Union demands

When union leaders and members are interviewed by the media, I am surprised they are never challenged where their “wages” came from during the Covid lockdown. They came, of course, from the UK Government which had to create billions of pounds by printing “easy” money and borrowing. In effect, there is not a lot of spare money lying around.

Consequently, the unions will probably have to moderate their demands by a few percentage points. There are signs that this is now recognised by a few unions. The general public, who are normally the pawns in this type of dispute, will certainly hope so. GORDON COCHRANE

Dunblane, Stirling