to win the next general election. Then, once in power, the left can start to reassert itself.
Yet the folks who argue against striking don't seem to understand the money is there in most big businesses in the pure profit column to help everyone. Shame.
It’s going to shareholders via dividends. Why train companies are publicly listed for profit god only knows. They should be like the rest of Europe. Not for profit and all the revenue is evenly distributed to workers and reinvestment
Companies up and down the country offering a fraction of RPI as a "pay rise". Anything less than RPI is a "pay cut". Why do workers need to keep making sacrifices to protect profits. The main stream media are very skewed in favour of the companies. It is time for the people to put an end to this.
There is a difference between a 44 hour work week on a minimum wage, to a 44 hour work week for a higher earners. This journalist is terrible and a great example of people who are bringing UK down with their greed.
@@jjefferyworboys8138 great and higher earners are compensated well for their choice to work that many hours. Low income / low wage workers are not. Slave labour is not ok
No DOWNING Street parties for the Railway workers!!! No tax avoidance for the Railway workers!!! No taxpayer funded mistresses!!! No tax free six month second jobs abroad whilst still being paid by the tax PAYER!! No lucrative dodgy contracts for the Railway workers!!!! Just hard work on poor pay!!! Maybe the tories want to treat the Railway workers, just like what P&O did to the loyal seamen!!! However hard working people will have to pick up the tax burden, whilst tory tax dodgers avoid paying their taxes!!! The only people causing chaos in Britain is the tories!!!
Mick says it all, clear concise and right on track, he backs his passion to support working class people with facts and solution based response. Excellent man to represent people !
Good. The only people who fight for themselves. In France people work 35 hours with 30 days paid holidays and 11 extra days on top of that, and French economy does better than UK one. Sick pay is equal to wage for first 6 months after that not that far off. (don't mention they have higher unemployment , they don't have zero hours contract to hide their figures). This country can be run better. COEs don't need to earn in millions.
It is a similar situation like in Germany when the right wing Media started a campaign against the leader of the Train Union couple of years ago. The Union Leader didn't care either until they found an agreement. Keep fighting 👍
Excellent done by Mick Lynch, isn't it a shame he has to reply on a false presentation of the facts. This 'neo' Tory governement is ruthless cutting back on all kinds of rights, Human; to Protest; Workers'. For me, as an interested citizen in an EU-country ( the Netherlands) it is hard to understand the lack of engagement, by the average UK citizens. Don't get me wrong, the situation here is not very different politically, because of a lack of trust in our current governement. But the damage your (ERG)Tories are causing, is painful to observe. I hope Keir Stamer soon makes clear what Labour's agenda will be on (all) those Rights, even here in the EU, we are looking forward to it!
I support the rail strike. Industrial action is going to inconvenience me since I commute by train. But my inconvenience is completely insignificant compared to the damage this government is doing to our public services and its workers, including in the rail industry.
Good point of comparison Liam. We’re all prone to going against anything that affects our convenience on a given day or week, rather than looking at the wider picture and how it might impact others and the country in general. It’s worrying how easy it can be for governments and the establishment to get the public to back things that are actually against our best interests in the long run.
I'm not working one second above my contracted hours unless it's to my benefit. We are not machines and people's mental health and physical health will be affected.
I hope so. These people are some of the most highly paid in the country. For what encouraging people to strike for more money when the country is skint. Rail workers earning an average of 60 k a year for what exactly. They are champagne socialists. Ive seen union people on the piss in hotels every night. Animal farm
No she is asking the questions that every taxpayer should be asking this man who represents workers who had their full wages (and overtime) paid for 2 years by UK taxpayers without ONE job being lost all through COVID while others lost their jobs. The same taxpayers he is now hitting with his strikes. This strike is nothing to do with Shapps or the Government although the old Marxist Lynch is engaged in a purely political strike.
My concern is that she only seems to want to undercut or doubt his assertions. Organized labor and trade unions aren’t universally good but they are closer to the labour (as the workers) so it makes sense to me to defer to them when they or their leadership make affirmative statements. It is not like these workers and their families won’t also be affected I get the concern of students who need to take tests and others, but if we forever put off when they can strike, we will never let them strike.
@@roninlupien9244 I am not at all concerned when a journalist challenges what she / he is being told as fact. Because those in the fight will give their preferred set of 'facts' which may not be facts at all. As for unions being closer to a businesses labour than their employers I very much doubt that. Unions (especially in the UK) have their own very specific political agendas and for decades have not been too fussed about using strikes as a political weapon. And (IMHO this strike is absolutely a political weapon because railway workers are generally very well paid people and they have (courtesy of the UK taxpayer) been shielded from the worst effects of COVID for over 2 years compared to every other industry. Are car workers striking? No because they suffered during COVID and just want to earn a living. On your last point I am not sure anyone wants to remove the option to strike. People just want their to be a genuine grievance and on this one there is none at all. Its political.
@@1chish the numbers cited by Tory government officials, taken from the Office for National Statistics do show drivers are paid well but this union is for guards or station cleaning staff and other workers who are striking, not drivers repped mostly by ASLEF. While it is true that the median wage cited by the Gov is higher than other workers, it has also been frozen with a crummy deal offered. They voted for this strike and are allowed to have it. Of course it is political, in regards to that note, all labour organization is in the current world economic system. My mention of being closer was in relation to the workers not union bosses
It’s cringeworthy how the newsreader is trying to justify an argument for the government, whilst saying people are going suffer, people going to Glastonbury and Elton John, not as much as the workers that are being ripped off.
