Tanker drivers strike rant

[knip]

Your job is not as economically important to the UK. If they stop doing their job the country comes to a halt. You stop doing your job and a disabled kid doesn't go to school.

And if all the people doing my job decided not to work then disabled people wouldnt get educated, are you saying thats ok then?

 

[Nebzor]

And if all the people doing my job decided not to work then disabled people wouldnt get educated, are you saying thats ok then?

No, he's saying the country would grind to a halt if fuel supply ceased.

The country would not grind to a halt if all the disabled people weren't educated.

 

[paradigm]

He isn't saying that its "ok", he is saying that it isn't as financially important to the UK's economy.

Stop turning every comment into a dig about you, your job, or disabled kids.

 

[RDM]

And if all the people doing my job decided not to work then disabled people wouldnt get educated, are you saying thats ok then?

No, I am saying that it is not as economically important to the country.

 

[knip]

I knew youd all jump on my head.
Ah well.

 

[Bear]

Neither is my job "easy" and I less than get half what theyre being offered.
Thats all im trying to say. Its not fair.

That depends on what people call easy. The tanker drivers get paid more than I do and I design wireless communication equipment that enables connectivity for the large mobile networks, public safety networks etc.

I dont think the tanker drivers job is hard and neither yours but thats life. Certain jobs despite their worth to society doesnt pay well and engineering is one of them.

 

[paradigm]

I knew youd all jump on my head.
Ah well.

So you knew that what you were saying was wrong?

 

[Tenzen]

With all due respect knip, it sounds like you are not happy with what you are doing. Rather than complain about how important it is doing what you do in comparison to other workers, maybe you should think about whether you want to do it? As afterall it seems money is the issue rather than how much you contribute to society?

Its an easy solution find a job that pays more money for the time you think you are worth? Which is exactly the action these drivers have taken, more power to them.

 

[knip]

So you knew that what you were saying was wrong?

No I was trying to have a debate, I stand by what I say, I dont like that some peoples jobs are considered "worth" more than others.

 

[paradigm]

So you'd rather live in a socialist society?

 

[knip]

So you'd rather live in a socialist society?

Id rather live in a more equal society, stop twisting my words.

 

[paradigm]

That my dear, is socialism. And you're a right one to be talking about twisting words.

 

[RDM]

I knew youd all jump on my head.
Ah well.

I am not jumping on your head, I am just pointing out that they job you do has less economic importance than the tanker drivers. I made no other value judgement.

If you and your profession didn't do your job then the economic impact on the country would be negligible. You can't say the same for the tanker drivers. Hence their economic value is higher.

 

[Vixen]

I don't agree with striking at all. If an office worker hadn't had a pay rise in several years, they would look for another job, not try to take the country to ransom, these drivers have the same option.

 

[RDM]

What I am against is blockading the oil refineries. The dispute is between the union and the outsourcing company - why should they be able to hold the country to ransom like this?

Are they actually blockading the oil refineries or are they just picketing them?

 

[Jokester]

If they haven't had a pay rise in 15years, why are they still doing it?

Sounds like they were grossly overpaid in the first place and presumably there isn't a shortage of fuel truck drivers either at the moment?

 

[IcE-ColD]

Just fire them all theres pleanty of lorry drivers about that would do the job for 39k a year.

 

[Lopéz]

Neither is my job "easy" and I less than get half what theyre being offered.
Thats all im trying to say. Its not fair.

You can't drive a truck

They can't look after a disabled child

There are loads of jobs out there I would consider easier than mine that pay a lot more than my job does. But then my current job is about 100 times easier than my last job and pays nearly double what that did.

 

[Lopéz]

Just fire them all theres pleanty of lorry drivers about that would do the job for 39k a year.

No, there aren't. There is a shortage of good HGV drivers in the UK and has been for years.

 

[Glaucus]

No, there aren't. There is a shortage of good HGV drivers in the UK and has been for years.

and I expect even less that can carry dangerous goods.