I totally get where you are coming from, Becky, however (pedantically perhaps) shareholders aren’t expected to put money into their company during hard times. Hard times are likely to result in a fall in share price or a cut in dividend - most likely both - but there’s no obligation to inject more cash. In the scheme that’s being proposed, I imagine that a fall in dividend is likely to prompt demands for higher wages so as to make up the difference in income. Just what a struggling company doesn’t need!

Sorry but this is just another corporate stealth tax. EE's are allowed a small dividend all else goes to Corbyn once a proposed low cap is reached.

Laboutr are known for spunking money then not giving a toss when they lose their role of government.
Thats what the tories had to deal with.
Short memories for some people.

Brexit will be decided by 27 other countries
Ideas given might not be accepted.
The nhs is wonderful.
Treatment when you need it. The envy of the world in its concept and operation. You have a choice to go private!
How can the government be responsible for dickheads running around stabbing each other and oiks on bikes robbing people. Drivers who drink and speed. I think there has to be an element of responsibility to the individual.
Railways were and always will be a loss leader in state hands so being private makes sense.
Watch your water bills rocket if labout get in and take it back. Be scared to have a shower.
And i was born and lived in croydon before i get the you dont know statement.
Next!!!

It's all show and nothing else. The problem has always been globalisation.
I didn't vote for Brexit, but completely understand the frustrations of the people that did vote for it, but Brexit won't give you the salary increases you're looking for just like the forced share issues are unlikely to as well.
If you can make an Iphone in Taiwan, where the daily wage is 20p, then there is very little chance wages in the UK are gonna go up, barring insane inflation.
Now the shares may well yield dividends, but I can think of one better solution than forcing companies to give their employees shares and that is for the Government to take a 50/50 stake in all patents that tax payer money has subsidised. It's actually quite ludicrous the amount of tech grants there are flying around and the gvrnt literally has no payback of it.

Just a thought if a company is in financial difficulty the shareholders are not obliged to inject more cash. What happens if the workers refuse to put more cash in but a other parties do? Normally your shareholdings are diluted so your percentage of shares owned decreases. That is fair enough if you are not willing to risk good money after bad. The workers? Well if they had 10% of the stock do they still retain that percentage after the shares have been diluted?

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