Journalism and reporting has clearly gone to the dogs. Where’s the independent balanced reporting they are always talking about? The people she’s saying/claiming ‘are going to suffer’ she forgets are families relatives and friends of the Union members taking industrial action. She’s desperate to push the governments cynical agenda unfortunately/fortunately she’s under estimated Mr Mick Lynch’s eloquence.
Go on Mick tell them the real truth. The tory government are to blame with lack of good substantial forward thinking. They should have sat round the table with the Rail Operators and the RMT. I wish I could work for the RMT and Rail Maintenance if I could.
We've all had to sit here and watch MP's get pay rises, get expenses, watch Johnson and hes mates staff billions up the wall, hand out contracts to their cronies, pay back the national debt from 2008 we've all had our pay freezes and what is never mentioned in the media when it comes to 'Keyworker' is the people working as postman, couriers, supermarket workers, transport workers, people keeping the country fed the people who supply the supermarkets the majority of these people are minimum wage workers completely forgotten about when the inevitable strikes happen the Tories will attack the workers divide and conquer blame everyone but themselves. They are running scared that about time the country has had enough of them and when we get told not to ask for a payrise because it will effect inflation doesn't stop the MP's taking £2000 a year wage rise does it? There's full employment and more jobs available than people out of work this is an economics disaster waiting to happen its down to Brexit
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This gentleman is more articulate than any member of the current government because he speaks the truth ……… he understands how a society and economy needs to run…..
Because he doesn't lie. British politics is all around divide and rule by telling lies.
Totally agree, even though I do not claim to be a Socialist. Where are the erudite men (and women) such as this man in the Labour Party? If there is not a strong Opposition Party, Dictatorships are always possible. Britain is well on the way to that as far as I can see.
People need to wake up in the UK - at all levels. Maybe the placement of a mock (or real?) guillotine in Parliament Square might serve as a warning?
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Agreed, he should be pm, not the clown we currently got
Mick Lynch, a much needed spokesperson for the working people. A leading light with a wake up call that needs to be heard and heeded. Thank goodness for this legend of a man.
Im the head of a 7 strong working family........ He DOES NOT speak for us
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Refusing to acknowledge the benefits to the working class does not however alter the facts that without people such as Mick Lynch, Nye Bevan and the like, there would have been no such thing as a weekend, giving workers the right to a rest period from work. And of course, the NHS, which most of us at some time in our lives, have been very glad of. This is only to mention two examples.
he is a communist with his head in the clouds (the head of the union is a prominent card carrying communist party leader with ties to the peoples republic of china and the Russian government). The country would be a better place if he had a terrible 'accident.'
I truly hope this spawns a revolution, bringing the working-class people together, summoning class consciousnesses, and bringing down the elite establishment which has been oppressing the working-class for centuries and centuries. Mick Lynch and the indefatigability of the working people, is proof that we already live in socialism, we just need to take away socialism for the rich, and give it back to the workers of our country. God bless Mr. Lynch. This is the dawn of a new era: to all the working people, keep up the good fight!
What a plantpot this man is. Holding the country to ransom and demanding no redundancies in a changing sector. Labour are hand in hand with these idiots, the same party that have no backbone and don't know what a woman is. What a joke.
Her mouth dries up when she realises quite how out gunned on information, knoledge and tallking points she is. He was destroying all media bs yesterday. Love it.
I was thinking the exact same, she is so out wit here
Yep, she's another overpaid, under qualified, mouthpiece of the establishment
Should be on the front bench, at least.
Agree i noticed that straight way
Mick Lynch is a breath of fresh air. He's standing up for the rail workers and working class of this country.
I have every admiration
for him.
he is a communist activist... as such he is no good for anyone.
Beautifully said my good friend, I truly hope this spawns a revolution, bringing the working-class people together, summoning class consciousnesses, and bringing down the elite establishment which has been oppressing the working-class for centuries and centuries. Mick Lynch and the indefatigability of the working people, is proof that we already live in socialism, we just need to take away socialism for the rich, and give it back to the workers of our country. God bless Mr. Lynch. This is the dawn of a new era: to all the working people, keep up the good fight!
Me too!
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Good for him. He's standing up for the working class.
Workers hardly ever strike in the UK and that's why working conditions and pay are a total disgrace.
Time for people to show the Tories who really runs the country.
There were a lot of strikes in the 1970s and1980's across different sectors. Teachers, train and bus workers, and nurses went on strike. The result was an increase in wages. In the meantime, companies have paid out huge bonuses to CEOs and Upper Management off the backs of minimum wage workers who do most of the ground work for the companies to profit enough to pay out those bonuses. However, since then the only ones who have had strikes have mainly been train and bus drivers. It is time for a national strike again across sectors. I used to work for a supermarket and literally had to "Beg for more hours" for over 4 years to be able to afford basics like food and rent. (My contract was part time and I needed full time). They said it wasn't in their budget whilst at the same time were paying out huge bonuses to managers and the CEO. Staff were expected to work unpaid overtime and told to take that time back. When we complained we were often told, "There are plenty of people lining up to take your place." Constant disciplinaries for going over the companies sickness percentage was common even if it was through no fault of their own. Staff often came in when they were sick (including covid) and even when they had broken legs, still not recovered from major operations or having cancer treatment because they knew if they went over the companies sickness percentage they were likely to lose their jobs. A lot of people cancelled their Union membership as they felt the Union did nothing to help them and they used that money to pay for essentials. A lot of people left for other jobs with better working conditions and pay. Some are still there due to them feeling that they are "too old" to get another job. (These are people aged 50 and over.) Those left behind are still having to rely on benefit top ups, anti depressants and food banks. It's disgusting! This is happening in a lot of sectors but personally I NEVER want to work for another supermarket EVER AGAIN. I now work in a hotel and am treated FAR BETTER as are the rest of the staff. A national strike is long overdue!
