3 day tube strike
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glenquagmire
Rightwing NuLab apologist
RMT going ahead but Amicus and TSSA thinking of calling off their action after talks. Bottle jobs.
Stobart Stopper
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KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
Our place is making staff who can't get in due to the strike preventing them from doing so take annual leave to cover the times they can't get in. What a bunch of penny pinching management wankers they are. Haven't heard anything against this from the glorious revolutionaries of the PCS though. 
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
amen to the strikers.
you inconvenienced me, but i don't care.
you inconvenienced me, but i don't care.
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
KeyboardJockey said:Our place is making staff who can't get in due to the strike preventing them from doing so take annual leave to cover the times they can't get in. What a bunch of penny pinching management wankers they are. Haven't heard anything against this from the glorious revolutionaries of the PCS though.
That's ridiculous and possibly illegal?
Just imagine, if everyone stayed at home because they can't get to work then perhaps the government would actually do something to sort out the problems with the Underground.
KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
bluestreak said:
I'm on the side of the strikers but I'm angry with my scum managment making us take leave to cover time lost due to the strike and equally angry at PCS for being so fucking silent over the matter.
glenquagmire
Rightwing NuLab apologist
Have you approached your rep about it?
KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
Iemanja said:
They've given the option of working from home but only a small proportion of people can work from home due to the nature of the work so that is an option that will not be available to the majority of employees.
I'm going to have to try to get in even if it takes me 3+ hours as my leave situation is too tight for lossing leave for no reason.
KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
glenquagmire said:
I'll try to catch him before I go.
How can they do that? What happens if there's a power cut? That's just ridiculous.KeyboardJockey said:Our place is making staff who can't get in due to the strike preventing them from doing so take annual leave to cover the times they can't get in. What a bunch of penny pinching management wankers they are. Haven't heard anything against this from the glorious revolutionaries of the PCS though.
disownedspirit
New Member
will the other two unions members cross picket lines?
disownedspirit said:
Yes. Secondary striking is disallowed by law and can't be supported by the unions who have called off their strikes. At best, there'll be sympathetic managers who'll re-organise work so it doesn't happen. And there's quite a few sympathetic managers on this dispute.
It's is an incredibly important action as far as the former metronet employees are concerned and there's been a lot of noses put out of joint by SHamicus/'unite' predictablty crumbling at the last minute. It provides an instant stick to beat the RMT with above all else.
I know of a union rep who's resigned and lots of talk of people switching to the RMT over the decision.
It doesn't take a genius to deduce that there's no point in paying subs to a union that lets other unions do their fighting for them. But it's gone on for years.
Join the stronger union.
Prince Rhyus
Spokesman of King Antonio
What are the views of:
The SWP
The Socialist Party
Socialist Labour Party
Workers Power
The Communist Party of Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain
The Socialist Alliance
The International Workers of the World
The Spartacist League
...on the strike?
Are their actions socialistic or unsocialistic? Should we show solidarity with the striking workers or show solidarity with those workers whose working week has been disrupted by the disruption?
The SWP
The Socialist Party
Socialist Labour Party
Workers Power
The Communist Party of Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain
The Socialist Alliance
The International Workers of the World
The Spartacist League
...on the strike?
Are their actions socialistic or unsocialistic? Should we show solidarity with the striking workers or show solidarity with those workers whose working week has been disrupted by the disruption?
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Yes, good golly, that's the important thing!Prince Rhyus said:
And what has Galloway had to say? And why hasn't <whatever he said or didn't say> not been condemned by everyone?Prince Rhyus
Spokesman of King Antonio
Initial grievance makes sense: Why should public employees pay with their jobs and pensions for a PFI cockup that wasn't their fault, that the Mayor opposed and when they are delivering something that is of vital importance to the economy (i.e. transport infrastructure.) That said, Ken gave assurances on their demands, which makes me think WTF are they striking about?
TopCat said:
More to the point, being told initially that part-privatisation 'wouldn't affect anything' and after four years of asset stripping, streamlining, new methods of working, redundancies and finally bankruptcy, the employees want to know precisely where they stand when it comes to providing their skilled services, and have withdrawn labour until such a point that long-term assurances can be made.
Ken Livingstone has given assurances for as long as the company is in administration.
What kind of confidence is that supposed to encourage?
urbanrevolt
New Member
Good luck with the strike. keep us posted
Absolutely support the idea that people who have already contributed and paid for a pension should - by right - receive the pension they expect to receive.
Fail to see how any reasonable person can oppose a strike by people demanding such a position.
PFI is like giving the mafia an ice cream concession. Open to corruption.
Fail to see how any reasonable person can oppose a strike by people demanding such a position.
PFI is like giving the mafia an ice cream concession. Open to corruption.
jæd said:
You "require" transportation? In which case, even reactionary wankers like you would also "require" an infrastructure which is maintained by a well-trained workforce motivated to perform well by good conditions and pensions.
If you "require" your trains to stay on the rails you need to cut out the parasites who've stripped the industry of billions of pounds and have left it in such a precarious position that even the most placid of workers are on strike for 6 of the next 14 days.
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