Bad decision government!
Last Friday i joined to demonstration in Helsinki. I never been part of demostrations before. Well it was indresting. Half of finland was closed and there was about 20k ppl in Rautatientori. First in news read that over 30k, but later they said 15-20k, so i don't know for sure. Hole lot anyway. I woke up 3 am and left home 3:30 am. I walk middle of night about 3-4km to Shell where union buss stop to pick up ppl who were going to demonstration.
Well all started when government made decision to cut salaries, take free days off and take salary away from fist sick day from normal workers by law, that made lot ppl angry. Mostly it effect to low salary mostly womens industry. Of course ppl who is in government doesn't loose anything. It doesn't effect to bosses or those who have big salary. It so unfair that government is going to pay our countrys debts by using those ppl's money who get it most least. They say that companys get that way money to hire more ppl to work. Pfft, i don't believe at all that would happens. They use those money to everything else than getting more workers.
I do understand that something need to do. I do understand that we have way too much debt and we need to cut down taking more. But putting those who get least salary to pay it is wrong. Cutting salarys isn't good desicion, taking money away from education and from kids is wrong way. We may save some money now, but what price we will pay after 10-20 years? I think it will cost us many times more than we save now. What i see in future is that we have more and more poor ppl, more ppl who is out of society. More and more problems. More ppl who can't work one or another reason. More and more ppl who need to take care of by ppl who have job. That is totally wrong direction to go.
Well i went to protest. I'm in Trade union (Sähköliitto), so i get free buss ride to Helsinki so i could join. So i went there. I'm not even worker yet, but i don't like idea that i lost those benefits before i even get them. I don't believe a second that loosing those benefits would help me get a job after i graduate school. Politician tried say that it would help student get a job, no it won't help.
When we get to Helsinki, there was raining, but that didn't stop us. I never before seen that much ppl in one place. There was river of ppl walking to Rautatietori. My union didn't have any place where everyone shout gather, but i was able find some of my union members and i joined whit them. It was pure coincidence that i happened to find them. When i was walking to Rautatietori i noticed that one man had coat where read electricity on back and i was pretty sure that he is part of my union. So i followed him. Later i started to talk them and told that i'm member of same union. All those mans was really nice. There were others too.
One speach went off because microphone wasn't on or something. Ppl tried to yell that nobody hear anything. Group of ppl behind us yelled: Put the microphone on or are electricians on strike too. We turn around and mans who whit i was yelled back: Yas we are! It was funny moment. I don't know did they even notice that group of electricians stand in fron of them. When there was goverment deputys spkeaking nobody could hear what they said. Everybody who were there yelled boo, so i dhave no idea what they said. One of them tried speak lowder, but boo yelling came lowder too.
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| Rautatientori Sunday 20.9.2015 |
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