We are a subservient nation unfortunately, that's why the Tories keep getting voted in
Bollocks
@@David-kd7vl what’s bollocks David.
Yeah let’s keep spending money when we have none to spend.
Yesterday I had to cycle 55 miles instead of getting the train back.
It was inconvenient, but I stand with and understand why they are striking.
Soon get fed up if it becomes a long term thing.
Good man
@@stevenalderley9036 let's all just be slaves then
@@stevenalderley9036 ffs grow a pair. Being 'fed up' is better than than being nothing more than a modern day serf.
@@stevenalderley9036 stand up for your rights and stop being a doormat
At last, a man who tells the truth.
We need voices like Mick to make sure ordinary working people can look after their families
@@TheMaccaShow can’t feed don’t breed. If they want to feed their families they should upskill and sell their greater worth,
@@HumansAreShitFactories problem with that is if everyone up skills then the wage demands will be even higher right
The real problem is capitalism. Capitalism demands exploitation, wars,
and conflicts. However the workers will fight tooth n nail to protect
the capitalist system. They gave Boris( who is on the side of the capitalists) a landslide victory.
his words on labour Brilliant
Can we get one thing clear, Sophy Ridge isn't "one of us". She's paid a hefty wedge (£380k a year) and she would barely feel the pinch.
Not even any good.
Barely? I haven't felt much difference and I'm on nothing like that amount. Depending on her specific outgoings and lifestyle, she probably hasn't noticed in the slightest.
Its repulsive… how can she be paid the salary of 10 junior doctors?
@@petyrkowalski9887 she's a useful mouthpiece for the wealth hoarders...as this interview has proved.
All she dose is an hour on tv on Sunday & an hour on Weds Shocking.
His eloquence and focus is nothing short of beautiful
The government is the face of the issue. No one else. Mick Lynch is one of the most honourable and intelligent union men I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Fighting for workers rights day in day out. This man is a legend.
Yes. If the Labour Party had more like him they might live up to their name.
Keep taking the medication lads.😂😂😂🇬🇧
@@coniferclose and the flagshagger turns up!
The real problem is capitalism. Capitalism demands exploitation, wars,
and conflicts. However the workers will fight tooth n nail to protect
the capitalist system. They gave Boris who is on the side of the capitalists a landslide victory.
@@1adamuk trades unions are where Labour started. Time the current Labour Party tapped back in to its roots I think.
Respect for this man. Complete respect.
I'd vote for Mick! So refreshing to here someone say what we're all feeling. He could restore this country back and get rid of all the slime that's taken over. Well done Mick for speaking truth to power and always keeping your cool.
The guys a total scam artist ffs 😂
@@bfc2155 What's the alleged "scam"?
He’s fantastic
He's who I want for Labour leader. Wouldn't blame him for not wanting it though
Such a well spoken articulate to the point leader, the truth behind the RMT strikes, Mike lynch. Excellent 👌
Very articulate assessment 👏
top Geezer , love him
I can see why noobdy with any profile wishes to debate him on camera. They put that junior presenter in front of him and 5 minutes in she is a bundle of nervers, barely able to string a sentence.
@@obnoxiousbastard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 exactly bro,
He knows his thing that's why if was not for Union there were never been no conditions to anything in British society
Privatisation of all the previous nationalised businesses has been a disaster with initially being vastly undervalued for profiteering of shareholders and increased charges to customers, they could be easily renationalised by making them unprofitable by taxing them and making the corporations actually pay tax would be a good idea
Nonsense....fully nationalised railway .. hemorrhages taxpayers money ....out of control
They need to make the trains like Renfe in Spain or Australian local metros…
UK is collapsing in every vital sector from healthcare to transport to education
All part of the original strategy.
While public underfund to deliberately decrease value.
Privatise and shovel money
Yeah yeah yeah, state-owned companies work flawlessly: great service, no corruption, etc 🙄
@@Lloyd.Browne that has zero to do with england and corruption especially by civil service employees.
This clown plays cute with words ...slimy cnt
It's about time someone stood up to the bullies in power. We really need a general strike. People have had enough.
Extremist and violent nonsense like this comment is as low as Socialism gets, oh hang on, its Socialisms answer to every election it loses.
The self employed can't wait to strike !
The bullies are the unions
@@jjefferyworboys8138.. so nobody else should?
@@rogersweet3608.. yeah right
I stand with the Unions
me too
and me. I hope they all go on strike.
Screw the unions...
@@ForeverAutumn100 😂😂
Mick's absolutely right when he says that workers are at a stage where they have to fight if they want to defend their jobs. This country already has the most draconian anti Union laws anywhere in Europe, and worst is still to come. Unless the RMT and its members want to go the same way as the NUM and the miners did, now is the time to make a stand.
Get a grip. Boris shut the country down for taking advice from a Marxist organisation, now it’s mick’s turn. Notice That those making the decisions won’t lose a penny. How much of his war chest will go to his members. Paying their mortgages will he? Hypocrites all of them. Just remember, their will always be hedge funds waiting to pick up their houses cheap.
Apparently Alf Garnett has made a comeback.
