GOLD PLATED SECTOR NEEDS MORE GILT!

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Had to laugh at the easy ride (Scroll down) afforded Mark Serwotka of the Public and Commercial Services Union when he was droning on about the vital need for further substantial wage increases. The BBC seems keen to promote the idea that the State sector has had a tough old ride in recent years and needs all the extra cash it can possibly get – now there’s a surprise!

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  1. Will says:
    October 14, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Along with the unemployment figures released today were data on the increase in earnings, these show the public sector to be getting anything other than a tough old ride

    Manufacturing
    1.1 per cent excluding bonuses, up 0.2 percentage ponts;
    1.3 per cent including bonuses, up 0.6 percentage points.
    Services
    2.2 per cent excluding bonuses, down 0.3 percentage points;
    1.7 per cent including bonuses, down 0.4 percentage points.
    Public sector
    3.4 per cent     excluding bonuses, down 0.2 percentage points;
    3.2 per cent including bonuses, down 0.2 percentage points.
    Private sector
    1.5 per cent excluding bonuses, down 0.3 percentage points;
    1.2 per cent including bonuses, down 0.2 percentage points.

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