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04-02-2014, 04:00 PM | #1 | |||
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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 Last edited by arista; 13-02-2014 at 01:16 PM. |
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04-02-2014, 04:09 PM | #2 | ||
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Is Aldgate East going to be open?
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04-02-2014, 04:11 PM | #3 | |||
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04-02-2014, 04:13 PM | #4 | ||
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What about Balham?
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04-02-2014, 04:14 PM | #5 | |||
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RMT and TSSA to stage 48-hour walkout from 9pm tonight and next week
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...ow-radio-clash Last edited by arista; 04-02-2014 at 04:16 PM. |
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04-02-2014, 04:37 PM | #6 | |||
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Twats. Looks like I will have to drive to uni tomorrow.
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04-02-2014, 04:38 PM | #7 | |||
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04-02-2014, 04:45 PM | #8 | |||
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I'll have to take the bus on thursday.
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04-02-2014, 04:51 PM | #9 | |||
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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? Last edited by arista; 04-02-2014 at 04:52 PM. |
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04-02-2014, 04:52 PM | #10 | |||
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04-02-2014, 05:06 PM | #11 | |||
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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 Last edited by arista; 04-02-2014 at 05:12 PM. |
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04-02-2014, 06:20 PM | #12 | |||
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Technology has moved forward
so jobs will go. Bob Crow is Wrong Last edited by arista; 04-02-2014 at 06:24 PM. |
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04-02-2014, 07:14 PM | #13 | |||
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This will distrupt me tomorrow, I am meant to be visiting a friend tomorrow who lives in London.
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05-02-2014, 10:55 AM | #14 | |||
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Tube workers, 1 step up from school janitor. Who the hell do they think they are?
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05-02-2014, 10:56 AM | #15 | ||
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People who live in one of the most expensive cities in the world, with families to feed?
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05-02-2014, 01:46 PM | #16 | |||
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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.
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05-02-2014, 02:01 PM | #17 | |||
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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.
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05-02-2014, 02:21 PM | #18 | ||
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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. |
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05-02-2014, 02:22 PM | #19 | ||
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Come back and talk to us when your country provides paid leave for holiday and sickness.
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05-02-2014, 02:27 PM | #20 | |||
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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? Last edited by Livia; 05-02-2014 at 02:29 PM. |
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05-02-2014, 02:36 PM | #21 | ||
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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. |
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05-02-2014, 02:41 PM | #22 | |||
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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.
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05-02-2014, 02:46 PM | #23 | |||
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Not interested in carrying on this discussion thanks. |
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05-02-2014, 02:47 PM | #24 | |||
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[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 Last edited by arista; 05-02-2014 at 02:48 PM. |
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05-02-2014, 02:50 PM | #25 | |||
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Buses overloaded |
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