They knew what the true cost would be and hid it.

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    Meanwhile, police are threatening to strike over an ‘insulting’ pay offer.

    It’s incredible they get up and talk about how there’s no money for public services, and then immediately defend giving $3 billion to landlords.

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      AFIK the police are not allowed to strike. I am sure they can become lazy and slow when they want to though.

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        They’re allowed to quit though, and I’m sure we’ll see an uptick in that.

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          I doubt it. I don’t think the job market for ex cops is that hot.

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        Ah yes you’re right, earlier articles were saying strike. Now they’re saying industrial action so yeah, work to rule and stuff like that

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            Not sure, that would be a partial strike so don’t know if the prohibition on police striking extends to that or not.

            Work to rule is more like exploiting the mismatch between the requirements of a role on paper, and what it takes to actually do a role in practice. For example, stopping doing things like doing extra unpaid overtime or taking on responsibilities that aren’t technically in your job description but are necessary to keep things going.