These Strikes are not like the Miners’ Strike!

Strikes such as today obviously bring on memories of ‘The Miners’ Strike’ in the 1980s, but the same they are not.

The main difference is that the miners were striking because their industry was being shut down.  The public sector on the other hand is not being shut down, yes it is being cut back, but the public sector will still exist.

The strikers today are striking because they will get less money for their pensions, the miners were striking because they were losing their jobs and their livelihood, there is a big difference.

The irony of today’s strike is it is against reform that will ensure those in the public sector actually still have jobs and pensions in the future.

The miners had a point, those out on strike today do not.