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Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
seen something on tweeter that RMT pickets are being added to
Find my nearest strike
found a few but not all that near me - looks like south west trains depots have been added, great western haven't (yet)
Find my nearest strike
found a few but not all that near me - looks like south west trains depots have been added, great western haven't (yet)
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
I don't know if it's just me, but I'm finding that map a bit hard to use, unless I'm missing something it doesn't seem to have options to zoom in and out, which are a pretty important bit of map accessibility? eta: oh, you can use + and -, but you have to be clicked into the map for them to work.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
I’m also struggling. I assume there will be pickets at New Street, Snow Hill and Moor Street in Birmingham today. But according to the map there isn’t.
Plumdaff
joy in people
There's definitely a picket at the Canton depot in Cardiff (at Ninian Park station), saw them out this morning.
OK, with the disclaimer that I am terrible at geography, I think this list covers Kent, if any of those are anywhere near you?
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Also, Edinburgh and district:
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Colchester & Clacton:
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Yorkshire & Lincolnshire:
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Wales TUC say there'll be pickets at Cardiff and Swansea:
I would think there must be some other stations in Wales worth picketing, but then I'm not a Welsh railway worker?
Donations to the national dispute fund can be made here:
National Dispute Fund
www.rmt.org.uk
To be fair to the Labour leadership, I sort of think they have decided which side they're on.
Unfortunately I'm not near any of them.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Its remarkable that the media apparently can't find one low paid member of the RMT to talk to about low pay and why they are striking but can come up with this shit line of questioning
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I wonder where the 'oh but pay rises lead to inflation ' brigade that post on here are?
teqniq
DisMembered
This is not a good look:
www.politicshome.com
Labour Front Benchers Banned From Joining Picket Lines Amid Rail Strikes
Exclusive: Labour front benchers have been told by the party leadership that they are banned from picket lines this week amid rail strikes organise...
www.politicshome.com
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
when you're getting savaged by kay burley it's clear something's not right
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Thanks Craig, thank you for talking to me
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Are you sure? We were due to have an in-person meeting at our company's Manchester headquarters this week. That has since been cancelled and the meeting will instead be held virtually.
Nobody I've spoken to about it is complaining. I'd wager the types to complain about not being able to get into the office would be the ones who hated working from home in the first place.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
This is not a good look:
Labour Front Benchers Banned From Joining Picket Lines Amid Rail Strikes
Exclusive: Labour front benchers have been told by the party leadership that they are banned from picket lines this week amid rail strikes organise...
flypanam
Sausage to fortune
Yup, I’m sure.
teqniq
DisMembered
What a surprise:
news.sky.com
Rail strikes: Laws will be changed to protect passengers from 'militant' union action in future, Grant Shapps says
The transport secretary condemned the walk-out but RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said more may be inevitable and called for co-ordinated action across trade unions to try to "rebalance the inequalities in our society".
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
it would be a better idea to introduce sanctions against companies who refuse to pursue meaningful negotiations and force unions to take strike action but think that's perhaps a step far for this nefandous governmentWhat a surprise:
Rail strikes: Laws will be changed to protect passengers from 'militant' union action in future, Grant Shapps says
The transport secretary condemned the walk-out but RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said more may be inevitable and called for co-ordinated action across trade unions to try to "rebalance the inequalities in our society".
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Those imaginery posters are living rent free in your head.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
squatting even
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Not sure how effective this would be in the current situation. The advantage that the RMT have over all other unions is not that they're militant, it's that membership is pretty solid and they have a skillset that isn't really duplicated elsewhere.What a surprise:
Rail strikes: Laws will be changed to protect passengers from 'militant' union action in future, Grant Shapps says
The transport secretary condemned the walk-out but RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said more may be inevitable and called for co-ordinated action across trade unions to try to "rebalance the inequalities in our society".
Agency workers can clean offices and empty bins but you're going to struggle to find many agency train drivers. Unless of course he's planning to pay the striking train drivers double bubble via an agency to do their own jobs whilst on strike.
In which case it becomes worth their while to strike forever.
As for changing the law to guarantee minimum service who is he going to impose these restrictions on? Imposing it on the unions is liable to be legally iffy, I don't see how forbidding someone the right to strike is going to stand up in court (Oh those pesky lefty lawyers and their human rights nonsense). Imposing it on the companies is pointless since they can't guarantee something they can't control.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Let me be the first to say...I can see sadness in his eyes at the idiocy of the questioning.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Are they? I thought RMT but it doesn't matter as far as this is concerned.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Derailing the thread a little how is the rail strike going for you all? It's effect on me during my commute from the bedroom to my home office (via the bathroom and kitchen) was not noticeable so my support for the railway workers is still 100% solid.
I don't think it will affect my walk to the corner shop in 10 mins either so solidarity here won't be undermined even then. Mrs Q has texted me to tell me that the roads were horrendous on her drive to school.
I don't think it will affect my walk to the corner shop in 10 mins either so solidarity here won't be undermined even then. Mrs Q has texted me to tell me that the roads were horrendous on her drive to school.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
You don't really have the energy or enthusiasm to do a search for the imaginary comments on wage increases by imaginary posters on the imaginary threads on Brexit , electricity prices, the labour shortage or the food shortage threads do you Carrot?
I can put up with stupidity but laziness, no.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Not for a disingenuous and hypocritical pillock, no.
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