The Mick Lynch Video The Government Doesn’t Want You To See
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@@haider1950 ah yes BRICS the excuse the west want to use to impose social credit score like system tied to Digital Central Banks
The trade unions are as owned as the politicians, full of new world order staff....always the same, it's an illusion
@@nicolasnicolas3889 So what's your solution then?
Years ago I was told "As an individual you beg. As a union you bargain" Of course they want us all to beg. The trade unions are standing in their way.
@@atheosmachina And where are we now? The country is on it's knees. Nurses using food banks! in 2022. Gas & Electric almost unaffordable, The NHS not fit for purpose. A Rail system that is so expensive and unreliable. The national debt almost beyond recovery. Privatised water company's emptying sewage into rivers and seas. The gap between the rich & not so rich the widest it has ever been for years. Big company's wanting zero hours contracts. And the list goes on. Not to mention dishonest politicians. PPE contacts and parties. I was just starting out working in the 1970s, yes I agree it wasn't without its problems, But right now I don't think it is any better.
@Del Boy Because resources are being siphoned out of our pockets and it's going into their mates' pockets. You don't become a Billionaire without Government help
Chomsky had it right when he said, "Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below."
Chomsky has the very scary knack of being right all the time.
Chomsky has been proved right on so many levels. A great hero of mine.
Chomsky is amazing, but I'm sad to see him become a bit of a sell out in recent years :(
Extremely true & important point...Mike Lynch is an intelligent, forthright, honest leader..i have listened to him in Tory meetings he makes them look small, narrow minded, vacuous, without even trying...
We need to rid ourselves of this POISONOUS TORY GOVT.
@Wasssup Dawwwg no not at all. And I really can't even imagine how you came to that conclusion.
I feel so Blessed to have a good man speaking up for us working class people .... Well Done Mick Lynch ..You are extraordinary!!! Keep up the Good work...
His not sticking up for you he just wants more money for the union.
@@terryj50 Go to bed Terry. In opposition to Mick you’re siding with the establishment who wants to strip you of everything you hold dear.
@@quentinjalapeno1344 Lynch is a labour aristocrat. Why has he refused to organised industrial actions to support the Palestinians?
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx What are you talking about? 😂 Aristocrat? Do you even know what the word means? And he has literally campaigned for a ceasefire. Have you attended any of the major marches in London? If not, were you even aware that he was one of the main speakers at the marches alongside with Zarah Sultana and Corbyn? And if you were there, did you go home early or just fall asleep?
@@quentinjalapeno1344 Speaking at a march is _not_ the same as organising effective industrial action by the RMT to prevent the flow of weapons and parts to the genocidal State of Israel. Lynch talks much, does nothing. Compare British trade unions' blowhard inaction with, say, the UK-based Palestine Action who have been illegally entering the premises of companies and banks associated with Israel and creating rightful havoc, resulting in Israeli arms factories being forced to close. Or the Houthis in Yemen who, at enormous cost and no benefit to themselves, have been interdicting Israel-bound shipping in the Gulf. No, making a speech at a rally is one thing. Doing something about it is another.
Well said.
Lot of people don't realise maternity leave, Weekends off, Annual leave was because of trade unions. A lot of rights employees take for granted nowadays were fought for by trade unions in the UK.
I've subscribed.
Mick Lynch is a rare breed these days. I really wish many more unions were following what he is doing for his members. To be fair, he is doing the job the Labour party should be doing. What a legend.
The Labour party is a joke ATM. Ideally we need a new party to get behind but that'd be dangerous because of the vote split. I can't deny that labour have positioned themselves well to reach more people
@@rossdavison6526 That’s bad though because you get the same neocon/neolibs in power and things ultimately stay the same.
Tony Blair pulled the wool over my eyes but I won’t be fooled again.
Government to blame above all for low wages since 2008 and arguably way before this, obviously. Public to blame for looking the other way when they know full well of the suffering in supposedly the sixth richest economy in the world ( where is all that money? Oh, yes, it's hidden away by the rich). Most people don't want to be in a union because they only care about themselves and want the approval of their boss, and many who are members are still apathetic and do nothing. Many unions are weak and have stood by while wages have declined, which is why living standards are plummeting. Average workers in France and Germany earn £8000 more than in the UK. Watch the unions cave in with paltry pay awards that will continue to depress living standards. The TSSA has just accepted a deal that includes a no compulsory redundancy agreement until January 31, 2025, and a minimum pay rise of at least £1,750 or five per cent (whichever is greater) backdated to January 1, 2022, which it is said is worth at least seven per cent to staff earning £25,000 or less. Around seven percent- utterly ridiculous in the face of rampant inflation, which will still remain too high even if it decreases. Only two years for a no compulsory redundancy agreement. A rubbish deal. The workers will be betrayed by the union movement and have no support from the Labour Party.
