STU
Don't intend to get into the debate, but feel obliged to correct you on one point. You say in your post:
"We get paid less, but are thankful for a job, you get paid loads and complain at lack of security."
£20,000 a year does not constitute loads in my book, indeed its less than the national average, and less than a bus driver gets in my home town!
Sorry, had to set the record straight.
Mr Angry