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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 20:21:55 GMT 1, For F.Sake.
2 days strikes. They get paid enough already, you don't see mcdonalds staff striking so what makes them so special.
The tube is hot, it stinks, the trains are old, its dirty and the most expensive public transport in the world
idiots, absolute idiots.
For F.Sake.
2 days strikes. They get paid enough already, you don't see mcdonalds staff striking so what makes them so special.
The tube is hot, it stinks, the trains are old, its dirty and the most expensive public transport in the world
idiots, absolute idiots.
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Tube Strike, by curiousgeorge on Jun 8, 2009 20:39:26 GMT 1, I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time
I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time
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Tube Strike, by hlarmy on Jun 8, 2009 20:52:39 GMT 1, Relax everyone, apparently all will be fine because they're putting on an extra ... wait for it ... 100 buses. Carnage!
Relax everyone, apparently all will be fine because they're putting on an extra ... wait for it ... 100 buses. Carnage! |
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 20:55:25 GMT 1, I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time
why are they so special? everyone has bad days, what difference does that make?
If you are referring to people killing themselves on the tube then it happens daily, people just get pissed off with it after a while.
I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time why are they so special? everyone has bad days, what difference does that make? If you are referring to people killing themselves on the tube then it happens daily, people just get pissed off with it after a while. |
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Tube Strike, by buffin on Jun 8, 2009 20:57:22 GMT 1, I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time why are they so special? everyone has bad days, what difference does that make? If you are referring to people killing themselves on the tube then it happens daily, people just get pissed off with it after a while.
thanks for your kind consideration 
I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time why are they so special? everyone has bad days, what difference does that make? If you are referring to people killing themselves on the tube then it happens daily, people just get pissed off with it after a while. thanks for your kind consideration |
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 20:58:17 GMT 1, thats the way it is on london underground.
does not mean i dont care. I witnessed one once, it was nasty, but it happens all over the world.
thats the way it is on london underground.
does not mean i dont care. I witnessed one once, it was nasty, but it happens all over the world.
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Tube Strike, by walters on Jun 8, 2009 21:04:34 GMT 1, For F.Sake. 2 days strikes. They get paid enough already, you don't see mcdonalds staff striking so what makes them so special. The tube is hot, it stinks, the trains are old, its dirty and the most expensive public transport in the world idiots, absolute idiots.
you don't see mcdonalds staff striking because they get sacked if they unionise for a better deal.
idiot,absolute idiot.
For F.Sake. 2 days strikes. They get paid enough already, you don't see mcdonalds staff striking so what makes them so special. The tube is hot, it stinks, the trains are old, its dirty and the most expensive public transport in the world idiots, absolute idiots. you don't see mcdonalds staff striking because they get sacked if they unionise for a better deal. idiot,absolute idiot. |
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Tube Strike, by jones27 on Jun 8, 2009 21:11:39 GMT 1, buy yourself a scooter, best thing i ever bought in london..a fiver and you got a full tank of petrol...my daily commute from earls court to soho takes 10 minutes..Youll save on time, money and hassle.
buy yourself a scooter, best thing i ever bought in london..a fiver and you got a full tank of petrol...my daily commute from earls court to soho takes 10 minutes..Youll save on time, money and hassle.
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Tube Strike, by Heavyconsumer on Jun 8, 2009 21:12:10 GMT 1, For F.Sake. 2 days strikes. They get paid enough already, you don't see mcdonalds staff striking so what makes them so special. The tube is hot, it stinks, the trains are old, its dirty and the most expensive public transport in the world idiots, absolute idiots.
They get the day off and are welcomed back with a payrise, they don't sound like idiots to me!
For F.Sake. 2 days strikes. They get paid enough already, you don't see mcdonalds staff striking so what makes them so special. The tube is hot, it stinks, the trains are old, its dirty and the most expensive public transport in the world idiots, absolute idiots. They get the day off and are welcomed back with a payrise, they don't sound like idiots to me! |
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Tube Strike, by Heavyconsumer on Jun 8, 2009 21:13:31 GMT 1, Maybe you should be writing to London Transport or the unions instead of wasting space with this in an art forum!?
Maybe you should be writing to London Transport or the unions instead of wasting space with this in an art forum!?
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 21:41:45 GMT 1, just think yourself lucky there is no banksy show on, then people would be pooping their pants.
just think yourself lucky there is no banksy show on, then people would be pooping their pants.
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 21:45:00 GMT 1, plus i take it those that are for the strikes dont live in London.
plus i take it those that are for the strikes dont live in London.