@@eightiesmusic1984 You planted our lands with foreign labour to serve global capital, silenced any opposition and united with brown burdens from the global south to shut down any opposition by native workers. You let it go a long time ago. The future of this country deserves better than homosexual drug addicts like yourself can give it. We will deliver. Stay absolutely shook. I prefer you uncomfortable.
@@artseosamhogriobhta ??
Power to the people, all the support for the strikes and the unions!
My father was a staunch blue collar Conservative, yet two people he had the greatest respect for were the late Bob Crow and Tony Benn. In fact if anyone mentioned Ted Heath, you could always hear my dad mutter 'silly old fool'. I'm an ex CWU member and rep, and I cannot believe the desperate way our government is seeking to erode even further the ability of trade unions to represent their members. I am also shocked the the Labour party has forbidden their senior MP's from supporting picket lines, when it was unionised workers on pocket lines who created the Labour party. Mick Lynch is a shining example of how people in the public eye should conduct themselves. Compared to our politicians and the vast majority of mainstream journalists, he stands head and shoulders above them. Mick Lynch has more concern for ordinary, working people in his little finger than the entire cabinet. We live in a sad world when people who care are cut down by politicians who are only there to feather their own nest, when they should be in politics to make the world a better place for all.
Mick Lynch for Prime Minister! He's a breath of fresh air for this country. Has a clear vision of the what/why/when/where and how. A visionary who's articulate and gifted. Scares the bejeepers out of those smug Downing Street etonions who feel entitled and not at all interested in the working class, let alone who they are supposed to be representing!! I'm definitely supporting the Royal Mail employees and the Nurses. Why are we not learning that 'privatisation' doesn't work. We are now in a country where it's not just the rich getting richer..........it's the 'have nots and the have yachts'!!!
Thank you Nick for speaking Truth I a small business owner but I totally agree 👍 without Trade Unions we would have Work house debter prisons any families live in the streets again
Absolutely brilliantly worded and said, thank you!!!!
Finally someone has said it. All wealth and value comes from Labour, from someone digging, planting making or shaping something. There was no wealth before this happens. The gold you find is only valuable if you can exchange it for something that has been planted, dug, made or forged by labour. Otherwise it is worthless.
And without wishing to belittle people, those who trade and sell do much better in general than most who make the stuff they sell, and trade , That is just a fact At the bottom then are those who serve. Relative to thier contribution to the real and necessary parts of living they are very badly rewarded... Too much goes to trading .. Mrs Thatcher was from a shop keeping familly, and yoi notice those roots,
True it did But NOW K.S. Labour party is a supporter and menber of the WEF and agrees to Clause Schwabs evil plans if you vote labour you may as well vote tory vote for N IGE L FARAGE . HE IS TOTALLY UTTERLEY AGAINST the global elite and Bill Gates Clause Schwab . and Yuval Noah Harari Clause Schwabs Very Dangerous right arm, I and thousands of others will be voting for Nigel
Mick Lynch is a good man and talks a lot of sense. Shame our PM and his ministers don't do likewise.
@Johannes C I replied but mentioned the rott child's and you tube delete it, this should tell people exactly who the enemy of humanity is.
Mick lynch Earns around £84000 a year!!!! Let that sink in.
Your politicians never worked to represent anyone but their own career progressions
@@napoleonreed3309 We all saw the S*n headliners. does that mean he has no reason to campaign for the workers rights and bargaining wages for everyone else like you? Unless you're comfortable where you are
@@toyotaprius79 I'm very comfortable where I am thank you unlike the people striking losing money while lynch Earns 84k a year at least! He doesn't have to worry does he!
To the people of the UK you are in a struggle with neoliberalism and you guys must defeat it
@@artseosamhogriobhta terrible attempt at bait.
@@Dartanius100 don't worry about his likes, probably won't be alive in a couple days and will realise they don't even own their body
I can’t believe that the right wing apologetics Maggoos still, after nearly 50 years , are bleeting the one and only conservative fiscal pseudo policy, trickledown economics.
And all the while, so woefully uneducated that they have willingly remained totally oblivious to the reality that the republicans, Tories and Liberals have lead the western world into late stage terminal capitalism.
The only species known to be more pathetic than the wealthy are their familiars, the aspirational wealthy simping for shrapnel 💷
I mean can you even verbalise the definition of neoliberalism?
How do you confuse facism with liberalism ?
@@nyakwarObat lmao what? speak english poo person
What an absolutely superb communicator Mick Lynch is. Really outstanding. Condenses all of the pressing points, issues & concerns into this 10 minute video.
It is fine condensing words, but all the unions are wanting to do is bring the government down, the RMT strikers can afford to loose money , they get £1000+ a week !!!!!
Someone said a couple of weeks ago that 1 in 10 railway cleaners use food banks ..........That means 9 in 10 do not use food banks , if you get my point ??