Yeah the NUM made a stand. Look at the success they had. Not one pit left. I worked at Kellingley pit for 27 years Arthur Scargill fucked us over for his own agenda. He didn’t go without anything all the time the strike was on. Taking on the government only hurts the people, it will not end well.
everything Mike says is spot on, what pisses me off is all the main news outlets are trying so hard to discredit Mike, its the working class who work their bums off and make their employers a great deal of money whilst the workers are stuck on the same wage when the cost of living is going up and up........but hey let the people at the top enjoy their hard-earned profits, god forbid they start to struggle and feel the pinch!
@@alikhan-uh3sq The median wage of the workers he represents is £36k. These aren't poor people.
A great interview. Good to hear fully from the RMT.
watching this guy over several interviews ive changed my mind about this stike. good on them
Mick Lynch is an absolute legend. What a guy!
He is a breathe of fresh air , theonly person iv heard make sense in years ,
Good on him and those striking we need more people with balls to stand up to this criminal government
Criminal?? Blair?? Brown?? How many Labour MPs handed jail senteces-? 7?
@@acthompson9983 this has nothing to do with labour
@@acthompson9983 So if I burgle your house it is fine because there are other burglars who came before me with different affiliations?
This Rail strike is important not only for Rail workers but workers in general. Its becoming quite clear that the government's objective is to deskill jobs, make workers work longer hours for less money.
Or maybe they just checked how much financial aid the rail sector received during covid and realised that they have had enough
@@bartman01021988 the rail workers continued working normally during covid and some even died because they contracted the virus whilst serving the public.
And the workers stabbed Corbyn in the back gave Boris a landslide victory !
@@bartman01021988 yea its enough that the government basically handed these private companies profits straight from tax payers so CEOs can get bigger bonuses.
Theyve been doing it for years, levelling up my arse!!
RMT are a proper union, as a former employee of the railway company GTRM I believe the RMT are doing the right thing because they have always stood up for the PEOPLE
for the few not the many yeah
@@barrypeers8665 the many don't want this type of representatives otherwise they would sympathetic and learn a lesson in the process
Ah, just not the working class people who need to get to work?
Wages go up, costs go up, yeah?
Makes sense mate.
Go give your head a wobble.
@@HaggisMuncher-69-420 it was the unions that made your wages decent, look what happened to the mineors and the town's that are still suffering
Its about time the working class in this country learned to stand up for themselves again. The number of them that were stupid enough to vote Tory in the last election was pathetic, they were just asking to be taken advantage of.
Absolute HERO Wish there were more like him. Totally support him.
I’d rather my taxes go towards workers wages increasing in line with inflation than in bosses bonus’! Should the bias be in our favour we’d be seeing the rail companies as the ones who are allowing strikes to go ahead, not the workers who are simply asking for a fair deal, as all of us should!!
Responding to inflation with higher pay will cause inflation to increase even higher, leading to yet more demands for pay increases… ad nauseam!
@@Thomas15 True, what they really mean is pay me more and sod the rest.
@@Thomas15.. hello Mr tory boy
@@Thomas15 profits can be dropped.
Strangely the RMT and the Labour Party don't align very well?
The 'special treatment' question is so bizarre. Every industry, every sector and every worker should be demanding better if they are in a similar situation to our rail services. Our ability to organise should spread across industry. The work Unite has done within Hospitality has especially been benefitial to me and my colleagues, and made us realise how badly we were being treated before and during covid. I've nothing but solidarity with Rail workers asking for better.
Well said.
It’s textbook union busting rhetoric designed to try and make working people turn against each other. The median wage as is regardless of sector is too damn low.
Rail sector staff are paid too much already
the problem is that just 'demanding better' makes no sense, pay must match actual value added at some point, we are a trading nation, and someone has to actually pay for the things we consume eventually. The median wage in the rail union is £41,000, far is excess on the average for the country and there is a tremendous degree of slack and unproductive labour in the rail sector - they are overpaid, not underpaid.
@@alex29443 Only a few of the top RMT workers make such a wage and that is not the workers striking. It's patently untrue that today's workers are "slacking". That's just your perception. Productivity and pay once climbed together. But in recent decades, productivity and pay have diverged: Net productivity grew 59.7% from 1979-2019 while a typical worker’s compensation grew by 15.8%, according to EPI data released ahead of Labor Day.
The problem at the core of this is generational inequality, for years and years the rich have been getting richer in this country while the poorer have been getting poorer. A general strike might well be the only thing workers can do to make it clear that this imbalance needs to be addressed through proper taxation of wealth and those on the highest incomes.
Totally agree Patrick. General Strike is needed but I don't think it will happen. People need to stand up for their rights.
Socialist BS. Study hard and work hard.
@@flavioc5389 the socialists are in charge which is why studying hard and working hard literally turns people into dependants on government.
That is not generational inequality though that is just the old socialist vs kapitalist struggle where in the last few decennia the kapitalist have been winning.
@@mikedebruyn I don't mean it in the sense of old vs young, generational inequality, more so inequality that has risen and escalated in recent years to a completely unsustainable level between the richest and the poorest and low/mid incomes
Have we heard an MP as articulate as this?
Certainly not for advocating good causes. There are a few, especially in the Conservative party, who are very articulate when telling lies.
Who votes for these conservative MPs the British moronic public
No, cos u can only b articulate when telling the truth.
Yes George Galloway when he was an MP
@@DrMontague Yes. Tony Benn would be another.
Absolutely fantastic from Mr Lynch - wholeheartedly agree with everything said. Fair play to the interviewer for allowing him to explain himself. Sadly the same can't be said for many broadcasters these days.
Agreed, I have just watched two slaveringly anti-worker 'interviews/rants' by two female reporters that were just disgraceful.
I like the fact Lynch know what really going on and share the facts.
