Support the Tube workers

[Citizen66]

Ouch! That hurt, coming from someone as respected in these parts as yourself

There's still time to change. You don't need to spend the remainder of your life being a clueless cock-piece.

 

[Streathamite]

I think even those cunts Boris n Bob must've forgotten about the whole sorry affair by now..

strangely enough, those whose values transcend your atomised world of greed and selfishness won't forget about it, and neither will RMT members. You'll basically never understand that, will you?

 

[derf]

Well, I'm going to shock you all and come out in support of the strike.

These guys are minimum wage jockeys and should get more for their efforts.
It's not like they earn 40 grand a year or anything.






oh, hang on a mo.

Is pay generally poor among tube workers?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/09/tube-strike-london-underground-faq

A station supervisor earns £35,000-£39,000, while a tube driver's starting salary is just over £40,000, according to TfL. Pay grades for station assistants start at either £24,000 or £29,000 depending on the role and responsibilities.

24 grand works out at 461 notes per week while 40 grand comes out at 770 smackers.
Fuck the grabbing bastards.

 

[gabi]

Well, I'm going to shock you all and come out in support of the strike.

These guys are minimum wage jockeys and should get more for their efforts.
It's not like they earn 40 grand a year or anything.






oh, hang on a mo.

Is pay generally poor among tube workers?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/09/tube-strike-london-underground-faq


24 grand works out at 461 notes per week while 40 grand comes out at 770 smackers.
Fuck the grabbing bastards.

Yep, they're paid well, but let's not do groundhog day. Think we've been thru all that, several million times over.

 

[Citizen66]

Well, I'm going to shock you all and come out in support of the strike.

These guys are minimum wage jockeys and should get more for their efforts.
It's not like they earn 40 grand a year or anything.






oh, hang on a mo.

Is pay generally poor among tube workers?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/09/tube-strike-london-underground-faq


24 grand works out at 461 notes per week while 40 grand comes out at 770 smackers.
Fuck the grabbing bastards.

Have you actually read what the strike is about?

<<Derf in Knee-jerk reaction shocker>>

 

[ajdown]

Have you actually read what the strike is about?

Unreasonable demands inappropriate in the current economic climate, from what I recall.

 

[Citizen66]

Unreasonable demands inappropriate in the current economic climate, from what I recall.

How is it unreasonable to not want job losses in a recession - especially as no compulsory redundancies is written into the contract, you thick twat?

 

[ajdown]

How many other people can claim that privilege? Very few I'd expect.

Times change. Contracts change. Accept it or find another job. That's how things work.

I expect the tube staff wouldn't have such a cushy number without the union involvement - but then again, without the union involvement, we'd probably have a much better, reliable and cheaper service.

 

[Citizen66]

but then again, without the union involvement, we'd probably have a much better, reliable and cheaper service.

Aye. And a much more dangerous one too as the privateers cut corners to maximise profits; something the union always rails against.

Remember Potters Bar?

 

[Streathamite]

Unreasonable demands inappropriate in the current economic climate, from what I recall.

absolute tripe. It's about our arsehole of a mayor forcing the clowns of TFL/LUL to renege on a deal that the RMT and the acting MD of LUL had already agreed on.

 

[Louis MacNeice]

How many other people can claim that privilege? Very few I'd expect.

Times change. Contracts change. Accept it or find another job. That's how things work.

I expect the tube staff wouldn't have such a cushy number without the union involvement - but then again, without the union involvement, we'd probably have a much better, reliable and cheaper service.

Apparently not if you're well organised and just a little bit millitant; which for some reason really irks you...which is just another bonus.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Streathamite]

without the union involvement, we'd probably have a much better, reliable and cheaper service.

do you have ANY factual evidence or reasoned argument to support this particularly fuckwitted claim, that is beyond your kneejerk antiTUism?

 

[Cobbles]

Have you actually read what the strike is about?

<<Derf in Knee-jerk reaction shocker>>

Yeah,

1 A ludicrous demand for a silly inflation generating increase
2 reinstate 3/5 tossers that any employer with half a brain would can
3 Grant us a unique God given immunity from Redundancies

All in all, less reasonable than Germany's requests to annex the Sudetenland in the 30's

 

[Citizen66]

1 A ludicrous demand for a silly inflation generating increase

The pay demand publicised in the press was from last NOVEMBER!