Dead right Mick, I am 68 years old and never would have believed that workers could become so poor in real terms as they are right now, in 1979 I brought home approximately £105 per week, after tax, factor job in Hasslinden.
You could buy 7 or 8 pints for a pound, a loaf of bread was less than 13p a council flat about £8 per week, so my wage was worth 735 pint of Bitter or 807 loafs of bread or enough to pay for 13 council fats. How much is a pint now £4.00 --£4.50, therefore I would have to earn at least £2950 per week £12,000 per month in a semi skilled factory job to be as well off, no wonder all the pubs have shut.
I think the reason the pubs in Wales are struggling because of our Labout Government banning smoking in all pubs. They could have instead have a food license and smoking license but not both. Twice the license fees for no extra work required. I never felt very positive about Mick and Unions in general, I joined the military at 17 so never went through my early working years in a Union. This video has really made me question my beliefs so going to do more research. I think my vote just flipped!
No wonder prices of everything are so sky high. The country is hugely overpopulated, and just not enough to keep going round everyone.
And these unions care nothing about these wider issues. They are selfishly screwing over millions of people for the relatively tiny number of members that have paid their fees. It’s completely disingenuous for them to claim they’re part of the greater good.
@@memorgan1 true, everyone in the forces is a brainwashed Tory I'm afraid bro. My dad was a lower class urchin who joined the navy at 15. Now he thinks the royals are more important than his own family :p it's sad. We kind of want 5he army to protect the people. Same w8th the police. Unfortunately they are all brain washed to serve the wealthy.
@@memorgan1 not really prices of everything is high and wages are low its as simple as that
This man should be in politics!!.
He is!
@@awjm he is and is one of the few classy acts in it
Yes he is in politics
Yes but Lynch couldn’t be an elected member of Parliament because all of his qualities that people admire him for would have to be stripped away, either voluntarily or over a period of time.
@@DessieTots the journalist Martin Bell experienced the truth of that as an Independent MP. It doesn't just apply to parties with a Whip.
Mores the pity as Mick Lynch is the kind of visionary leader needed for the Labour Party to reverse the damage of the last four decades, from Thatchers policies on.
Mick Lynch is the first hero the UK has had in a long, long time.
I hope people living in the UK get behind and support him as much as they can.
Second,.....don't forget Corbyn.
@@asatagafirllahalhamdulilla9030 agreed. We saw what happened with corbyn though, people don't pay attention to the details
Completely agree, , this man speaks the truth of whats happening in UK and globally, we need someone like Mick Lynch in Ireland.
@@asatagafirllahalhamdulilla9030 ... Agreed, Corbyn, the best prime minister we never had.
Thank heaven for Mick Lynch, an articulate and visionary man with a moral conscience. Something sorely missing in the representatives of our public offices. More power to you Mick in trying to champion a fairer society.
The problem with old dinosaurs like Lynch is he can't see that technology is essential to make the railways efficient, ticket offices will have to go because the vast majority of rail users book their tickets on their smart phone now and driver only trains already exist so they are not dangerous.
I totally agree with Mick. People of this country need to take note of his views.
Yeah i'm the 2nd to reply
Not on mainstream tv 🙄 not on the anti British bbc that we have to pay a licence for ? And people still blame the strikes and not the government ?
@@RedScotland , This has nothing to do with communism.
There is no way on earth that it can be right on a Railway Service that it should rely on Overtime for the service to run Evenings and Weekends. It’s the reason why Ticket Prices are so high.
Politicians of the country need to pay close attention to his wise words.
This government is awful, just awful
If you think this government is awful just wait and see the shit Labour will come up with if they ever get in . You are probably not old enough to remember the destruction Wilson & Callaghan, Blair & Brown left behind. If you are old enough you must have a short memory , or dementia.
Yes the PredaTORY …they are Atrocious…not even a govt.
They always have done , Margaret Thatcher was a tyrrant , she done more damage to this country , closed the coal mines , the shipyards , steel works , etc . Mr, Lynch your right ✅️ 👏
After the coming financial crash everything will be changed forever,we will all be equal in all things.♥️
Not half as gross as Lynch the commie
Once your wealth reaches a certain amount it should be taxed at 95%, I mean, who really needs multiples of millions to live off.
We need to start by getting them to pay the right amount of tax to start with.
you are so close yet so far away lol. what practical function do those people have regardless of how much money they are making? they literally dont do anything but mess things up with their schemes because their entire purpose in life is to figure out how to skim off the top of everyone elses efforts while doing absolutely nothing and expecting to be worshipped as gods. i have never been shown a practical reason for why the ruling class needs to be a part of society in any capacity. people on the ground always know how to make things work better than those who sit in ivory towers.