As far as he says and as far as we know.
Clarity of thought and message and his ability to respond is very impressive.
I think more should have been said of how cuts in maintenance and staff comprise safety
Teaching staff are fed up too. Continuously work my arse off and get paid pittance !
@btwgrfqfeqfew I’m the older generation. I haven’t ruined it. I’ve worked hard all my life. I take your point though. We have a dumbed down electorate, dumbed down by football 24/7, by the adult comics we call newspapers , and drivel such as I’m a celebrity get me out of here. The only good thing to come out of the chaos at airports is that the “masses” can’t spend the week in Benidorm drinking Saint Miguel and frying their brains.
6 hours a day and 15 weeks holiday….
@@jobbyomoron8478 the school day itself is 6hrs but there’s prep and marking too. I have two friends who are teachers and they regularly work until 8pm at night. They could earn a lot more in other sectors, for the qualifications they have. The pension is nice though I admit.
Think it was 44% of teachers in England plan on leaving the sector by 2027...
@@jobbyomoron8478 Mythical guff spouted by people who don't know any teachers. Those 'holidays' are mostly worked through. The work week is regularly 50-60+ hours with work taken home, done late at night and at weekends. The hourly rate off the back of that is a pittance. And when a holiday is actually taken its to fit around the school breaks and with all the inflated prices that go with that. It's not a cushy job.
I love this guy . Eventually someone who is actually speaking for the average joe . Love it.
Sad thing is this is what the Labour party SHOULD sound like.
This man needs to be in government.
At the very top!!!
Isn't he a communist?
In a loonie bin more like! 😂
@@bongeyedbill9355lads, we've found the tory
He comes across as someone with more integrity than that, although it saddens me to say it.
I'm really loving this movement , it's time people stood up. MP's all get pay increases and we all just smile and nod. It has to stop
This guy is a genius, I’d of never thought that a few brave people standing against this inept system might inspire other people to stand against this fascist regime
Thats how revolutions start...
@@piccalillipit9211 and let’s hope this starts a revolution
@@thatroverguy1937 - I hope so - I no longer live in the UK, but it utterly breaks my heart to see the tragic pathetic state of the country in the 15 years since I left.
It was a booming vibrant happy place. It's now a depressed collapsing sh!t hole and its time to tear the rotten system down and start again.
@@piccalillipit9211 I couldnt agree more mate, I just wish I left 15 years ago 🤦♂️ the complete hypocrisy of this country is intoxicating, I’m more than satisfied these guys taking a stand against it, they have my support and I bet they have a lot of peoples support
We need to fight back against this Fascist Tory Party. Get them all out
WOW!!
THIS GENTLEMAN IS DEFINITELY NOT A TORY!!
EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS TRUTHFUL, ARTICULATE AND VERY WELL RESEARCHED!!!
@Raymondo666
Yes Raymondo he's definitely not a true tory!!!
I dont work on the railways, and the strike means I can't go to work for the days. However I completely support the action they are taking 100%, its great they can find strength In numbers
exactly. Dont blame them blame the people that have put them in this situation in the first place !
@@jamontoast1414 why don’t they just quit and get another job. It’s not like any of them will be skilled or hard to replace .
@@Crsf84 because they’re extremely over paid for what they do, they’re greedy and at the cost of everyone else
If we don't support them we will be next.
@@Crsf84 The reason the UK working class is amongst the poorest in the west is because many gullible people over here let the biased MSM "think" for them, it sounds like Jamon toast is one of the morons i am talking about! Anyway, anyone with taste knows that it must be marmalade on our toast!
This man is a HERO !! i will give Sophie her due, she asked decent questions (in contrast to recent other useless interviewers) and gave him time to answer with reasoned sense----he knows his job well.
He's right. Pay hasn't just been falling since Covid. It's been falling since the moment David Cameron became PM and began his long, slow campaign of part-privatisation and pay freezes/restraint in the public services. Almost 20% loss in real terms salary in education alone.
It’s been falling since the 70s m8. Neoliberalism and capitalism are inherently exploitative. If we never address the root of the issue this will keep happening
@Fluppity Duppity ok boomer
Exactly Oorefi
@Fluppity Duppity make them work for free!
@Fluppity Duppity Fluppity, I was on around £21k as a teacher, working 14 hours days 6 days a week, which worked out at around £5 per hour. I worked throughout every single holiday, catching up on planning and marking (at least 90 books a day). I paid literally thousands on classroom resources, decorations and books because there wasn't funding for it from the govt. Overpaid? As if.
Mick's absolutely right he is telling it as it is I just love him
I've changed my opinion on this issue after listening to this and now support the strikes
He is explaining the situation extremely well. We need a general strike.
@Fluppity Duppity he's leading the way for the rest of the country, and they seem to be following. What is he lying about?
@Fluppity Duppity What did he say that wasn't true?
He is correct on this, rich getting richer while working people get poorer
These toss pots are rich…..
Yeah that's capitalism hun x
Not quite correct. Marxist union leaders will still get paid their inflated salaries. Salaries that have been paid by union subscriptions. Paid by those who work on the frontline. Don't forget there's no wages for people who are on strike
@@lukemullan636 to a degree yes, but the pace at which this has been happening is down to neoliberalism. a fairer form of capitalism is good enough.
yes but they dont own anything we the people do we are actualy their bosses they are meant to work for us lets get rid of the lot and govern ourselves
Pathetic effort by the Sky News reporter in trying to paint a greedy narrative on the rail union’s demands for fair treatment and better wages. Mick handled himself extremely well.
