Yes, a lot of folk in these 'important' jobs sat in the house through COVID having the odd zoom meeting. We saw who was important then, those in the food chain at the top of the list along with medics and those hands on with essential infrastructure.
Everyone else is talking about going on strike for a better deal, maybe we should too
Those in the food chain?, you mean supermarket workers? No one gave us a second thought
I thought you said £1600 a month. I thought to myself I almost earn that then I re read and saw you said week.
I draw £2200 out of my business every month… that’s how much all our household bills come too and the mrs pays for anything the kids need with her wagesI thought you said £1600 a month. I thought to myself I almost earn that then I re read and saw you said week.
I'm £2000. Remember thinking £500 a week was earning a fortune!
I draw £1500 but get a house with one of the flocks I shepherd. Seems a sh!t wage when Iv clipped 4000 ewes in a month and done all my own sheep work mind.
This may be what humanity has to resort to to survive in the long term , the ultimate in carbon neutral, won’t necessarily be in my lifetime but I do believe it will happen at some point unless there really is a Big BangMight be back to the olden days before too long.
Just keep a few hens, a pig , couple of cows, half a dozen sheep and grow a field of corn to make bread with!
The thought keeps coming back into my head!
I didnt belive him and he sent me a screen shot of his wage slip , he said the hardest part is all the sitting about watching the obscene health n safety ball cocks and the inefficiency’s , he has however had to do his tickets for machineI thought you said £1600 a month. I thought to myself I almost earn that then I re read and saw you said week.
We need a union man like him representing the railway bog cleaners , our union is shyt bunch of fuking clowns
Not sure I would agree. More cooking at home, more emphasis on buying British etc. Not sure whether that will outlast the current squeeze on incomes, though.
Locally (5 mile) there is 3 of us under 45. Go 10 mile away and almost every farm has a son/daughter running the farm and most expanding where they can. Mostly dairy farms where the young are following on.
Join the British Farming UnionWe need a union man like him representing the railway bog cleaners , our union is shyt bunch of fuking clowns
Wages though is the biggest problem. When someone can get big money driving a dozer or 360
A lot of these figures may not be like for like, depending whether you or the business pays for things like utilities, council tax, car repairs/purchases, coal, etc.
I did and what have they done so far ? Fuk all is my guess .
Some folks think they get nowt out of farming until they have to pay for everything out of a wage
