Power to Mick Lynch

Darujhistan · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:34

Roar87 said:
Are bankers striking? This is the problem. If you're unhappy with your salary, get a new job, don't hold the country to ransom.

The poorest are the people trying to use the trains and buses that are striking

No, that's the tories job, that's the job of the corporations and their shareholders, everyone else needs to shut up and so as they're told.

CapitalOne · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:36

Devilman said:
For a moment I thought you were describing Boris

Also, as if "Vulgar in appearance" would have any relevance at all on his arguments or his position in general.

Is this the level you operate on? "Oh he / she is ugly, shouldn't listen to anything they have to say"

Beggars belief.

Parody account

Dirk Diggler · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:36

Roar87 said:
I found it funny how he mentioned he's working class, on £124,000 a year. I'm sure his parents may have been.

Why can't he be working class on that salary?

CapitalOne · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:37

Roar87 said:
Yep. Where I work there are people on less than the salary of the "ticket collectors" who are working 9 hour days attending non-stop meetings with specialised technical skills. If they left you simply wouldn't be able to replace them because they have years of experience.

Whatever you are selling you need to ~~pay~~ charge more if they are that level of expertise.

Darujhistan · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:37

Chris Wilson said:
"Mick" satisfies most if not all of the prerequisites of the leader of a militant left wing union:

Vulgar in manner

Vulgar in appearance

Bombastic and bullying attitude

Ill educated, with a massive chip on his shoulder regarding his peers

Did I mention common as muck...?

Yes, good old Mick ticks all the right boxes to appeal to his members.

Sounds more like Kay Burley and Richard Madely to me.

Flag shagger by any chance?

Darujhistan · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:41

Devilman said:
For a moment I thought you were describing Boris

Also, as if "Vulgar in appearance" would have any relevance at all on his arguments or his position in general.

Is this the level you operate on? "Oh he / she is ugly, shouldn't listen to anything they have to say"

Beggars belief.

This is the level on intellect you see on your typical tory/gammon flag shagger.

StriderX · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:42

I like how we're now a low-wage economy after BJ's promises to make a high-wage economy a principle pillar of his B word.

Also like how it's acceptable for pensioners to get a raise to their income that counters inflation (not saying they shouldn't though), but everyone else has to suffer willingly. Really cool and not divisive at all.

Darujhistan · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:44

StriderX said:
I like how we're now a low-wage economy after BJ's promises to make a high-wage economy a principle pillar of his B word.

Instead typical tory race to the bottom in every regard.

CapitalOne · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:48

Has to be said, Mick Lynch is owning everyone interviewing him. Please put him up against Shapps on QT this week.

Roar87 · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:48

CapitalOne said:
Whatever you are selling you need to ~~pay~~ charge more if they are that level of expertise.

There are loads of jobs where people have been in them for 10+ years and they become a huge wealth of knowledge in their area, take something like a supervisor working in a the Fraud team at a bank who's been there 15 years, they're on sub 30k, they leave or retire and that person who knew the answer to any question is gone. Can the same be said of someone collecting tickets on a train or working on a ticket booth Googling train times? Their wages are inflated by the monopoly they have.

adam cool dude · 22 Jun 2022 at 13:55

Greebo said:
Not even for drivers. they are in a different union and arent on strike.

The ones on strike have a median wage of over 31k which is national average anyway so not sure what their problem is.

Freakbro · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:09

adam cool dude said:
The ones on strike have a median wage of over 31k which is national average anyway so not sure what their problem is.

LOL, so no-one who earns over the national average wage should want or expect a pay rise? :confused:

or is that just limited to people who are in unions? What nonsense is this?

Spook187 · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:09

Same old droids in this thread slamming the unions and the workers yawn :rolleyes:

StriderX · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:11

adam cool dude said:
The ones on strike have a median wage of over 31k which is national average anyway so not sure what their problem is.

Stingy bosses effectively forcing them to take a pay cut is a justifiable reason to strike.

Freakbro · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:12

Spook187 said:
Same old droids in this thread slamming the unions and the workers yawn

I think they're just jealous others get paid more than them.

Dirk Diggler · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:15

Roar87 said:
There are loads of jobs where people have been in them for 10+ years and they become a huge wealth of knowledge in their area, take something like a supervisor working in a the Fraud team at a bank who's been there 15 years, they're on sub 30k, they leave or retire and that person who knew the answer to any question is gone. Can the same be said of someone collecting tickets on a train or working on a ticket booth Googling train times? Their wages are inflated by the monopoly they have.

There's a really obvious reason why the railway staff get a decent wage.

Chris Wilson · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:15

Darujhistan said:
Sounds more like Kay Burley and Richard Madely to me.

Flag shagger by any chance?

Indeed, your crude assertion is quite correct, a true Englishman and proud. And your good self and the supportive wildman...?

Roar87 · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:31

Dirk Diggler said:
There's a really obvious reason why the railway staff get a decent wage.

Because they can strike and people can't use an alternative train service because that doesn't exist, they effectively have a monopoly. The alternative methods of travel are often more expensive and/or slower

Dirk Diggler · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:38

Roar87 said:
Because they can strike and people can't use an alternative train service because that doesn't exist, they effectively have a monopoly. The alternative methods of travel are often more expensive and/or slower

No, strike is a last resort.

They are paid a decent wage because they stick together and don't allow their employers to bully them and undervalue them, it's as simple as that. The train drivers don't look down their noses at the ticket collectors in the way that most private sector employees have been conditioned to do with their colleagues.

They have one of the best unions in the country and its been that way for as long as I can remember. They are a shining example of why everyone should be a union member.

JamesH85 · 22 Jun 2022 at 14:57

Kay Burley interview was a total train wreck for her, I'm glad he showed her up for her suggestive questioning. Trying to make it look like they would attack people who would cross a picket line!