Mr Mick Lynch did and is doing a fantastic job.
If only our politicians in the opposition had such balls.
@@Dokus360 Politicians wouldn't be allowed by their party to act or say half of the things Mick Lynch is coming out with which is probably why.
The situation we are in is solely because of the Govt. Mick is standing up for working people. The media is trying to paint him as a villain and not addressing the core of this problem. Mick is a true voice.
This is a guy who knows his business inside and out, can't warp the story and make him look like the bad guy here when he's as straight talking and to the point as this.
Same old script. A worker demands what should be afforded to every other worker and the Tories pit us against each other.
Grow up , try a book
Absolutely spot on mate
@@timcomley3241 das kapital is a great book
@@timcomley3241 I smell a Tory ew
Don’t trust MSM like Sky. They are all pushing us against one another while profits are further extracted from the working class. And then blaming the RMT fighting for the working class!
For a lot of your viewers Mick Lynch is the face of workers trying to give themselves and others decent and fair working conditions. He provides hope. Not everyone is a middle class, privileged pundit payed over £380k per year.
An all-out general strike across every sector is the way forward.
Workers didn't cause the cost of living crisis - why should we have to suffer?
So workers don't use oil and gas ? Stop using them and watch the cost of living crisis end.
Why should the private sector be held too ransom by the public sector
@@johnanthonylucock7833Workers in the public and private sector are being held to ransom by a living standards squeeze caused by systemic economic mismanagement on the Tories' part
@@canny_linguist Not just the Tories. Scotland had Nicola Sturgeon, Wales has Mark Drakeford.
@@johnanthonylucock7833 They are devolved administrations. Try harder.
My guy just absolutely redpilled everyone watching what a legend
Red as in communism?
@@henrylikemessi basic workers right and preventing poverty is not "communism"
@@henrylikemessi reference to the matrix?
Mick Lynch is a legend. Just seeing him dismantle and rip every media presenter a new one in an articulate and often humorous way is so refreshing.
This is leadership. What an excellent advocate for his members. We need him in politics
I'm not British but I could listen to him for hours
Maybe they should do what public transport workers did in the Netherlands, when they went on strike. All services carried on as scheduled, all trains, buses and trams. Everything normal.
However, no fares were collected. Passengers travelled for free. So, owning operators still had all the costs of running transports services - but no income. They came back to the negotiating table very quickly!!
That cannot work.... think about that...
It's also illegal
The government made that illegal as at one point that was an option
Brilliant!
Yea...it's illegal.
That's why. They could also ransack the place and lop the higher ups heads off...but it's illegal
Disrupting Glastonbury Sophie really brings this issue home
Awww i'm gutted for the pink welly brigade that have been fleeced for an overpriced load of garbage let me find my tiny violin bunch of mugs
Think of the ravers. Poor things. Dear dear.
Ha,ha
It ok BBC has it shown on BBC2 and on the i-Player..
Think of those going to operations, exams, work. Yes, poor dears
Politician's say "we must show pay restraint" meanwhile petrol is at £2 a litre and gas bills to heat our homes is and will continue to rocket.
Meanwhile those very same Politician's enjoy pay rises well above inflation while enjoying expense accounts as with as some highly lucrative side secondary incomes
And the Maps didn't show pay restraint when they got £2,500 this year
Grant Shapps claimed £169,080.94 in expenses in the last 12 months
@@michaelgriffiths5723 not defending the man. But that's for office space, staff salaries and running of an office. If your going to spulout something tell the full story.
What about the Tories that were getting thousands to lobby for companies. Then they expect ordinary people to work for peanuts. Allso were did the money come from to pay for jubilee.
I’ve got to give Sophie Ridge her due, she allowed Mick to put across his points, which he did, in an articulate manner! 👏🏼👏🏼
Good to see a body of workers make a stand. Good luck to them, I hope they win.
The whole country needs to be brought to a stand still , let's see if government will listen then .
The unions need to made financially liable for the money that's been lost from the economy. In short give them the same treatment that got dished out to the monasteries
@@johnanthonylucock7833 why would the unions be liable? Their purpose is to uphold the rights of workers. Unions are the reason people no longer work 14+ hours a day, 7 days a week, why we have weekends, a minimum wage… I could go on. Unions are essential so the working class don’t get trodden on more than they already are
The whole country did come to a halt during 2 years of covid
@@ej5677 The unions are not about the workers, they're all about their Marxist selves. If the unions were so beneficial to the working class. Why did it take until the late 1990's for the minimum wage to be brought in
@ritch yeah skeleton crews furloughed, and billions paid
It's already spreading big time. People are waking up to realise they don't have to put up with this garbage and fight for better!
Solidarity!
It’s going to be a very dark winter of discontent for the whole U.K. in 2022. The nurses are rejecting their pay offer. All of the pay deals being given are nowhere near an offer of acceptance. So that’s another industry that is going to have a massive amount of disillusioned and broken spirits amongst their employees. If the RCN and Unison are playing this to win they need to have all industrial action on the same dates. As I hope the RMT on the next set of dates (unfortunately I don’t think these first dates will be a success)will coordinate it on the same days as ASLEF. Far too many public sector areas are rejecting their own pay offers so the Government are in this for a long haul.
Nurses will kill the NHS not the Tories
@@acthompson9983 not much option really. Nursing is at a crisis now with no EU recruits now to work and study up the ranks and bands. Nursing is going to get worse and NHS services will become dangerously stretched. Pay freeze for years hasn’t been encouraging for any fresh blood to sample the sector. No matter what the UK is a welfare state it’s not like USA. Too many people rely on the NHS for basic advice and treatment. Too many of our citizens way of life is supported entirely by The Welfare State.We would need to stop the availability to all. And become like USA pay for certain treatments.
