Why I support Trade Unions and industrial action, and you should too. 🙏 Firstly, I understand how inconvenient and irritating strikes are. I don't want to have a summer of strikes more than the next person, but I grew up so against the Unions and then I realised that it is absolute gaslighting from the media and politicians to make us think low paid workers and the people who are protecting them are the problem. Industrial action ONLY happens when negotiations fail and Grant Shapps is bragging about not meeting with the unions. Liz Truss is talking about stripping away workers rights. Trade Unions are the reason we have sick pay, 2 day weekends, minimum working ages, retirement, minimum wage. They fought for those things - they are the champion of working people. 💪 There is a cost of living crisis, prices are rising - and hard working people - key workers including rail workers, teachers, postmen etc - are struggling to make ends meet. Some using food banks! It is a national disgrace! I want to get rich like the next person, but the balance is wrong - conditions are being stripped away and wages are being driven down. There's been a real term pay cut for 3 years, some people are earning less now than a decade ago! By the way, Network Rail's CEO Andrew Haines got a pay rise from £557k to 593k. Their 2 highest paid directors took home £1m in 2021 during the pandemic. Do pay rises only spike inflation when it's low paid people who want them? Mick Lynch is one of the most compelling and authentic speakers we've had around for a while. He is fighting for low paid workers, and I wish EVERYONE had someone like him to fight for them because this government only cares about privatisation, profit, and their rich mates getting richer. Than have the audacity to say the hard working people of Britain are greedy for asking for less than inflation (which is rising the 11.8%). And by the way, Network Rail are talking of cutting safety inspections on infrastructure by 50%. This means our lines will be more dangerous, and workers will have to be reactive instead of proactive. I think Grenfell shows what happens when you cut costs and take away "red tape".