That would never work , all industry would leave
I’m sure the Beatles had a song about this…
@@chattonlad9382we need to stop people claiming for benefits, when they probably can work for a living
Go get em mick we are right behind you mate.
Mick Lynch is a modern day hero and speaks a lot of sense. My employers always paid me peanuts although I worked really hard for them as there were no unions. We have to get this conservative government out.
Socialist
@@joprocter4573 How well has our world done under capitalists? 😂 They’ve made you scared of the forbidden S word. Bless you son.
You are the kind of level headed, sensible person we need now. Thanks.
He is everything Sunak isn't,decent,honest,trustworthy and gets straight to the point.Keep going Mick
Everything the whole conservative government is not, honest kind and true represntation of the working class, i'm sick of millionaires telling us to spend less and to go without whilst they relish in their wealth at our expense whilst we keep lining their pockets with our taxes and labour...
and you think Mick is? Mick is a marxist the transport system holds up to ransom every year they preach how the transport is going to get better and it never does, the prices go up and they strike you are a fool if you think Mick decent, honest,trustworthy and gets straight to the point.
if he was then he would sit down with the tories and hammer out a deal but Mick says "he will never sit down with a tories government"
You sound love struck lol
@@fxhzwingzero Do you have any evidence at all to support this claim? Or do you spend a lot of time watching conspiracy theories?
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa
Never a truer word! Power to the workers!
If people cannot see the direct correlation between falling living standards and the dwindling memberships of Trade Unions, there must be some sort of collective amnesia.
Right now we need people like Mick who can deliver a clear, factual talk like this to help people see the obvious.
I’ve lived through times of bargaining power and solid conditions for employment to today where the whole workforce has been deregulated into casual labour. Well, look how that has worked. Falling wages and abysmal working standards that beggars belief. When my daughter describes her working conditions, I just shake my head wondering how the hell this could have happened. It’s obvious. No bargaining power.!! More power to you and your members Mick. 👍
A very bad development indeed Mick. Thanks for raising the awareness.
Mick lynch, pure truth and integrity I salute you, I wish there were more people like you.
Its time to rip this government down!
UNITY=STRENGTH
It not just the so-called government,it's the forces of greed,monolithic corporations who are calling the shots.It's what you don't see, that's the real problem.
Its great to hear Mick in full without being constantly interrupted & shouted at by the media.
🍀🍀--Hail-Hail--🍀🍀 Mick...
What an eloquent speech! Mick Lynch - the voice of reason. Bravo.
Lynch is neither a Union Baron, or Union Boss. Barons and Bosses don't get democratically elected. He doesn't tell his members what to do, he polls them, and they move forward together. The RMT has as many members as some constituencies, making him more like an MP, but he gets paid less than an MP, but represents the working class in his union. Maybe local MPs should represent the working class in their communities, while getting paid less. Then they might have a point, but they don't, and we all know it.
but the Tories had work house pioneers like Mogg , they want a destroy society to mirror the dying world
Both MPs and Mick lynch are paid about the same (Lynch: £84 K, MP, also £84 K), Lynch's total pay package (salary plus benefits) is worth a bit more (124K total), probably, but it's hard to tell. The Times reported that the MP pensions package is like a 40K perk, which, again, is similar to the net worth of Lynch's.
@@teddansonLA Thanks, but don't forget 100k ++++ expenses, and backhanders for our crooked MPs. My point still stands.
MPs should be paid less. Some on the left ( very few) have led by example by taking an average worker's wage. Dave Nellist is a good example ( former Coventry MP in the eighties and early nineties). He is principled and articulate, yet was demonised by the media. Union leaders should be paid less. Never mind pay being set fairly via a process- it is not the point. MPs and union leaders are paid excessive salaries and no-one should be fooled into thinking they are not an integral part of the establishment. Let's not forget the much bigger picture is the unseen and overlooked salaries of the mega rich in other sectors.
@@M2Mil7er MP expenses are supposed to pay for the costs incurred in running their constituency office. I don't have a problem with that - if they defraud the scheme, that's different. But they're not supposed to spend the expenses on private things, so I don't count that.
_and backhanders for our crooked MPs_
That's not relevant - that's malpractice. Most MPs are not crooked, though some definitely are.
_My point still stands_
You made a few points - the ones about MP salary don't stand, the other excellent point about the job Mick Lynch does as an elected representative was never in question.
Together we are strong! that's why they try to keep us at each others throats and not looking at THEM, the real cause of the problem. Solidarity, Mick.
Thank you so much to Mick Lynch trying to educate those that you are fighting for that don't even know they need you.
You keep up the good work Mick, you keep shouting out for us. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 The rich and poor divide is getting wider.