It’s cheaper probably to run a cash strapped NHS than pay welfare medical bills for private healthcare for our work shy citizens.
@Norman Smithers I think ALL unions need to coordinate United strikes. Really cripple the infrastructure of our country short and sharp. All rail workers unions need to coordinate together. Same as nurses all these unions that cover these industries need to unite on certain dates. No point RMT doing it this week ASLEF the next again. There will still be staff on duty in the railway system that will be exploited to cover the immediate shortage from their striking colleagues.
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@Hobby 700 it’s still ran cheaper than providing private healthcare for the welfare state patients. It would be interesting to see how much each category of citizen cost the NHS every year. I would say a good percentage of patients especially those reoccurring ones are reliant on some form of welfare support. If u privatise the NHS u are giving the private healthcare industry the ability to “print” their own money (profits). It’s not as simple as what u are suggesting. Healthcare will still cost tax payer far too much money. But in the hands of the private it’s far more scary than with a NHS.
Lynch is striking a chord with everyone in the country that is feeling the struggle.
Legend. England needs a man like this! One that stands up for this views and what’s right for the working class. We’re being sucked for everything. We as a nation need to STAND up for what’s right!!
Bravo, feel for passengers effected, but the brazen assault on working people in this country, work contracts that bear down obligations on the employee yet allow the employer to do almost anything they like, and increasing wealth gap needs to be addressed, and not in the way those who benefit from this system portray the problem in the media as an issue created by poor people and immigrants.
Hoping this labor movement extends not only to other sectors but around the whole world.
God bless the transport workers
No such thing as god
Mick lynch is a breathe of fresh air
Mick Lynch makes good sense. I hope Starmer is listening.
No he is a dangerous man... he will be cool tho...nothing will affect him....
I agree Cliff, Starmer really needs to show what his vision is for the future.
Starmer is Conservative, make no mistake
@@balasani400I know what Starmer is. He's centrist, Blairite New Labour, overlapping with left-of-centre Conservatives. I dislike him intensely, but I want him to win the next general election. Then, once in power, the left can start to reassert itself.
It’ll be strike after strike til winter. Everyone is going through hell from no fault of their own. Everyone needs help, everyone.
Yet the folks who argue against striking don't seem to understand the money is there in most big businesses in the pure profit column to help everyone. Shame.
I agree everyone (most poeple) need help. But nothing will change without action. Or it will change but slowly, grindingly for the worse.
It’s going to shareholders via dividends.
Why train companies are publicly listed for profit god only knows.
They should be like the rest of Europe. Not for profit and all the revenue is evenly distributed to workers and reinvestment
I fully support thus campaign. Power to the people.
He is telling from heart.
Companies up and down the country offering a fraction of RPI as a "pay rise". Anything less than RPI is a "pay cut". Why do workers need to keep making sacrifices to protect profits. The main stream media are very skewed in favour of the companies. It is time for the people to put an end to this.
It'll take a day or two for the media to realise the strength of positive social media feeling towards this man. They'll change their tune.
No they won't, their corporate overlords will double down against him, or freeze him out, like they fod Bernie Sanders, never give him airtime.
Now I have changed my attitude = Intelligent explanation 👍
There is a difference between a 44 hour work week on a minimum wage, to a 44 hour work week for a higher earners. This journalist is terrible and a great example of people who are bringing UK down with their greed.
Higher earners work many more hours, some are on call 24/7.
Yeah, the difference is those on higher paper take part in safety critical jobs.
@@jjefferyworboys8138 great and higher earners are compensated well for their choice to work that many hours. Low income / low wage workers are not. Slave labour is not ok
@@lronhoover7915 stop feeling sorry for yourself.
@Ex troll Now living clean life but these jobs still need doing. And the workers need to have good pay and conditions for their work
No DOWNING Street parties for the Railway workers!!!
No tax avoidance for the Railway workers!!!
No taxpayer funded mistresses!!!
No tax free six month second jobs abroad whilst still being paid by the tax PAYER!!
No lucrative dodgy contracts for the Railway workers!!!!
Just hard work on poor pay!!!
Maybe the tories want to treat the Railway workers, just like what P&O did to the loyal seamen!!!
However hard working people will have to pick up the tax burden, whilst tory tax dodgers avoid paying their taxes!!!
The only people causing chaos in Britain is the tories!!!
Mick says it all, clear concise and right on track, he backs his passion to support working class people with facts and solution based response. Excellent man to represent people !
10.07 "what's wrong in this society"........this guy is so accurate
Good. The only people who fight for themselves.
In France people work 35 hours with 30 days paid holidays and 11 extra days on top of that, and French economy does better than UK one.
Sick pay is equal to wage for first 6 months after that not that far off.
(don't mention they have higher unemployment , they don't have zero hours contract to hide their figures).
This country can be run better.
COEs don't need to earn in millions.
It is a similar situation like in Germany when the right wing Media started a campaign against the leader of the Train Union couple of years ago. The Union Leader didn't care either until they found an agreement. Keep fighting 👍
God, he's good. Clear and non hysterical, makes all his points well and doesn't deviate,
Well said Mick the struggle continues with these tories and corporations.
what a great GS this ma is! fair play to him!
