Bumper year for bosses
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Leeds; and-notwithstanding his support for the Anti Nazi League-the massive police protection of the fascists when. ever and wherever they march.
Indeed Benn's stand on "democracy" does not even reach as far as the Labour Party NEC.
When he declared last Monday that he had received no official information on. the proposed European Monetary While you were slogging your guts out and watching your living standards plummet last year, it might have been some compensation to know that the executives of your firm were coining it in hand over fist.
Their living standards went up over 8% last year-excluding the increasing numbers of company cars, bonuses, free insurance schemes and other, undeclared 'perks' handed out to dodge the third phase of wage The bosses got all as well!
At least 67% of business executives now have company cars.
That explains why the motorways now throng with gleaming new Rovers, Jaguars, BMWs and Granadas, the HP payments on which are virtually a week's wages, while ordinary wage packets are stretched to maintain modest family cars.
These are the "top" people of course, the ones who supervise the imposition of speed up and mass sackings; who send out statements deploring strikes, absenteeism, and workers' legitimate pay demands.
At least they are doing all right for themselves.
After all, with all this sacrificing going on, somebody must be better off!
Those interested to know more might like to purchase a copy of the Inbucon salary survey containing all this and further information. But you'd need an executive's salary to afford it-copies are £60 each!