[arista]

Bob Crow - Union Boss
on Radio 5 Live , just now
says 800 staff are going.


He says its wrong as they are needed.


2 Day Strike from tonight

Is Aldgate East going to be open?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Is Aldgate East going to be open?

No

What about Balham?

[arista]

RMT and TSSA to stage 48-hour walkout from 9pm tonight and next week

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...ow-radio-clash

[Brother Leon]

Twats. Looks like I will have to drive to uni tomorrow.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Twats. Looks like I will have to drive to uni tomorrow.

traffic will be worse

[Vanessa]

I'll have to take the bus on thursday.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I'll have to take the bus on thursday.

If there is enough room on the Full Buses


Bob Crow says he is going ahead with is massive strikes
Whats your vie on Bob?

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by arista

If there is enough room on the Full Buses

Probably not.

[arista]

From ITV1 London
450 Tube workers want to leave.

So thats more than Half of 800 that are listed to go.


and next week more strikes

[arista]

Technology has moved forward
so jobs will go.


Bob Crow is Wrong

[Harry!]

This will distrupt me tomorrow, I am meant to be visiting a friend tomorrow who lives in London.

[lostalex]

Tube workers, 1 step up from school janitor. Who the hell do they think they are?

People who live in one of the most expensive cities in the world, with families to feed?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

People who live in one of the most expensive cities in the world, with families to feed?

People who work for London Transport are paid pretty well, even the unskilled workers. And they get free travel. But hey, if they want more, they should just walk out until they get what they want, never mind all the other people with families to feed trying to get to work.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

People who live in one of the most expensive cities in the world, with families to feed?

I see, like all the people that won't be able to get to work to feed their families when they strike... I'm gonna take my ball and go home unless you play by MY rules... so mature.

Originally Posted by Livia

People who work for London Transport are paid pretty well, even the unskilled workers. And they get free travel. But hey, if they want more, they should just walk out until they get what they want, never mind all the other people with families to feed trying to get to work.

They aren't stopping anyone else getting to work. I'll admit, I don't know a huge amount what this strike is about (but I'm guessing it's about salary as they mostly are) as it's London, and well, I don't really give a s**t about London.

However, The thing with strikes, is that they are supposed to make things inconvenient for people. Striking in lunch hours isn't going to make any kind of point at all, and no one will sit up and notice.

Unfortunately today, people don't understand the need for unions (and unions are partly to blame for this as well for pushing things way too far at times), but everyone that enjoys holiday, sick pay, and any other work place benefits, enjoys them because of unions.

Now I don't get any of those benefits, but I can clearly see the need for them, and the continued assault on the service they provide is only for the benefit of a small group of people.

Originally Posted by lostalex

I see, like all the people that won't be able to get to work to feed their families when they strike... I'm gonna take my ball and go home unless you play by MY rules... so mature.

Come back and talk to us when your country provides paid leave for holiday and sickness.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

They aren't stopping anyone else getting to work. I'll admit, I don't know a huge amount what this strike is about (but I'm guessing it's about salary as they mostly are) as it's London, and well, I don't really give a s**t about London.

However, The thing with strikes, is that they are supposed to make things inconvenient for people. Striking in lunch hours isn't going to make any kind of point at all, and no one will sit up and notice.

Unfortunately today, people don't understand the need for unions (and unions are partly to blame for this as well for pushing things way too far at times), but everyone that enjoys holiday, sick pay, and any other work place benefits, enjoys them because of unions.

Now I don't get any of those benefits, but I can clearly see the need for them, and the continued assault on the service they provide is only for the benefit of a small group of people.

No, you don't know what the strike's about. And while I agree that holiday pay, sick pay etc. etc. probably came about because of the unions, that's got absolutely nothing to do with why these people are striking.

Yes they have brought London to a standstill, and they've stopped other workers getting to work. So there are people who will not be able to earn money today because people who are already relatively well-paid and get a range of benefits - like I said before, including free travel on London Transport - have decided to have a 48 hour strike. If I was working in London today, I'd have to get from Liverpool Street to Vauxhall. That's quite a trip on foot. But hey, as long as the strikers get what they want, what's inconveniencing a whole city?

Originally Posted by Livia

No, you don't know what the strike's about. And while I agree that holiday pay, sick pay etc. etc. probably came about because of the unions, that's got absolutely nothing to do with why these people are striking.

Yes they have brought London to a standstill, and they've stopped other workers getting to work. So there are people who will not be able to earn money today because people who are already relatively well-paid and get a range of benefits - like I said before, including free travel on London Transport - have decided to have a 48 hour strike. If I was working in London today, I'd have to get from Liverpool Street to Vauxhall. That's quite a trip on foot. But hey, as long as the strikers get what they want, what's inconveniencing a whole city?

They know they will be demonised for it on TV, and in the press, so if that's the course of action their members have decided on, then that's what signing up to a union is about.

People are not worried about a whole city. People are generally worried about themselves and their journeys, but they use this "whole city" bollocks to justify that fact, and use it as another stick to beat them with.

People aren't reaching out to each other and starting support groups for those affected by the strikes. People solely have their own things to worry about. Try and pretend otherwise.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Come back and talk to us when your country provides paid leave for holiday and sickness.

Umm, my country? Like YOUR country, most employee's get that through the private companies they work for, but for public employee's, i'm pretty sure American public employee's get paid vacation and sick leave, so WTF are you talking about?

Are you denying that American public employees get sick leave and vacation time? because you are very wrong if you think that.

I don't want to call you a liar, but you are implying falsehoods if you are saying that American government employees don't receive paid vacation and sick leave.

Don't make a fool of yourself.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

They know they will be demonised for it on TV, and in the press, so if that's the course of action their members have decided on, then that's what signing up to a union is about.

People are not worried about a whole city. People are generally worried about themselves and their journeys, but they use this "whole city" bollocks to justify that fact, and use it as another stick to beat them with.

People aren't reaching out to each other and starting support groups for those affected by the strikes. People solely have their own things to worry about. Try and pretend otherwise.

Wow. Probably the most irritated post I've seen you make for a long time.

Not interested in carrying on this discussion thanks.

[arista]

[Bob Crow was sunning himself
on the beach in Rio last week
as he prepared to take workers out on strike today
The firebrand was called a 'dinosaur' by
Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight but replied
'they was around for a long while'
Militants are furious at plans to axe 950
ticket office jobs in a modernisation drive
Skeleton London Underground service
operating on most lines - but millions
have faced disruption
PM David Cameron 'unreservedly condemns' the strike
action - and tells Ed Miliband to do the same
Two-day strike is expected to cost the
economy tens of millions of
pounds... and it will be repeated next week
Boris Johnson said closing ticket offices
and bringing in new technology will
save 'hundreds of millions of pounds']


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2sSlRz7nJ

back on topic

[arista]

Buses overloaded