Union Leader Bob Crow Dead

[les_taxi]

These are very outdated views and things have moved on a lot since Scargill was around

Yes obviously trying to bring London to a standstill is 'Very moved on'

[joebloggs]

Typical union behaviour if you don't join 'Their Club'

now Les is this something you would support

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/...fare_rise_row/

i expect you wouldn't go on strike and would be prepared not to strike for a pay rise

[bigmarco]

Im sure Marco would agree......bullying is out of order

Who’d a-thunk it? A union uses bullying tactics to intimidate workers who have exercised their rights?

http://www.aei-ideas.org/2014/02/who...-their-rights/

100% agree Gwaps Harassment and bullying has no place at work or anywhere else for that matter.
I have a simple principle with scabs. We should never ever call a strike for one. We had one last year who the union represented and she got sacked. She suddenly found her principles and attended our branch to ask us to ballot for her. Sorry sister it doesn't work that way.

[les_taxi]

now Les is this something you would support

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/...fare_rise_row/

i expect you wouldn't go on strike and would be prepared not to strike for a pay rise

I was instrumental in persuading taxi drivers to ask the council not to give us a pay rise a few years ago!
Times were tougher and we could not justify it.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it joe.
P's i'm not private hire either!

[Dedworth]

These are very outdated views and things have moved on a lot since Scargill was around

Have things moved on ? Bullying and intimidation in last years Grangemouth dispute which ultimately ended in failure and Unite walking away with egg on their face.

It's outdated and futile to be demanding an inquiry into the miners strike which happened 30 years

[andy222]

Talking about bullying and intimidation thats what Thatcher was all about.

[joebloggs]

I was instrumental in persuading taxi drivers to ask the council not to give us a pay rise a few years ago!
Times were tougher and we could not justify it.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it joe.
P's i'm not private hire either!

i seem to have hit a raw nerve there Les
times were tough then, what are they now then

[les_taxi]

No you haven't hit a raw nerve, I'm just saying I know The Business and persuaded some of the Dimwits not to push for a rise.
They are improving,more people eating out and things on the up

[London_Manila]

I was instrumental in persuading taxi drivers to ask the council not to give us a pay rise a few years ago!
Times were tougher and we could not justify it.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it joe.
P's i'm not private hire either!

Steady on old boy "asking for a pay rise " you don't want to be rocking any boats

Is that what you expect most workers to do who are currently being paid peanuts

I don't need to spell it out what the answer will be from the greedy company owners !

[fred]

I've said it before.. If you don't like the pay..Get another job!!

If everyone did that these companies would have no choice but to pay an attractive wage in order to attract skilled workers.. If their business cant afford it then they go bust..Simple as that.

Anyway.. Not much unions can do about this in the future... Robots work for less than minimum wage!!


Bill Gates: Yes, robots really are about to take your jobs

http://bgr.com/2014/03/14/bill-gates-interview-robots/

[London_Manila]

I've said it before.. If you don't like the pay..Get another job!!

If everyone did that these companies would have no choice but to pay an attractive wage in order to attract skilled workers.. If their business cant afford it then they go bust..Simple as that.

Anyway.. Not much unions can do about this in the future... Robots work for less than minimum wage!!


Bill Gates: Yes, robots really are about to take your jobs

http://bgr.com/2014/03/14/bill-gates-interview-robots/

Sorry Fred i hear this argument being banded about by many employers

A quick look at their company accounts normally confirm its all hogwash

Mere excuses to keep the payroll down along with their usual anti union rhetoric

[les_taxi]

Steady on old boy "asking for a pay rise " you don't want to be rocking any boats

Who said that? If you read it properly I helped to stop the pay rise

[gWaPito]

I would imagine gwapito has good reasons for not liking unions

He probably tried to go it alone in some work place and broke all the rules the union had spent years getting in place

I don't remember saying anywhere that I don't like unions

Where I work, Unite has done it's workforce proud. Like Joe so kindly reminds me every now and then

What I don't like is what some union leaders come out with.

[fred]

Sorry Fred i hear this argument being banded about by many employers

A quick look at their company accounts normally confirm its all hogwash

Mere excuses to keep the payroll down along with their usual anti union rhetoric

Them nutters wouldn't be looking through my personal accounts!!
Free market economy= Sink or swim!
I`d have more respect for Union leaders if they had the balls to invest their own inflated wages in a real business and invited their union reps in to protect the employee`s!!
Yeah...Right!

[bigmarco]

If you read it properly I helped to stop the pay rise

Keep you away from the underground then

[les_taxi]

The last thing that I saw
As I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter
And a British Rail poster read "Have an Awayday - a cheap holiday -
Do it today!"
I glanced back on my life
And thought about my wife
'cause they took the keys and she'll think it's me
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight

[andy222]

I've said it before.. If you don't like the pay..Get another job!!

If everyone did that these companies would have no choice but to pay an attractive wage in order to attract skilled workers.. If their business cant afford it then they go bust..Simple as that.

Anyway.. Not much unions can do about this in the future... Robots work for less than minimum wage!!


Bill Gates: Yes, robots really are about to take your jobs

http://bgr.com/2014/03/14/bill-gates-interview-robots/

Its easier said than done finding another job. The days have gone where you could walk out of a job on Friday and start another one on Monday.

[grahamw48]

One of the best scary movies I saw in the 70s...just the trailer here on youtube (which doesn't do the movie any favours).

If you're the last out of the tube station...better hope these cannibals are all gone now.

.

[London_Manila]

Them nutters wouldn't be looking through my personal accounts!!
Free market economy= Sink or swim!
I`d have more respect for Union leaders if they had the balls to invest their own inflated wages in a real business and invited their union reps in to protect the employee`s!!
Yeah...Right!

Oh dear Fred it sounds like your workers could do with a good pay rise

[London_Manila]

Who said that? If you read it properly I helped to stop the pay rise

Sorry I must have misread that post

Anyway if that's the case then I don't go along with your thinking
Everything has gone up in price lately so I expect my salary to do the same

[London_Manila]

The last thing that I saw
As I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter
And a British Rail poster read "Have an Awayday - a cheap holiday -
Do it today!"
I glanced back on my life
And thought about my wife
'cause they took the keys and she'll think it's me
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight

Were you a mod rocker

[SimonH]

Were you a mod rocker

No, he drives for a living and probably gets stuck in The Jam

[les_taxi]

Were you a mod rocker

No a rocking mod

[les_taxi]

No, he drives for a living and probably gets stuck in The Jam

[les_taxi]

Sorry I must have misread that post

Anyway if that's the case then I don't go along with your thinking
Everything has gone up in price lately so I expect my salary to do the same

0/10 for observation!

I was instrumental in persuading taxi drivers to ask the council not to give us a pay rise a few years ago!
Times were tougher and we could not justify it.

A FEW years ago not now London Manilla

[bigmarco]

To get the thread back on topic. If anyone is interested in paying their respects to the great man,here are the funeral details
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[SimonH]

To get the thread back on topic. If anyone is interested in paying their respects to the great man,here are the funeral details
1972378_10202230535303353_172084181_n.jpg

No tube strike scheduled for that day then

[les_taxi]

No tube strike scheduled for that day then

wouldn't matter he's not in a rush

[grahamw48]

Keep digging, you mischievous buggers.