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If I was sitting on my all day doing all, I'd expect to kicked out on my ear or offered a position where I was made to do some work.
What I wouldn't expect is for the rest of the company to come out on strike because they think it's fine for them to subsidise me doing all.
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I thought only 30% of the members voted to strike, that's not exactly democratic is it?
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The sort of job I could handle
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... ... I can visualise this thread degenerating into yet ANOTHER "them and us" political slanging match!
So ... ca' canny, lads ... ! OK?
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Beach Bum Bob doesn't use ticket offices (interview with ITV)
You have to move with the times. Have you got an Oyster Card? I have one. Most people do. Do we need as many ticket offices as we have? - 'Well that’s the issue at the end of the day…Of course there’s new technology…but it’s how you implement that change.'
But you have an Oyster Card, yes? - 'Yes.'
Do you use it? - 'Yes.'
So you don’t go to the ticket office? - 'No. But if I was partially sighted I couldn’t get an Oyster Card. If I couldn’t speak English properly I couldn’t. Also, if I was disabled and I had problems getting an Oyster Card. You’ve got to look at the minorities of people.'
Let’s talk about justification for the strike. Only a third of all members voted for strike action. Can you justify millions of Londoners standing in the rain tonight? - 'I can justify that because we’ve had a secret ballot and our members can vote yes or no and we respect their wishes whether they vote yes or no.'
But shouldn’t the threshold be higher? - 'Why don’t we have a margin and a threshold for local councils or MPs that are elected? The Mayor for example was elected with only 27% of Londoners. Has he got the mandate to close booking offices down?'
There’s an argument to say the Underground is an essential service…therefore if it was, you’d have to provide a minimum level on strike days… - 'Well a lot of things are essential services. Everything’s essential. Don’t forget, the first people who started ban strikes were people like Hitler before the war…'
Everyone is entitled to a holiday but isn’t the timing of your recent holiday appalling? - 'Not really. The holiday was booked last March. Eleven months ago so what was I meant to do?'
A man on your wage could have cancelled it and booked another one? - 'What and lose the money?'
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5th February 2014 #51
Just a thought
As Bob is all for saving jobs, increasing wages etc Why doesn't the government bring in a minimum rent for council and social housing, so therefore those who need it get it and then if you earn more than the national average wage you could be means tested and your rent could fall in line with the equivalent private rent for a similar sized property in the same area
Good old Bob wouldn't object to his rent being doubled or trebled would he?
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From the horse's mouth
Unite the Resistance home
London Underground workers vote by 77 percent for strikes
10 January 2014
Workers on London Underground have voted by 77 percent for strikes over ticket office closures and job cuts.
From RMT website:
Go here for more information
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TO ALL RMT MEMBERS – LONDON UNDERGROUND
Dear Colleagues,
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
The ballot result has now been received from the independent scrutineer and is as follows: -
Are you prepared to take strike action?
Total Votes Cast 3356
Number Voting ‘Yes’ 2567
Number Voting ‘No’ 742
Spoilt Papers 47
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