2 reinstate 3/5 tossers that any employer with half a brain would can

Again, in English?

3 Grant us a unique God given immunity from Redundancies

We already have a no compulsory redundancies clause from when we got sold down the river to MetroDebt so the dispute is because tfl/Boris are now reneging on it.

All in all, less reasonable than Germany's requests to annex the Sudetenland in the 30's

Yeah, we're fascist we are.

 

[dennisr]

Fuck the grabbing bastards.

Thr majority of RMT members - ordinary station staff - don't earn near that. And so what if they did? Have you ever tried living in London?? It a result of good union organisation - what you really hate about them rather than the 'divide and rule' envy shite you are trying to pass off as 'outrageous' to serve you own ends. We should all have a decent wage - we can learn from the RMT in that respect.

123 managers are paid over £100,000 a year, five 'earn' over a quarter of a million, and one 'earns' over half a million.

 

[Das Uberdog]

Times change. Contracts change. Accept it or find another job. That's how things work.

Ever wondered why it's only ever the bosses and/or the wealthy who get to do the contract changing?

 

[Citizen66]

Ok, do YOU feel this guy was kosher? He finally made it into TfL's offices to explain not turning up to previous appointments a week before being filmed playing squash.

7 days later he's on court winning against a former pro squash player. He's clearly one of life's pisstakers, if you're willing to indulge people like that, then fine. I'm not.

He was playing squash (to a fairly high level) LONG before being signed off for his latest 'setback'.

Nope. I do play squash tho. I wouldn't with a sprained ankle tho I can assure you. In fact it'd be the last thing I'd be doing if I had any interest in recovering.

Have you ever played squash? No, I didnt think so. Well let me tell you, it's hard enough when you're physically well. For a chronic insomniac with an ankle so fucked he couldn't even sit down and press 'go' on a tube train, well - maybe he should be looking for a new GP if that's the kind of treatment he prescribed.

Sorry? Read the above? He escaped on a technicality - TfL fucked it up at the beginning of proceedings. If you're willing to pay for that little blagger to play squash and moonlight for other companies while on sick leave, then great. Maybe it's a career path you could consider yourself.

Would love for them to go into slightly more detail on that one

Squash, anyone?

Respect! You guys are still bangin on about this

but let's not do groundhog day.

Quite.

 

[gabi]

Quite.

Er... whats your point? That you have nothing better to do than follow me around the internet? Get a life son..

 

[hipipol]

How many other people can claim that privilege? Very few I'd expect.

Times change. Contracts change. Accept it or find another job. That's how things work.

I expect the tube staff wouldn't have such a cushy number without the union involvement - but then again, without the union involvement, we'd probably have a much better, reliable and cheaper service.

ER no mate

I have just put the phone down on a guy got rid of by Deutsche 4 weeks ago - got a good pay off. He has just joined a major Swiss owned bank (I'm sure you can guess who) for an uptick of £30k on his base AND a garuantee of £100k - so no chief - some things dont seem to change.

Cant see the charges investment banks levey dropping somehow, and no, they are fucking far, far from being efficient

 

[Citizen66]

Er... whats your point? That you have nothing better to do than follow me around the internet? Get a life son..

Groundhog day? "Banging on about stuff"?

Pot, kettle...

 

[gabi]

Groundhog day? "Banging on about stuff"?

Pot, kettle...

What the fuck are u on about? Those are two separate posts you're referencing there.

The shit about the squash playing cripple was days ago, in a totally separate context (and within a short timeframe). Refine those stalking abilities sunshine.

 

[Roadkill]

What the fuck are u on about? Those are two separate posts you're referencing there.

The shit about the squash playing cripple was days ago, in a totally separate context (and within a short timeframe). Refine those stalking abilities sunshine.

You're starting to come across as faintly hysterical.

 

[gabi]

You're starting to come across as hysterical.

Oh I am. I'm bouncing off the walls here in anguish at it all.

Deep breaths, deep breaths.

 

[Citizen66]

What the fuck are u on about? Those are two separate posts you're referencing there.

The shit about the squash playing cripple was days ago, in a totally separate context (and within a short timeframe). Refine those stalking abilities sunshine.

The 'Squash Cripple' story is from fucking years ago so how you have the gall to say 'groundhog day' to people discussing a strike that ended yesterday is truly mind boggling, gabi.

 

[ViolentPanda]

You're starting to come across as faintly hysterical.

Faintly?