On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:30:57 +0100
"Robin" wrote:
But union members at the other firms plan to walk out in a row over a
£500 bonus for working during the Olympics.


NB it seems bus drivers want £500 *after tax* - ie £500 net in their
hands. That means the bus companies would have to "gross up" and pay
them something like an extra £750 each.

Just let the ****s strike. They'll get paid nothing and will be treated
like **** by the public when they go back to work and I hope they enjoy
the abuse. No one is going to use the buses to get to the olympics anyway.

Funny how whenever I've heard some moron union rep on the radio making a case
for some driver of train/bus/whatever being paid extra because of supposed
greater number of passengers, they always um, ah and go into general defensive
mode when the interviewer suggests in that case they should earn less during
quiet times such as a sunday morning.

B2003