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Tube Strike, by notworthit on Jun 8, 2009 21:59:13 GMT 1, I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time why are they so special? everyone has bad days, what difference does that make? If you are referring to people killing themselves on the tube then it happens daily, people just get pissed off with it after a while.
What if it was a homeless dog?
I'm not London based, but even i know they don't have best job in the world.And when they have a very bad day, it stays with them for a long time why are they so special? everyone has bad days, what difference does that make? If you are referring to people killing themselves on the tube then it happens daily, people just get pissed off with it after a while. What if it was a homeless dog? |
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Tube Strike, by Guest on Jun 8, 2009 22:06:18 GMT 1, anything else upset you today? anyone? start a thread!
anything else upset you today? anyone? start a thread!
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Tube Strike, by Guest on Jun 8, 2009 22:12:39 GMT 1, dominos pizza, but the cost! i bet the staff get paid peanuts! (or in pizza)
dominos pizza, but the cost! i bet the staff get paid peanuts! (or in pizza)
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Tube Strike, by wiz on Jun 8, 2009 22:12:43 GMT 1, Frankie for Mayor in my book, and quite possibly Prime Minister!.
Frankie for Mayor in my book, and quite possibly Prime Minister!.
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Tube Strike, by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 22:15:38 GMT 1, they want a 5% per cent pay rise and shorter working hours...while the rest of us have pay freezes and redundancies - they can fuck off
they want a 5% per cent pay rise and shorter working hours...while the rest of us have pay freezes and redundancies - they can fuck off
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Tube Strike, by G-Man on Jun 8, 2009 22:16:05 GMT 1, I'm in a meeting tomorrow morning with Boris and the head of TFL and I'll be making my views clear to both of them very loudly
Bloody TFL they have far too much power in London
I'm in a meeting tomorrow morning with Boris and the head of TFL and I'll be making my views clear to both of them very loudly
Bloody TFL they have far too much power in London
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 22:16:45 GMT 1, does anyone know how much tube drivers get paid, because i do and its way more than the majority of people here thats for sure
does anyone know how much tube drivers get paid, because i do and its way more than the majority of people here thats for sure
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Tube Strike, by Guest on Jun 8, 2009 22:21:46 GMT 1, does anyone know how much tube drivers get paid, because i do and its way more than the majority of people here thats for sure
tell more.
does anyone know how much tube drivers get paid, because i do and its way more than the majority of people here thats for sure tell more. |
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Tube Strike, by wiz on Jun 8, 2009 22:23:37 GMT 1, Cant people just call their secretaries to do their work for them and enjoy the time off?.
Cant people just call their secretaries to do their work for them and enjoy the time off?.
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 22:24:24 GMT 1, the average salary of a tube train driver is ยฃ40,000
the average salary of a tube train driver is ยฃ40,000
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Tube Strike, by wiz on Jun 8, 2009 22:26:34 GMT 1, Well what can you buy with 40k nowadays JBoy tbh?.
Well what can you buy with 40k nowadays JBoy tbh?.
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Tube Strike, by Guest on Jun 8, 2009 22:27:11 GMT 1, cant buy many works by Hush
cant buy many works by Hush
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Tube Strike, by G-Man on Jun 8, 2009 22:28:21 GMT 1, They have been offered a pay rise above inlation for the next 5 years which i think is very fair considering
The issue is that the overground unions stiked and secured more than this... ยฃ2500 increase per man if i remember the figures?? Now that has got everyone over a barrel, once they give in to one lot then it becomes inevitable that the tube guys would want the same.
They said that they would freeze their pay but when their overground colleagues are striking and getting more then they were never gonna accept that and therefore this strike was inevitable I'm afraid
The problem we have is that there is alternatives and therefore they can always strike if they want, a bit like the fireman and the green goddesses from the army. I was a nurse for 5 years and quit in the end because they are paid a pittance and cant strike because we have no alternatives to care for the dying
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Boris is gonna hear it from me tmw morning i kid you not
Rant over
They have been offered a pay rise above inlation for the next 5 years which i think is very fair considering
The issue is that the overground unions stiked and secured more than this... ยฃ2500 increase per man if i remember the figures?? Now that has got everyone over a barrel, once they give in to one lot then it becomes inevitable that the tube guys would want the same.
