Rail strike on the cards

[evil woman]

Indeed.

 

Why didn't they strike before the election, when we had a Tory government. Why wait until after the election when we've elected a Tory government. It just doesn't make sense

 

Actually, your argument has more holes than Swiss cheese. If I were you, I'd move away slowly and hope that this thread quickly disappears from view.

 

I think it is because the electorate got fed up with militant unions decades ago and a strike a month ago would have handed another million votes to Cameron. Then of course the RMT fields 50 or so candidates in the council elections. I'm not sure that commuters stranded on a railway platform are more likely to vote for them.

Edited May 13, 2015 by evil woman

[libuse]

I think it is because the electorate got fed up with militant unions decades ago and a strike a month ago would have handed another million votes to Cameron. Then of course the RMT fields 50 or so candidates in the council elections. I'm not sure that commuters stranded on a railway platform are more likely to vote for them.

 

The electorate being fed up of workers fighting for better pay or conditions is a sign that the last few decades of government and media waging a divide and conquer campaign has worked.

[geared]

I wonder where the workers of this country would be without the unions sticking up for their rights

 

They were offered:

 

A one-off £500 payment

Three years of wage rises in line with inflation.

A 'no compulsory redundancy' commitment extended to the end of 2016

 

Not a bad package in my eyes :huh::huh:

[-Boomer-]

They were offered:

 

A one-off £500 payment

Three years of wage rises in line with inflation.

A 'no compulsory redundancy' commitment extended to the end of 2016

 

Not a bad package in my eyes :huh::huh:

 

But you're not a train driver, you'd probably think differently if you were

[geared]

But you're not a train driver, you'd probably think differently if you were

 

Yea if I were a train driver going on strike I'd probably be stuck between jetting off to a Greek or a Spanish island with my newly found free time.

:hihi::hihi::hihi:

[Guest]

But you're not a train driver, you'd probably think differently if you were

 

Train drivers get paid more than me. I haven't had a pay rise for 2 years, I don't get a bonus any more. I'm not on strike.

[salou4]

I wonder where the workers of this country would be without the unions sticking up for their rights

 

 

Probably better off.

The left go on incessantly about Maggie closing down the pits for example, conveniently forgetting that prior to then the miners unions spent most of the 70s out on strike with excessive wage demands. Had they not done, those pits might still be open.

[Obelix]

But you're not a train driver, you'd probably think differently if you were

 

Twice the average wage not enough then?

 

Of course not. Lets stick it to the greedy plutocrats, not withstanding train drivers earn more than about 90% of the UK already.

[Mister M]

9200 out of 16,000 voted to strike. Yet they call it an "overwhelming majority". I call it slightly more than 50-50.

 

If those are the correct numbers then it meets the current Government's minimum threshold of 40% that they want to impose on the unions.

[Guest sibon]

If those are the correct numbers then it meets the current Government's minimum threshold of 40% that they want to impose on the unions.

 

It also beats the Tory "majority" hands down.