I will criticise the ESB workers in ways (like the way it took 5 men, a van, a landrover and a unimog to pull a wire through the duct I lay down for them to join a meter to a transformer) but from what I understand in this case, if they hadn't have put their money into the guaranteed pension that they opted for, and bought bank shares in the mid 00s, they'd be financially better off now. I can see why they are pissed off, the question I would ask is who is at fault if anyone? And if it's because of someone misguiding workers as opposed to the downturn in the economy than they are right to strike, if the pensions are where they are because of the economic crash, tough luck, you have no more right to strike than the rest of us, join the queue.
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