They said that they would freeze their pay but when their overground colleagues are striking and getting more then they were never gonna accept that and therefore this strike was inevitable I'm afraid
The problem we have is that there is alternatives and therefore they can always strike if they want, a bit like the fireman and the green goddesses from the army. I was a nurse for 5 years and quit in the end because they are paid a pittance and cant strike because we have no alternatives to care for the dying
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Boris is gonna hear it from me tmw morning i kid you not
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 22:29:48 GMT 1, cant buy many works by Hush
spat tea out
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Tube Strike, by blackcowboy666 on Jun 8, 2009 22:30:35 GMT 1, its also about the collapse of metronet...i believe.. and the influx of staff from the busted company to TFL...meaning for some stupid reason there is two identical staff for one position (again, this is what i think is happening)...and obv. now TFL are saying this cant go on (paying two salaries for one position) and are looking at future job cuts...this and the pay rise and safety arguments.
a few thoughts..
1- what were TFL thinking taking on metronet staff and doubling up roles - surely any level headed person thinks this is ridiclous and a disaster waiting to happen
2- why is it the underground staff seem to strike more than any other working sector in London? is it french owned? long have public sympathy gone from them...im sorry, you are a tube driver...if you dont like the conditions - find another job...it is not the most social of jobs, but you work there by choice and it is hardly the most dangerous job in the world (gas miner etc). I don't know exacts of details, but it feels that the union for the underground is very hardcore and feels obliged to strike for anything they feel - regardless of the current worldwide employment marketplace...yes, if you are striking for genuine reasons (accurate and real safety problems etc) i understand, but in this credit crunch - pay rises and bullish ignorance about a situation where it seems the best worker for the job will still be employed, is too much...OK so it is unfair, but metronet went bust...the better worker will still be working...and if you want unfair then sadly that is todays economic climate (car workers etc). This is not a similar situation to that car factory when the owners imported cheaper labor (which was disgusting).
3- lets get this shit, and any other business sorted out before the olympics...strikers union will hold London over a barell when that comes...i can see them
I have sympathy for anyone with a genuine reason to strike, for health / safety / genuine unfair work issues...and of course the families invoved...i do...but i feel that they are not the cities golden children exempt from certain world facts (business survival of the fittest), and their regular striking mixed with awful tube service (Victoria line anyone?) is not serving them well and soon i feel they will not be so welcomed around negotiating tables and at picket lines
its also about the collapse of metronet...i believe.. and the influx of staff from the busted company to TFL...meaning for some stupid reason there is two identical staff for one position (again, this is what i think is happening)...and obv. now TFL are saying this cant go on (paying two salaries for one position) and are looking at future job cuts...this and the pay rise and safety arguments.
a few thoughts..
1- what were TFL thinking taking on metronet staff and doubling up roles - surely any level headed person thinks this is ridiclous and a disaster waiting to happen
2- why is it the underground staff seem to strike more than any other working sector in London? is it french owned? long have public sympathy gone from them...im sorry, you are a tube driver...if you dont like the conditions - find another job...it is not the most social of jobs, but you work there by choice and it is hardly the most dangerous job in the world (gas miner etc). I don't know exacts of details, but it feels that the union for the underground is very hardcore and feels obliged to strike for anything they feel - regardless of the current worldwide employment marketplace...yes, if you are striking for genuine reasons (accurate and real safety problems etc) i understand, but in this credit crunch - pay rises and bullish ignorance about a situation where it seems the best worker for the job will still be employed, is too much...OK so it is unfair, but metronet went bust...the better worker will still be working...and if you want unfair then sadly that is todays economic climate (car workers etc). This is not a similar situation to that car factory when the owners imported cheaper labor (which was disgusting).
3- lets get this shit, and any other business sorted out before the olympics...strikers union will hold London over a barell when that comes...i can see them
I have sympathy for anyone with a genuine reason to strike, for health / safety / genuine unfair work issues...and of course the families invoved...i do...but i feel that they are not the cities golden children exempt from certain world facts (business survival of the fittest), and their regular striking mixed with awful tube service (Victoria line anyone?) is not serving them well and soon i feel they will not be so welcomed around negotiating tables and at picket lines
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Tube Strike, by wiz on Jun 8, 2009 22:31:02 GMT 1, Me too!.
G-Man, take paint balloons incase Bozzer wont see sense.
Me too!.
G-Man, take paint balloons incase Bozzer wont see sense.
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Tube Strike, by bullet on Jun 8, 2009 22:32:54 GMT 1, yeah can you imagine strikes in the Olympics. Heads would roll.
There is going to be delays in 2012 everyday like there was in 2002 and 1992.
Nothing ever changes in London. Its embarrassing.
well said by the way
yeah can you imagine strikes in the Olympics. Heads would roll.
There is going to be delays in 2012 everyday like there was in 2002 and 1992.
Nothing ever changes in London. Its embarrassing.
well said by the way
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