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oddsonlaughter

New member
Jan 24, 2008
249
I know we have the strike thread already but probably worth empthasising that there are no trains at all tomorrow, Wednesday or Friday this week

A lot in my work have been caught out and are hastily rearranging meetings etc as they thought it was the same reduced service that has been on strike days previously

Luckily I can work from home but feel so sorry for those that cannot
 






ditchy

ditchy

a man with a sound track record as a source of qua
Jul 8, 2003
5,208
brighton
There are Sweet FA trains this morning as well !!
 


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oddsonlaughter

New member
Jan 24, 2008
249
ditchy said:
There are Sweet FA trains this morning as well !!
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Yeah just looked and next 2 direct trains from Polegate to Falmer cancelled so not sure whether it is worth my trying or if I will just end up stuck at Lewes for hours!

I really believe at the very least they should not be allowed to have peak/ off peak services while it is such a mess to allow people at least the chance to get in on time
 


Tony Meolas Loan Spell

Tony Meolas Loan Spell

Slut Faced Whores
Jul 15, 2004
18,067
Vamanos Pest
oddsonlaughter said:
Yeah just looked and next 2 direct trains from Polegate to Falmer cancelled so not sure whether it is worth my trying or if I will just end up stuck at Lewes for hours!

I really believe at the very least they should not be allowed to have peak/ off peak services while it is such a mess to allow people at least the chance to get in on time
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Blame the unions on this one. This is SOLELY at their door.
 






ditchy

ditchy

a man with a sound track record as a source of qua
Jul 8, 2003
5,208
brighton
Tony Meolas Loan Spell said:
Blame the unions on this one. This is SOLELY at their door.
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I do , but also blame Southern . They have deliberately rescheduled the peak trains . ie cancelling them so that they cause maximum distruption and hoping union take all the flak
 


Blue Valkyrie

Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
Tony Meolas Loan Spell said:
Blame the unions on this one. This is SOLELY at their door.
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It's gone way beyond that.


Southern Failway need to replace their dispute resolution team ( I assume they have one ) with 'Can-do' negotiators that deliver a deal. And if they can't, keep employing even better consultant negotiators until a solution is reached.



They are tasked with providing a usable railway service to Sussex. They have failed.
 




vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,892
Tony Meolas Loan Spell said:
Blame the unions on this one. This is SOLELY at their door.
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It takes some doing by Southern in order to get virtually ALL their staff to take strike action at some time this year. Ticket office staff, Conductors and now even the drivers! Will watch with interest when the ticket prices go up yet another 3%.,..,
 




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Diablo

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Sep 22, 2014
4,185
lewes
If the drivers and guards don`t want their jobs....let them go and employ people who do.

22 Oct 2016 - Virgin trains said there were almost 200 applications for every vacancy following the biggest recruitment campaign on the East Coast route ...

At circa £50k for drivers I`m not surprised there were as many applications..
 




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Garry Nelson's teacher

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May 11, 2015
5,257
Bloody Worthing!
Blue Valkyrie said:
It's gone way beyond that.


Southern Failway need to replace their dispute resolution team ( I assume they have one ) with 'Can-do' negotiators that deliver a deal. And if they can't, keep employing even better consultant negotiators until a solution is reached.



They are tasked with providing a usable railway service to Sussex. They have failed.
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Totally agree. They have turned this into an arm-wrestling competition with the unions who have - rightly or wrongly - proved to be utterly ruthless and are losing badly. Sometimes you just have to go back to the negotiating table and get a deal. Humble pie should be on their Xmas menu. This cannot - should not - be allowed to continue.
 




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oddsonlaughter

New member
Jan 24, 2008
249
Seen a few on Twitter say there have been heated arguments, pushing matches, someone getting leg caught in door and pregnant lady fainting due to overcrowding this morning

It cannot continue like this
 






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bhanutz

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Aug 23, 2005
5,998
oddsonlaughter said:
Seen a few on Twitter say there have been heated arguments, pushing matches, someone getting leg caught in door and pregnant lady fainting due to overcrowding this morning

It cannot continue like this
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ITS ALL BEING DONE FOR OUR SAFETY! Lets not forget that!
 




beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,294
anyone found out why ASLEF have gone on strike over this DOO rollout, but not all the previous ones?
 






vegster

vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,892
Diablo said:
If the drivers and guards don`t want their jobs....let them go and employ people who do.

22 Oct 2016 - Virgin trains said there were almost 200 applications for every vacancy following the biggest recruitment campaign on the East Coast route ...

At circa £50k for drivers I`m not surprised there were as many applications..
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I was looking at jobs last month and according to one site I looked at there had been hundreds of applications for each of Store Assistant, Assistant Manager and Store Manager for a new branch of Lidl. Welcome to the world by the way.
 
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