Thats the idea...they want to eliminate the middle class
Imagine if the BBC did a report like this. Government would be paying out straight away
BBC are scum, plain and simple
Imagine if the BBC wasn't a tool of the oligarchy
Superb video. Solidarity with the workers✊
Not a lot of work being done
I'm not in a union, but I'm supportive of the actions you and your members. It's about time the wealth was fairly distributed and the sacrifices our public sector workers recently rose up during Covid to protect and serve. I won't forget that.
Please join a union if you can
As You get older You will realise that in the Real World to re distribute wealth You would create a Marxist State just like North Korea and those People really do well don’t they. Everything You get in Life You have to earn but not hold Your Fellow “Conrad’s” to ransom.
So you think £64000 for sitting in a train puling a lever occasionally is not enough?
@@adamant5419 Train drivers aren't striking.
@@adamant5419 but an MP on over 84K is value for money,
right.
How many of them have second jobs.
How many of them do shift work that messes up your health.
Totally agree mick. You are our hero thank you
The trade Union movement is needed more now than ever.
So many people say that and will enjoy the rights and payrises from having Unions.
But they won't put their hand in their pocket and contribute towards them.
The best paid professional-class employees are all in Unions.
The worst paid aren't, that's not a coincidence.
Every worker should be in a union.
Think of it as insurance.
Why are they so unpopular, then?
@@adarkimpurity With who , the elite , billionaires and sheeple dumbed down by the mainstream media I guess !
@@adarkimpurity yrs of media crucifixion... that's why.
@@baabaabaa2293 I'm basing my opinion on their words though. The media skews left so much nowadays so I don't buy it.
A rare voice of reason in UK discourse. Mick for President!
Sorry my friend, I think you meant Prime Minister.
@@dinnerwithfranklin2451 I mean president, as a manner of speaking, knowing full well that the UK has a PM ;-)
@@kbqvist My mistake, I apologize.
@@dinnerwithfranklin2451 No problem, I could have been clearer...
Wouldn't UK be a much better place lead by Mick Lynch, Thanks for what you do Mick.
Amen Mick.
As a council worker, my wages have been reduced over the last 25 years. I used to earn the middle of a qualified Teachers bottom to top pay. Now a Teacher starts on what I earn; and Teachers need a pay rise too !
Thank you sir for being a relentless pain in their neck.
Totally agree. I would vote for this man if he ran for office.
You got a great portion of the UK pinning their hopes on the great work you're doing mick. Thanks
Do something yourself..write to your MP about the proposals to shut down the Unions.. We have to help anyway we can ..
@@sunshine-mr8og well said.i,ll do that,even though my M.P is (Labour)& is always on the correct side of fighting for decent wages & workers rights & protections& human rights,& social justice.
@BAT THINK have you exposed a nipple and proved you've no dagger in your sock
@BAT THINK u,ve obviously lost the plot.ur bat shit crazy.the railways were privatized years ago,its tory policy.& .ur freemasonary mick lynch conspiracy theory is as crazy as it gets.
I am a union member in my job, however, they only write to us when they want our votes to strike
The union rep spends more time talking to managers & office staff.
Only, the people who have no mortgage can really strike, as I can't afford to lose any money, I would accept any % of a pay rise, & lucky to have a permanent job 🤫
I didn't think anyone would be as effective and charismatic at the late, great Bob Crowe, but Mick has really stepped up to the plate.
Wonder how much he earns...?
Can you provide links to Bob, I'd like to find more about him.
In one of the interviews on mainstream media they asked him his salary and he said it was about £70k. They were trying to make out that if he is on that kind of salary what is he complaining about. But that's a stupid question. As a Trade Union leader he is paid to fight for better working conditions and salaries for those on lower pay.
Well said Mick, absolutely spot on 👍.
Solidarity, Mick
This man is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs
God bless that man. If anything happens to him then this country should be shut down until the lamposts are cleared.
I want all his merch
A man who has earned respect, good on you MICK
He must reach the parliament by getting a sit there and if he create a party I would vote for it!
You are a national treasure! I’d like to think that you made that comment before going into a phone box and coming out dressed in that costume, then solving a few crimes committed by our corrupt politicians. Although that picture might just be a caricature? 🤔
As Len Wheeler said - Thank heaven for Mick Lynch, an articulate and visionary man with a moral conscience. Something sorely missing in the representatives of our public offices. More power to you Mick in trying to champion a fairer society.
Well said Mick. This is about freedom for the ordinary people that make this Country work. #unity
Mick, you're totally inspiring, like a breath of fresh air in a morgue
Mick Lynch is probably one of the most important persons around today ,society needs him
Like when he supported the disinformation campaigns supporting Brexit?
@@RYAN-pz8il even though he supported brexit which I voted against he’s still incredibly important to working class people.
Liz Truss,Theresa May and David Cameron were initially pro remain and thousands more like them have done more to damage working class lives than mick Lynch so don’t smack him down just because of his view on brexit ,that’s how the right win ,you need to be smarter than that .
