30th it is. Commonwealth games time of course.
The government are refusing to negotiate though, they don’t give a crap about low paid workers.Was just about to book a spa day at a London hotel for the 17th September. Luckily strike was announced before I hit the send button. It is OK for me. I will arrange something more local and drive but after 2 years of Covid I feel for the theatres, hotels and restaurants this strike action is causing especially the low paid workers struggling to get to and from work.
But the train operators are losing more money through strike days than they ever would’ve spent on payrises. Can’t believe they’re still refusing to negotiate whilst still making huge shareholder payoutsRail staff are now losing more money in missed pay through days off, than they now ever hope to get back in pay rises.
I heard a member of rail staff on the bus on Tuesday, saying that he will be working through the next strike for the very reason listed above.
The ones suffering are the restaurants, theatres, tourist attractions and the poor souls who have to struggle getting into work. I've stopped making plans in London because you just don't know when a strick will be called.I think the problem is that these rail strikes don't seem to be achieving anything. I'm not sure what the alternative actually is though
The work to rule over Christmas will be far more effectiveI think the problem is that these rail strikes don't seem to be achieving anything. I'm not sure what the alternative actually is though
The government are pulling the strings because they want to axe thousands of jobs in the name of 'modernisation' aka get rid of loads of front line staff so passengers are reliant on apps and machines.But the train operators are losing more money through strike days than they ever would’ve spent on payrises. Can’t believe they’re still refusing to negotiate whilst still making huge shareholder payouts
The ones suffering are the restaurants, theatres, tourist attractions and the poor souls who have to struggle getting into work. I've stopped making plans in London because you just don't know when a strick will be called.
My limited experience of union action is in a different field entirely, but I never participated for a few reasons. Chiefly because the union committee was a specific cliquey group of people with a very specific agenda, and because the manager who was bullying me out of my job was allowed a leading position. The bullying predated him knowing my choices regarding strikes and other actions.The government are pulling the strings because they want to axe thousands of jobs in the name of 'modernisation' aka get rid of loads of front line staff so passengers are reliant on apps and machines.
I've always found work to rule to be hard to implement in practice, there are always people who will work over either because they love a sweetener or because they are concerned about their job (for various reasons) and think never refusing to pull them out of the tit will count down the line, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.
I’m a timetable planner and this comment shows you literally don’t understand how railways work lol, they had already published the amended timetables that have to go out by a certain date - they can’t be amended past that because of security risks.The railway is so out dated, they called of a train strike on either the Thursday or the Friday, and are so inefficient that they could not run a 100% service on the Monday or Wednesday that was meant to be the strike days.
What does that tell you!
That's terrible, I'm sorry you had to go through that. Unfortunately unions aren't always infallible, and rail unions can fall foul of that the same as others (especially at local level). I know people who have become reps purely to feather their own nests but I also know decent reps and seen first hand proactive branches ensure that there can be no conflict of interest with management side being reps etc.My limited experience of union action is in a different field entirely, but I never participated for a few reasons. Chiefly because the union committee was a specific cliquey group of people with a very specific agenda, and because the manager who was bullying me out of my job was allowed a leading position. The bullying predated him knowing my choices regarding strikes and other actions.