Then ask for more money!
I did, they gave me 20 quid a month.
Public sector wages stink.
Tanker drivers strike rant
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I did, they gave me 20 quid a month.
Public sector wages stink.
Where did I say they were "modern day heroes"? All I was trying to put across, is that their jobs are not "worthless".
Do the paramedics, fire crews, police, etc etc not all need fuel too?
Isn't the main protest about bosses using contractors. Instead of internal staff?
Oil makes big money so the drivers get paid a lot, unfortunately caring for someone does not make big money so tehy can't afford to pay big wages. It's the way of the world.
Oil makes big money so the drivers get paid a lot, unfortunately caring for someone does not make big money so tehy can't afford to pay big wages. It's the way of the world.
Then why do desk clerks get £18k for tapping in numbers here? This is at a time when JCP cuts are seeing 200,000 people being moved or sacked...
I think you'll find it varies considerably depending on your department or council.
And where exactly did it say that?
Not getting the same rises as the fat cat bosses? Give me a break. Honestly, show me one case where that happens (cases of public humiliation/point scoring aside).
I'm not going to deny it's a tough job because haulage of any kind generally is, but please - they're already on well above average national pay and they're spitting dummies over an apparently above-inflation rise at a time when the economy really doesn't need inflationary pay rises.
Mind you, I accept the only information I have is what the media have fed me, and that's rarely the full picture.
Also people like knip are willing to do the job for rubbish wages for sentimental reason that are not present in your average delivery driver. Like any employer they are happy to take advantage of this.
Yes they do ..... because everybody does, but we all need lots of things that is the point.
Ok water, food, electricity, air, clothes, what about the people that build the tankers, what about the roads?
The tanker drivers probably run some sort of closed shop which stops other people doing their job.
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They aren't paid by the council though, they're paid by a much bigger earner. The council cannot afford to pay you as much as the oil companies pay their drivers. Unless they up council tax astronomically. Do you want that?
You work for a much smaller fish, that was your choice (or you had no choice, who knows) but either way it isn't the fault of the drivers you despise, why should they be punished or devalued because you don't earn what you would like to.
I'd love to earn more, I earn less than you and consider my job as important as yours. I don't feel any anger to you though, or resentment or wish you were paid less. I don't think it would be unfair of you to want more. It's not your fault that the council bosses pay themselves ridiculous sums while the workers are sniffed at.
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Yeah it does sadly. Its on a band system, and im at the top of the band im on (due to length of time ive been employed) its measured on how disabled the child is, as I said and so hes apparently not disabled enough. Wont bore everyone with the finer details, but hes about as physically disabled as you can get. Cant do anything for himself and hes 12. Considering how much it would cost the council if he was to go into a residential home and be given 24 hour care (which his parents will never do) they are a bit blind to how much money keeping him at home is actually saving them, and I just wish they would recognise that.
I havent said I despise them, I guess what im saying is the world is unfair in the way it pays people, and I dont like that sometimes.
wouldn't happen, if they did they would have to raise there wages. That's how it works.
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Yeah tell me about it... but the DWP is happy to pay contracted security guards over the odds for protecting a JCP office that is already so locked down it has more CCTV per square yard than any other public place I can think of
the computers are already ID-locked and in safes too..
I suppose whether it's worthwhile or not look at the impact when they stop working
TBH I'd rather earn £30k sitting on my ass in an office than £40k spending all the time driving, not the most fun job in the world
Plus don't forget the fact the nights out (in their truck).
Also the Av is 39K
"The Unite trade union is calling for a minimum wage of £36,000 a year, about £2,000 more than drivers are currently paid".
"The pay row erupted over Unite's claims that tanker drivers are paid the same now as in 1992 - just under £32,000 a year - despite working longer hours"
Its not been easy task working out their Av hours, but it does seem that the figures quoted are for 48hours basic week.
The figures are probably lower in terms of £perhour (£14.50) then say qualified tradesmen (e.g JIB electricians around £15+).
Also this does not include if they have to sleep out in their trucks or the fact that Petrol Tanker drivers, are not just your usual HGV drivers (additional qualifications and cost of training).