Lots of deaths already from the action
@@TheMontyfire except he pushed his fellow union members and working class people to make a decision that makes them (and the whole country) poorer and hedge fund people like Jacob Reese mogg wealthier. So indeed I suppose he is important to the working class. He can continue to keep them uneducated on broader economic and political literacy.
It's not a competition of who can cause the "most" damage to society. You want a leader that is grounded in realpolitik and remains a slave to the truth. Not peddling lies like being in the EU means the UK has bad workers rights. Hard to find, but they exist and Mick Lynch based on his track record is not one of them.
@@RYAN-pz8il but Mr Lynch wasn’t massively vocal during brexit build up in the media and you can argue that he was not relevant at all because he didn’t really have a platform as there were no RMT issues in the mainstream media,brexit didn’t go through because of lynch influencing a few of his members as it was far wider than that,anyway this chat is not about brexit and don’t change the rhetoric to brexit when we are talking about fair pay and conditions.
Can I just confirm for my suspicions do you support the strikers or not ?
We are in dark times ,thank God for men like Mick 👋🏻👋🏻
Keep keeping on Mick.
You have my support and that of all the people I know.
Mick Lynch is a legend.
I could listen to Mick for hours what a great working class hero. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I've waited nearly a month for some important mail that was supposed to be 24 tracked and I support all the strikes regardless of whether they affect me or not.
It is so obvious and simple what he says. Everyone knows it. People just do not believe things will change. Great stuff Mick, it shouldn’t be in this age but it is a start in a right direction. I just wish the unions got involved, took action, addressed the issues, years ago when non pay rises started.
No, I for one do not "know it". His end goal is right, for the poor to get richer, but his system of getting there will do the opposite.
When you increase taxes for the rich, you get mass unemployment. They want to make more money therefore they will cut wages, fire employees, decrease expenditure of their businesses, etc. All of these things are bad for the employees.
The minimum wage laws are absolutely terrible. The job market, as any market should be competitive, this means if I can offer my labour at McDonalds at £5 an hour, far under the minimum wage of for example £9 an hour, I will be able to get work extremely easily. Minimum wage laws objectively decrease employment. You only need to look at the unemployment rates and the mimunum wage laws being put into place, there is a direct correlation.
What we DO need is the government to fuck off out of our economy and especially our money supply. The single leading factor causing this cost of living crisis is inflation, and that is DIRECTLY caused by the UK government adding more money into circulation. We need to revert back to the gold standard.
@@Dehydratedpencil gold standard= US invasion.(this is a proven historical fact)
Taxing the rich makes them run away.
Giving you the opportunity and market space to start your own business.
You can handle that surely?
@@darrylbradshaw216 But we don't have the opportunity to start our own business, all the incredibly expensive regulations, copyright and patent laws prevent regular people starting businesses.
Taxing the rich causes them to create offshore bank accounts. Since taxes keep on going up, why are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?
Now is the hour - the workers have risen. They cannot be allowed to take away our right to strike.
A real leader a decent man fighting for the real people the people whos labour actually pay the taxes that build the country who are constantly being expected to do more for less so the corporate tax dodgers with the Tories in their pockets can get richer by the minute corporate greed knows no bounds. Good on you Mick your country and your people need you more than you can ever imagine life in the real world.
A man who aided in the disinformation campaign leading to Brexit. Published how workers rights would increase by leaving the EU. Voted to make everyone's life worse off. Fits right in with Boris and cronies.
An excellent comment, I totally agree with every word.
Never been a fan of strike action, however, each time I hear Mick Lynch speak, he’s clear, he’s specific, he speaks a lot of sense, I would challenge any professional economist to cast aside any form of prejudice and explain what is wrong with the fundamental elements of what Mick says! He’s also polar opposite to the majority of politicians in that he does actually answer a question, he is calm when interviewed and he totally refuses to engage in petit nonsense that distracts from the whole point of any actual debate.
To name a couple of important ones, driving wages up en masse causes inflation and relative wealth bickering. Taxing the rich heavily lowers investment and is in direct correlation with mass unemployment.. of course none of which is a concern to Mick because his job and wages are not affected by inflation or market pressures as he's paid by a rock solid subscription 👍🏻
The days of hard work paying off are gone and we need to get together and demand better opportunities. The fact of the matter is that you will see a decline in productivity, education, health and social care standards etc unless people can earn a decent standard of living. This has a knock on effect and a decline in living standards and the country as a whole. It’s compounding the problem of a lack of skilled and educated people to do vital jobs. Those we do have are leaving their profession because of this. I don’t know why these “educated people” that make the decisions can’t see this. Too busy lining their own pockets.
Solidarity Mick ✊
Thank god there are still people like Mike Lynch around.
You’re possibly going to freeze to death because this opportunitist chooses the worst time for his attack on the public. And you’d deserve it.