Excellent done by Mick Lynch, isn't it a shame he has to reply on a false presentation of the facts. This 'neo' Tory governement is ruthless cutting back on all kinds of rights, Human; to Protest; Workers'. For me, as an interested citizen in an EU-country ( the Netherlands) it is hard to understand the lack of engagement, by the average UK citizens. Don't get me wrong, the situation here is not very different politically, because of a lack of trust in our current governement. But the damage your (ERG)Tories are causing, is painful to observe.
I hope Keir Stamer soon makes clear what Labour's agenda will be on (all) those Rights, even here in the EU, we are looking forward to it!
I support the rail strike. Industrial action is going to inconvenience me since I commute by train. But my inconvenience is completely insignificant compared to the damage this government is doing to our public services and its workers, including in the rail industry.
Agree, never really supported industrial action before but this new government are unprecedented levels of corruption, incompetence and irreponsbility
Excellent comment. Wish everyone was so understanding and selfless. Unfortunately we have a me me me society.
There's millions who feel exactly the same
Well said Liam
Good point of comparison Liam. We’re all prone to going against anything that affects our convenience on a given day or week, rather than looking at the wider picture and how it might impact others and the country in general. It’s worrying how easy it can be for governments and the establishment to get the public to back things that are actually against our best interests in the long run.
Good on him! Hope it spreads.
I'm not working one second above my contracted hours unless it's to my benefit. We are not machines and people's mental health and physical health will be affected.
It is to your benefit
Is Sophy anti-organized labour? Sure seems like she was only deferring to the Transportation Secretary
I hope so. These people are some of the most highly paid in the country. For what encouraging people to strike for more money when the country is skint. Rail workers earning an average of 60 k a year for what exactly. They are champagne socialists. Ive seen union people on the piss in hotels every night. Animal farm
No she is asking the questions that every taxpayer should be asking this man who represents workers who had their full wages (and overtime) paid for 2 years by UK taxpayers without ONE job being lost all through COVID while others lost their jobs. The same taxpayers he is now hitting with his strikes. This strike is nothing to do with Shapps or the Government although the old Marxist Lynch is engaged in a purely political strike.
My concern is that she only seems to want to undercut or doubt his assertions. Organized labor and trade unions aren’t universally good but they are closer to the labour (as the workers) so it makes sense to me to defer to them when they or their leadership make affirmative statements. It is not like these workers and their families won’t also be affected I get the concern of students who need to take tests and others, but if we forever put off when they can strike, we will never let them strike.
@@roninlupien9244 I am not at all concerned when a journalist challenges what she / he is being told as fact. Because those in the fight will give their preferred set of 'facts' which may not be facts at all.
As for unions being closer to a businesses labour than their employers I very much doubt that. Unions (especially in the UK) have their own very specific political agendas and for decades have not been too fussed about using strikes as a political weapon. And (IMHO this strike is absolutely a political weapon because railway workers are generally very well paid people and they have (courtesy of the UK taxpayer) been shielded from the worst effects of COVID for over 2 years compared to every other industry. Are car workers striking? No because they suffered during COVID and just want to earn a living.
On your last point I am not sure anyone wants to remove the option to strike. People just want their to be a genuine grievance and on this one there is none at all. Its political.
@@1chish the numbers cited by Tory government officials, taken from the Office for National Statistics do show drivers are paid well but this union is for guards or station cleaning staff and other workers who are striking, not drivers repped mostly by ASLEF. While it is true that the median wage cited by the Gov is higher than other workers, it has also been frozen with a crummy deal offered. They voted for this strike and are allowed to have it. Of course it is political, in regards to that note, all labour organization is in the current world economic system. My mention of being closer was in relation to the workers not union bosses
I wish us 40,000 carers that got sacked back in November, had this guy on our side.
It’s cringeworthy how the newsreader is trying to justify an argument for the government, whilst saying people are going suffer, people going to Glastonbury and Elton John, not as much as the workers that are being ripped off.
Journalism and reporting has clearly gone to the dogs.
Where’s the independent balanced reporting they are always talking about?
The people she’s saying/claiming ‘are going to suffer’ she forgets are families relatives and friends of the Union members taking industrial action.
She’s desperate to push the governments cynical agenda unfortunately/fortunately she’s under estimated Mr Mick Lynch’s eloquence.
Mick Lynch for PM. He utterly trashed Sky News’s line of questioning.
Go on Mick tell them the real truth. The tory government are to blame with lack of good substantial forward thinking. They should have sat round the table with the Rail Operators and the RMT. I wish I could work for the RMT and Rail Maintenance if I could.
We've all had to sit here and watch MP's get pay rises, get expenses, watch Johnson and hes mates staff billions up the wall, hand out contracts to their cronies, pay back the national debt from 2008 we've all had our pay freezes and what is never mentioned in the media when it comes to 'Keyworker' is the people working as postman, couriers, supermarket workers, transport workers, people keeping the country fed the people who supply the supermarkets the majority of these people are minimum wage workers completely forgotten about when the inevitable strikes happen the Tories will attack the workers divide and conquer blame everyone but themselves. They are running scared that about time the country has had enough of them and when we get told not to ask for a payrise because it will effect inflation doesn't stop the MP's taking £2000 a year wage rise does it? There's full employment and more jobs available than people out of work this is an economics disaster waiting to happen its down to Brexit
Well said, well written.
Just remind me how much Brown made personally from the Russian Banks? Where is that money? Railway workers earn more than I do
but most know the truth so they cannot all they can do is try
@@acthompson9983 Blame the government for your stagnant wages
Well said and spot on.
No other choice for them, government won't listen so there taking drastic measures.
A very worthy successor to Bob Crowe . . . . what a Leader
Mick was brilliant, absolutely fantastic
Well done Mick! 👏🏻