[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?