If employees in other companies took similar strike action, their customers would simply go else where and the businesses would fail. So they would strike and have no jobs to go back to. That can't happen with the trains because they're subsidised and people will always have to go back to them. Do you get that? They have a captive audience and a monopoly.
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If employees in other companies took similar strike action, their customers would simply go else where and the businesses would fail. So they would strike and have no jobs to go back to. That can't happen with the trains because they're subsidised and people will always have to go back to them. Do you get that? They have a captive audience and a monopoly.
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Same old droids in this thread slamming the unions and the workers yawn
The legion of the brainwashed.
That would be a cartel
Section 21 is being abolished and there are proposals for people to be allowed to buy houses using benefits. Should give you a measure of the situation…
You mean like how they have self organised through letting agents who control the market pricing?
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Industrial action isn't unique to the rail industry. Plus, the scenario you describe is very simplistic indeed. Industrial action is a deterrent and there are many options open to the workforce before they have to even contemplate a strike.
Your employer must be delighted to have you as part of their team.
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Do you mean like all the oil corps, and the utility providers?
Industrial action isn't unique to the rail industry. Plus, the scenario you describe is very simplistic indeed. Industrial action is a deterrent and there are many options open to the workforce before they have to even contemplate a strike.
Your employer must be delighted to have you as part of their team.
If I had an issue with my work conditions or salary, I would simply find a new job. Incidentally companies with high staff turn over find they have to pay more and/or look at working conditions. How many people quit their jobs working on the rail way? I'd bet almost no one. It's a job for life with a cushy pension and inflated salaries. They're so brain washed they actually believe they deserve the wages they're paid.
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Regardless of political stance, the fact remains that current working conditions (such as having the weekend) are as a result of a few benevolent bosses (20%) and the actions of trade unions (80%).
Wanting rid of them is like wanting to sign away your right of arbitration to the ECHR
In a light hearted game of top trumps I can't be bothered to do a proper job on:
Names Used:
Shapps 4
Lynch 1
Fridges Hidden in:
Johnson 1
Lynch 0
Attempted nepotism for girlfriends:
Johnson 3
Lynch 0
and so on....
Wanting rid of them is like wanting to sign away your right of arbitration to the ECHR
In a light hearted game of top trumps I can't be bothered to do a proper job on:
Names Used:
Shapps 4
Lynch 1
Fridges Hidden in:
Johnson 1
Lynch 0
Attempted nepotism for girlfriends:
Johnson 3
Lynch 0
and so on....
"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.
He does have that look about him doesn't he. Quite the stereotype.
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I'm sure you're constantly disappointing the headhunters in your industry, but for most people the option isn't to simply sulk and move on. You're also just trotting out feels like they're actual researched statistics. The fact you think a cartel is comparable to a trade union just demonstrates your lack of understanding on the subject.
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Other Stereotypes are available of course, many mentioned above
I love that Chris thinks himself a posho.
Quick Quiz - if you can't answer the below off the top of your head you are not posh:
1) How long is the normal public school short half term?
2) What happens between each Chukka?
3) How many drives on the average shoot?
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Oh no, he doesn't think that. From his posting he definitely knows he's one of the proletariat, just one of those forelock-tugging deferential to the aristocrat types, he knows his place!
If rail workers get 11%, then every other public sector is going to expect the same. Then so are all private sector workers. Then rent, mortgages, prices go up another 11%. Then we just ensure that inflation is going to be 11% this year, and we're all back where we started.
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Their main leverage is safety regs, otherwise pay would be decided by supply and demand like the rest of the market.
You not been to a Carvery recently?
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Other Stereotypes are available of course, many mentioned above
I love that Chris thinks himself a posho.
Chris is a simple mechanic, a spanner twirler. A good one, but one that knows his social place and class status, and doesn't try and pretend otherwise. Life is less stressful like this. Bearing a chip on one's shoulder is neither healthy nor fruitful. The British class system rules...Pointless fighting it unless one aims to be a professional loser.
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I understand why people think this, but it's not correct. See previous posts.
What you make not like is the coming interest rate hikes to protect the currency against devaluation, similar impacts but another source.