Southern Rail STRIKE details

[amexer]

I thought they had been given a date to accept new terms or get boot. There would be 100s of people wanting there jobs

 

[pasty]

And no mention of those staff being on EVERY train either

And if you read what I quoted directly from the RMT site, there is no mention of that either.

 

[Ernest]

I thought they had been given a date to accept new terms or get boot. There would be 100s of people wanting there jobs

Form a QUEUE then

 

[pearl]

And no mention of those staff being on EVERY train either

on one of the strike days I was travelling back to Btn and a 'guard' asked to check my ticket, an elderly gentleman barked at him 'why aren't you on strike?'
fast forward to end of conversation, the 'guard' admitted he was revenue protection. I think this sums up why things can't just stay as they are (to me anyways)

 

[Napper]

what a lovely period to choose to strike.

Thanks all

 

[wellquickwoody]

Unashamedly fxxking up some of the general publics' most valued time of the year, utter twunts. Cull their jobs now please.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Ah so their true colours are finally shown...maximum inconvenience to passengers, the very people they spuriously are saying they want to "protect" in the name of safety.

And thus the most ineffective strike ever is carrying on. Begs the question why? Punters like me are now throwing the union in with Southern management so all sympathy was lost ages ago...yet still they continue.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Disagree, the union is in a battle they know they can't win and by telling their members to accept Southern's offer is them admitting defeat. To keep striking is just a swipe at Southern and the tory government. The continued loser remains the end customer.

I have no problem with the union looking out for their members as thats what they are there to do. What I do have an issue with is the union continuing to tell us they are doing it for our benefit.

Yep. Thats my view. Be honest and say its about job protection. Its never been for our benefit or safety. What a load of shit.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1484..._withholding_holiday_pay_from_striking_staff/ How lovely. This isn't a bonus
- this is back pay that they are legally entitled to.

I agree that is out of order.

 

[yxee]

Fantastic.

 

[atomised]

And so any remnant of sympathy i had with their plight rapidly faded away.

 

[Ernest]

Unashamedly fxxking up some of the general publics' most valued time of the year, utter twunts. Cull their jobs now please.

Haven't you LEFT yet ? Christmas is LOVELY on BONDI beach

 

[dazzer6666]

Massive RMT own goal this time, ****ing up family Christmas arrangements won't help their cause.

 

[Beach Hut]

Interesting now as both sides are getting desperate hence the more dramatic threats and counter threats

 

[halbpro]

Massive RMT own goal this time, ****ing up family Christmas arrangements won't help their cause.

Yeah, this is just idiotic from a public relations standpoint.

 

[yxee]

Haven't you LEFT yet ? Christmas is LOVELY on BONDI beach

Some nerve resorting to comedy, after defending the RMT for 400 pages, now that the tide is turning against you.

It's not really very funny for many of us.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Just need the strike pot well to run dry. They will be back sharpish when the union cant subsidise the wage anymore. Largely the strike is ineffective but it does compund the misery so we can legitimately call them ALL* *****...apart from the drivers.

* including southern management

 

[Gazwag]

RMT = Crystal Palace this weekend and the Grinch next month

 

[Ernest]

Some nerve resorting to comedy, after defending the RMT for 400 pages, now that the tide is turning against you.

It's not really very funny for many of us.

What tide turning ? The only tide turning is the one to the defeat of an unelected bureaucrat trying to smash trade unions

 

[BensGrandad]

Why is it that the biggest benefactors of these type disputes seem to be the union leaders?