Salami

The audience did laugh at that comment. He said something like "how dare they think that they can complain about having their pensions lowered to what the rest of us get?"

I can see a lot of people agreeing with this.

On a related note, my old dad, who is a university professor, got into a huge row with his trade union over this. They wanted him to strike, he said that it was a political strike and wanted nothing to do with it, and in the end he ended up leaving the commitee. He's going to retire soon anyway, so I don't think he'll suffer much.