On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:30:07 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Too late - this is an example of one of those bloody awful "scorched
earth" policies where everything is being rushed through under the
control of one Mayor so it cannot be reversed by the next Mayor. No
change will happen before May 2016 barring some horrendous accident
that calls the policy into question and causes the Mayor to panic.

I honestly don't understand what Boris is doing here. It seems to me this is
going way beyond cost cutting but has a political dimension. Reduce the
staff
roles to little better than ushers and hope they get fed up and quit then
rehire a bunch of muppets on a lower salary to replace them.

Sounds just like your policy for Tube drivers.

They deserve it. They're some of the best paid blue collar workers in the
country doing a job a trained chimp could do yet they constantly hold
London to ransom over yet more pay and easier conditions. **** em.

The station staff OTOH do a hard job for not nearly as much pay and rarely
strike.

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Spud

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:04:25 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
Anyway given your view of LU staff you'd surely be completely
delighted to see mass sackings / redundancy across the company?

When there are genuine grievances or issues I have no problem with staff
anywhere carrying out industrial action as a last resort - its the right of
every worker. The drivers OTOH carry it out as a first resort a lot of the
time as a strongarm tactic over trivia or due to simple greed.

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Spud

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:38:56 +0000 (UTC), y wrote:

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:04:25 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
Anyway given your view of LU staff you'd surely be completely
delighted to see mass sackings / redundancy across the company?

When there are genuine grievances or issues I have no problem with staff
anywhere carrying out industrial action as a last resort - its the right of
every worker. The drivers OTOH carry it out as a first resort a lot of the
time as a strongarm tactic over trivia or due to simple greed.

Absolutely on the mark. Or, in Google Plus terminology: "Plus One".

All Bakerloo line ticket offices between Queen's Park and Harrow & Wealdstone are safe for a bit longer as they are ex-Silverlink

http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/c...ffice-closures

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