Supervisor jobs swept away by Neath Port Talbot Council in cost-cutting drive

“siarad2 we have all just lived through the longest period of continuous growth in our history. From the early 90's until the start of the great recession. I also think that it was no coincidence that it was also a period of high inward immigration. As you are so keen to control wage costs i'm sure you will agree with me that there incomers helped to keep wages down and thus control inflation. Maggie in the 80's took the different method of having high unemployment to keep wages down. Both are effective, with the 1980's way a little more painful”

“@Neathboy234
German workers agreed to 10 years of no wage rises along with manufacturers using capital investment to improve productivity.
Your bust, bust remark is ludicrous, there's more years between them.
Bust is always a part of Labour from their stagflation of the 1970s to their 2007 one.”

“BTW that should be "successful" not "Stressful", although these days it does seem stressful lol”

“williamwaun you obviously don't know much about industry if U think unions rule. In private industry those days are long gone, if they ever existed. Stressful firms work hand in hand, with managers and staff working for the same goal.

And whats this ruinous tax that U talk about, are U referring to the time when pension funds were no longer exempt from paying tax on dividends.

And as far as boom and bust is concerned, there will always be a burst after a boom, and as they say bigger the bomb, the bigger the bust. Besides we only seem to have bust and bust these days, no boom at all. Last year we had almost zero growth, unlike Germany which had almost 3%”

“Neathboy do you remember when Flash Gordon said there will be no more boom and bust, and how the man who stole your old age. How Gordon Brown secretly imposed a ruinous tax that has wrecked the retirements of millions.

We are in this mess because of them, but you work in the steelworks where the union rules, so your a supporter of the Labour party, instead of commenting on other peoples posts, comment on the story please.”

“by immigrant1Tuesday, September 25 2012, 12:44PM
"Just shows how inefficient and wasteful local government has been for years. No wonder the country's in such a mess with things like this going on. I bet there are 100s or even 1000s of similar wasteful things happening in councils."

Perhaps we could privatize them all, i'm sure G4 would put in a bid.

Does anyone remember how Cameron use to say that the private market knew best. He stopped saying this when all the banks went bust”

“Right,now thats sorted lets get rid of all the deputy managers, assistant directors and the assistant to the assistants etc etc etc.”

“Just shows how inefficient and wasteful local government has been for years. No wonder the country's in such a mess with things like this going on. I bet there are 100s or even 1000s of similar wasteful things happening in councils.”

“Nothing against the people being laid off, the are a product of mismanagement within councils, i.e Too many chiefs not enough cooks syndrome.”

“Supervisors have very limited powers or responsibilities & with cleaners I'm sure managers could easily take on this duty.”