Us in a few years
From the
London Daily Mail:
Soldiers stand by to drive petrol tankers as part of contingency plans to stop a strike plunging Britain into chaos
Emergency plans for soldiers to drive petrol tankers to stop a threatened strike plunging Britain into chaos have been drawn up by the Government.
The contingency plans are aimed at preventing a repeat of the turmoil caused by protesting lorry drivers when Tony Blair was Prime Minister.
The results of a strike ballot of Britain�s 2,000 tanker drivers will be announced tomorrow � and both Ministers and well-placed sources in the drivers� union Unite believe they will vote in favour of a walkout starting on April 3.
The article goes on to mention that the drivers are paid �45,000/year and work 37 hour weeks. That pencils out to over $70K US Dollars and this is not counting the medical, benefits and pension.
Like I said in the title -- this is us in a few years if we do not radically shift our direction.
Posted by DaveH at March 25, 2012 4:58 PM