Overheard some drivers talking while waiting for a train @ Golders Grn, It
appears that there will be a strike looming as the underground have refused
to give the staff their payrise. Is this correct?

Sad Old Git wrote:
Overheard some drivers talking while waiting for a train @ Golders Grn, It
appears that there will be a strike looming as the underground have refused
to give the staff their payrise. Is this correct?

Must be. What would January be without the threat of a tube strike?!
grin

D.

David F wrote:
Sad Old Git wrote:
Overheard some drivers talking while waiting for a train @ Golders Grn, It
appears that there will be a strike looming as the underground have refused
to give the staff their payrise. Is this correct?

Must be. What would January be without the threat of a tube strike?!
grin

D.

We are awaiting our pay rise from April 2006, there have been no strike
ballots yet so nothing is imminent, the sticking points are the extra 30
mins friday and saturday night.

"www.waspies.net" wrote in message
...
David F wrote:
Sad Old Git wrote:
Overheard some drivers talking while waiting for a train @ Golders Grn,
It
appears that there will be a strike looming as the underground have
refused
to give the staff their payrise. Is this correct?

Must be. What would January be without the threat of a tube strike?!
grin

D.

We are awaiting our pay rise from April 2006, there have been no strike
ballots yet so nothing is imminent, the sticking points are the extra 30
mins friday and saturday night.

Pay rise? Safety I can understand, but pay rise? How much pay and time do
you think it's going to cost the general public? Was that factored in to
the strike discussion?

d have you actually read what was written? there has been NO strike
ballot as yet, all staff have been waiting patently for this to be
sorted out since april 2006, at the end of the day it could come to a
strike, but I doubt it and really don't want it to come to that.


We are awaiting our pay rise from April 2006, there have been no strike
ballots yet so nothing is imminent, the sticking points are the extra 30
mins friday and saturday night.

Pay rise? Safety I can understand, but pay rise? How much pay and time do
you think it's going to cost the general public? Was that factored in to
the strike discussion?

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:46:43 GMT, "www.waspies.net"
wrote:

d have you actually read what was written? there has been NO strike
ballot as yet, all staff have been waiting patently for this to be
sorted out since april 2006, at the end of the day it could come to a
strike, but I doubt it and really don't want it to come to that.

Then make sure that when the ballot comes, you do all you can to get a
high turnout - then at least if Crow & cronies get their wish, it'll
be vaguely legitimate.

In message , d
writes

We are awaiting our pay rise from April 2006, there have been no strike
ballots yet so nothing is imminent, the sticking points are the extra 30
mins friday and saturday night.

Pay rise? Safety I can understand, but pay rise? How much pay and time do
you think it's going to cost the general public? Was that factored in to
the strike discussion?

Maybe you should direct those comments at the Management who are dealing
with this too?

Staff have patiently waited for 9 months now for their 2006 pay deal
with no
mention of a strike. How long do you consider they should continue to
wait?

If you bothered to actually *read* the OP, you would note that it was
just a discussion between drivers - nothing official has been indicated
and they are still talking.
--
Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building.
You will find him in London's Docklands, E16, UK
(please use the reply to address for email)

Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
In message , d
writes

We are awaiting our pay rise from April 2006, there have been no
strike ballots yet so nothing is imminent, the sticking points
are the extra 30 mins friday and saturday night.

Pay rise? Safety I can understand, but pay rise? How much pay
and time do you think it's going to cost the general public? Was
that factored in to the strike discussion?

Maybe you should direct those comments at the Management who are
dealing with this too?

Staff have patiently waited for 9 months now for their 2006 pay deal
with no mention of a strike. How long do you consider they should
continue to wait?

Hang on, I think there's some spin here. On the one hand, there's talk
of staff patiently awaiting their pay rise from April 2006, as though
this was something that was agreed but the management haven't yet chosen
to pay it. On the other hand, there's talk of "sticking points"
concerning hours worked.

It sounds to me as if the pay offer was conditional on some other
changes which the unions haven't yet agreed, which is why the offer (not
"deal" if it's not yet agreed) hasn't been implemented. Is that right?
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Sad Old Git wrote:
Overheard some drivers talking while waiting for a train @ Golders Grn, It
appears that there will be a strike looming as the underground have refused
to give the staff their payrise. Is this correct?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6247599.stm

Wed 10 Jan 10:32 GMT

Sacked Tube driver is reinstated

The threat of a strike on the Tube has been averted after a driver who
was sacked for passing through a red signal was reinstated.

The Northern Line driver, who said he had followed correct procedure,
was given a 12-month "suspended sentence" by London Underground (LU) on
appeal.

LU said he would return to work under close supervision.

Drivers' union Aslef welcomed the outcome but said the driver should
never have been sacked.

An LU spokesman said: "A decision was made on appeal that, while the
driver was guilty of a misdemeanour, the original dismissal was too
severe.

"As a result it has been reduced to a suspended sentence of 12 months."

The result of a ballot over industrial action had been due to be
announced on Thursday.

Isn't there talk of a localised dispute on the Northern Line involving
a driver dismissed after a SPAD incident? Someone has explained it to
me and it involves some quirk in the 1995TS tripcock but I can't recall
the excact details.