Just remember Mike still gets paid while those he represents dont
@@walkaz your point? His job is to represent the unions not working on the train lines. It's not like he decided to strike, his members voted for it. Mugs like you just sound desperate.
@saf let me explain how a union works.
Workers decide they need representation, so we all vote for a spokesperson in a democratic vote to be our leader, someone who will represent us at the highest level in our field of work.
When they get voted in, they then get a salary that comes out of our union subs, not the taxpayers' pockets but from our own pockets from our own hard earned money.
This person is effectively our employee, and we can remove them if we are not happy with their performance or we can just leave the union all together and not pay their wages at all.
So basically, in a nutshell, we don't care if the leader is getting paid whilst we are not because we are paying them to represent us and get us a better deal long term from our employers.
Hope you found this comment educational..
It’s the workers that voted for strike action not Mick Lynch.
someone get this man his crown 👑
I absolutely agree with your video, I have a friend who tells me that the Tories have zero money to pay the working classes in their coffers, but if we look back 18 to 24 months I believe that the Tories gave themselves a, £2000 pay rise yet they refused to give to the workers of the uk.
Yes, they had a 2 grand rise and only offered the nurses 1%.totally disgusting. The gov intend to keep us poor,
As Sid Weighell (formerly of Aslef?) once famously said: Never in the History of Industrial Relations did a Boss say to his Workers: "Well done Lads, Here's a pay rise for all your hard work!" Without the Trade Unions we would still have Victorian/Dickensian conditions and never forget that!
I've had a boss be like that. 1
And the tortes have been working constantly to take us back there for the last 12 years.
That's funny because my boss does exactly that.
@@stevengruber57 You must be a Banker then! - I did spell that correctly, didn't I?
@@ChuffingNorah lol nice work sir. For the record the 1 boss I've had like that was a old fella owned his own painting firm il never get another boss like that
He is right when he says once the unions have been dealt with they'll come after others. This is always the case, once you manage to suppress one group a new group becomes a target.
How can anybody not like this man??? He just says it as it is, no f...s given!!!
I'm not in a Union now, as I work in security, and they did nothing for me when I had a grievance, but I'm all for Unions that get worker's rights passed in employment law, and whilst I was working at Fords UK in engineering the union was strong, they got reasonable pay deals, and until the closing last few years before the foundry shut down, they did manage to refuse management taking on new employees as 'Temporary Workers' without contracts and every worker had to join, because it was 'A Closed Shop' they also stopped management from introducing 'Corridor Hours.' Although the 'Minimum Hourly Rate' helped thousands of lowly paid in the UK, it has unfortunately kept wages lower than what they would have been, especially in the lower paid sector, what the Unions need to do, is make and enforce inflation linked pay rises attached to the minimum hourly rate wage, in the UK the real living wage in London is £14:40 per hour, the rest of the UK it's £13:70 per hour, this is what the Unions could and should introduce.
Just common sense from Mick Lynch. The race to the bottom Tories have destroyed this country. The time has come for working people to get a fair days pay for a fair days work.
Did he use common sense when he supported Brexit?
Communism is 'common sense' now?
@@adarkimpurity keep reading the Daily Mail and taking the tablets mate
@@ianrowland1593 I'm center-left, dude.
Not medicated either, but that is pretty ableist of you! Bigot
Ryan,he most certainly did the same as others of us on the left! When are those of you desperate to snipe wake up? The motivation of the left compared to that on the extreme,neo-liberal,zenophobic right was totally different ours was to maintain the right to re-nationalise, and remain in the free market whilst theirs was to lie blatantly to persuade human turkeys to vote for christmas, whilst the super rich patriotically gambled on the Pound devaluing and chuckled allthe way to the Cayman Islands leaving us with a wrecked Economy!!!
Excellent! Thanks Mick and DDN for giving my day an uplift of simple, straight logic.
Good on you Mick this country needs people like you to stand up for the workers rights keep fighting this pathetic Government
Most of us are awake and see this, others are so blind and ""know there place"" a friend of mine are against the nurses that saved many of our lives said to me " it's a ridiculous thing wanting more money it's unaffordable" WAKE UP peeps 12 yrs of low wages! I'm 63 I'm now on 18,000 a year, I was on 24,000 a year, same work, 10 yrs ago? Robbed.💔
At last, a voice of Sanity - it's good to hear from you, keep being heard Nick "Lynch 'Em" Lynch ❤️🏅🏆🥇🎩👍
Mick Lynch for PM
God help us
Thank you Mick Lynch! There is power in a Union!
Well done Mick , a square deal not a unfair deal .
Mick speaks the truth about the uk today 👍👍👍
Decent wages for decent, hard working, respectable people who are the backbone of our society.
The action is fully justified given mismanagement, broken promises etc. Keep up the good work and stand firm.
