Strike!

[albion]

Who needs strikes to reduce the railway to a shambles. The government with their cronies are very good at that. Cut jobs, cut service.

View: https://youtu.be/idBfqSfCG2U

Scargillesque. But with skill. Default UK here we come. Being 1979 all iver again you have to be wary.

 

[Fab Foodie]

That was the joke but it ran the risk of being too offensive so I bottled it and put an explanation in the next post.

It got made into a Tom Cruise film as well a few years ago.

I can take the offense, just completely blindsided by the reference! Not really watched many movies since the original Top Gun....

 

[Deleted member 49]

Scargillesque. But with skill. Default UK here we come. Being 1979 all iver again you have to be wary.

Be wary of the enemy within ? Same tactics.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Who needs strikes to reduce the railway to a shambles. The government with their cronies are very good at that. Cut jobs, cut service.

View: https://youtu.be/idBfqSfCG2U

Ooo hello

 

[BoldonLad]

Scargillesque. But with skill. Default UK here we come. Being 1979 all iver again you have to be wary.

ahh, yes, 1979, I remember it well, the end of "sunny Jim".

 

[Deleted member 49]

ahh, yes, 1979, I remember it well, the end of "sunny Jim".

Don't worry....they'll soon be bringing back coal mines.

 

[BoldonLad]

Don't worry....they'll soon be bringing back coal mines.

I am not (worrying).

 

[albion]

Don't worry....they'll soon be bringing back coal mines.

The antidote. Mike Lynch was right at the start. However, the markets had already decided before the Truss raid attempt on UK assets that Johnson had spent up moving us onto the cliff edge.

So in many ways this is worse than 1979. Funnily enough, this is one thing 'mad' Starmer has got right.

 

[Deleted member 49]

So in many ways this is worse than 1979. Funnily enough, this is one thing 'mad' Starmer has got right.

Don't know about mad....he's fecking weak though.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...l-of-tory-anti-strike-laws#Echobox=1670515646

 

[qigong chimp]

Not a tweet. Not a soundbite. But worth it.

https://granta.com/the-1210-to-leeds/

 

[Craig the cyclist]

The RDG is offering 4% in 2022 and 2023 which is conditional on RMT members accepting vast changes to working practices, huge job losses, Driver Only Operated (DOO) trains on all companies and the closure of all ticket offices.

🙄

Or a total of 8% over two years to modernise the railway and bring it in-line with most other railways?

The RDG do not have 'huge job losses' on their list do they?

 

[Deleted member 49]

Or a total of 8% over two years to modernise the railway and bring it in-line with most other railways?

The RDG do not have 'huge job losses' on their list do they?

They offered the union a pay rise of 8% over two years with a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies to April 2024.
So what does that mean for job security? The goverment also blocked the latest offers,it's almost like they want a deal and want the strikes.
From the RMT
"If this plan was implemented, it would not only mean the loss of thousands of jobs, but the use of unsafe practices such as DOO [driver-only operation, where drivers operate the doors on all carriages] and would leave our railways chronically understaffed"

 

[Ian H]

Not a tweet. Not a soundbite. But worth it.

https://granta.com/the-1210-to-leeds/

A splendid, still pertinent, article by the late Ian Jack. My father told me about putting pennies on the rails.

 

[newfhouse]

Planned walkouts by more than 2,000 London bus drivers have been called off after a new pay offer was accepted.
Unite members employed by Metroline were due to go on strike on 8 December, with further action planned in the run-up to Christmas.
However, the action was suspended on 2 December following "last-minute talks" with their employer.
The strikes have now been cancelled entirely after drivers accepted an 11% pay rise.
The union said it was a "significant improvement" on the 4% they had been originally offered.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "This is a significant victory for our members at Metroline who by standing together and being prepared to take industrial action, have secured a greatly improved pay offer."
Unite regional officer Laura Johnson said: "From the outset, Unite members were aware that Metroline could afford a better pay rise than it was offering and once our members announced strike action, fresh negotiations were held and an improved offer was made."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63889611

 

[Fab Foodie]

A splendid, still pertinent, article by the late Ian Jack. My father told me about putting pennies on the rails.

Used to do that often as a kid...also seeing who could lie closest to the track as the train went by (local Exeter to Exmouth Train, not seeding mainline). Surprised I made it this far....