Keep up the good work Mick 👏
Spot on Mick.👍 I'm an old Danish former printer and union man. We still need people like you and your fighting spirit. The issues you're describing are more or less world wide. At the moment the poorest people are paying the price for the neoliberal disasters. Without fight no victory✊. Keep up the good work Mick.
Every word from Mick is music to my ears - at last we have someone who might be able to bring this divided impoverished U.K. population together to fight for our rights, our lives, our jobs, our future and the future of our children.
He supported Brexit and published to help in the continued disinformation campaign at the time of the referendum and after. He was directly involved in dividing the UK in the first place
@@RYAN-pz8il thanks I didn’t know that - however I agree with his politics of industrial relations and anti poverty - I am pro-EU myself and will continue to try to pursuade that our future best interests lie within the EU, not outside it.
Lol, what are you on? It's nothing but downhill from here. Nothing will change without the threat of violence.
There's something seriously wrong with how we all live!
Thanks Mick Lynch , would you consider running for Prime minister
As I will be proud to vote for you and your party as you really care about people
I feel we all everyone of us every man and woman of this country have to stick together and March on Westminster to say enough
and demand that they pay us what we are worth
Please let’s stand together for our rights
and show this government we really have had enough of their suppression
I love hi throw away remarks. . . “When Kwasi Kwarteng was around. . . for a couple of weeks”. 😂
He also said ‘ we had that little bit of Truss’ 😂 reminds me of that Mambo No 5 song 😂
Mick you are so inspirational to listen too,never in all my years have I been so inspired by one man's views.The common sense you speak my friend echoes around this country every time your heard.i did read Mick lynch for priminister somewhere,well I would vote for him, I think he would be a political modern day "giant".keep it up Mick I think your fantastic. Paul Moy.
Plus a massive point for me is that Mick isn't just talking about the railway he is talking about everyone, but obviously his first most is us, (railway workers) He is just being honest
Mick should start his own party and run for PM
The way tories have treat the poor/working class is truly shocking. We are the same colour / we speak the same language/ we share the same names. How can one be so evil and greedy is beyond me.
He would be elected in a flash
@@raymonddick3119 I agree that he’ll be hugely popular but by the time Rupert Murdoch and others have their say… it’ll all be over. I don’t think we’ll ever get true democracy until we lose our disgraceful right wing media
just like that, you paradigm shifted but maybe have not yet realized how important the distinction you just made really is. racism was invented by rich people to make us working people less likely to figure out who is really making our lives unnecessarily hard. but because we arent super isolated and can interact with those people from other races thanks to the internet, we know the only people making the world suck are the parasitic rich people.. they have no loyalty to anyone but other rich people. they dont see anyone else as human. i think its a shared psychopathy type of thing with them
This man talks more sense in 7 minutes than the entire tory party could in 7 years.
Amen
Fact.
Make that 12 years!
Or 13 years
Yes, absolutely amazing video. Perfectly phrased analysis, perfectly presented by the perfect man for this job.
Mick lynch has my full respect... intelligent and articulate and above all is speaking the truth..
100% support.
😎
WELL SAID MR LYNCH.peace an love from scotland.
A mixture of incompetence, greed and corruption in Westminster has landed the UK where it is, so, don't squabble over Brexit, that's what the ruling oligarchy wants you to do. Divide and rule. As Mick says, Solidarity is strength
Mick vehemently supported Brexit along with the RMT which supported a continued disinformation campaign. They are part of the problem.
But particularly bad since brexit as this bunch got a huge majority by promising to "get brexshit done"
Brexit is done, no getting round it. We should be free to acknowledge that it has brought no benefits whatsoever with the possible exception of the introduction of COVID vaccines faster than Europe (they insisted on more thorough and prolonged safety testing). Having said that, a lot of Brexit voters were probably anti-vaxxers anyway.
Having been a trade union member from age 20 to retirement I fully support the union movement and the current industrial action. Trade unions are a force for fairness and good in our society, they must be allowed to operate legally. Let's train and properly reward British workers, stop importing cheap foreign labour, stop incentivising asset speculation over manufacturing and services, and rein back the excesses of the rich.
Did you support planting our country with foreign labour? Couldn't resist the curries eh piggy
We have the same problem in Australia. Workers from neighboring countries willing to work for less than Australian's living in our economy. They have a multiplier effect with the currency exchange going home, they become King of their village. Meanwhile, our wages and conditions are smashed.
Same here in Belgium.
@@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641 Australia you buy a house , no woman can take it from you like crappy English rules
Probably because there’s too many lazy bastards in this country that won’t work
Thank you Mick for all you are doing bless you. You have been a star of hope for ordinary people that can see what is going on. Thank you
Mick is an absolute unit, god bless him.
This man is a legend that only speaks truth