TFL Tube Strikes
Discussion
Chlamydia said:
No. I'm in the RMT, working in London, and I can tell you quite unequivocally that this whole thing was engineered by the union. They have been looking for an excuse to strike for ANY reason. The emails from them over the last year make this very plain.
I'm perfectly willing to go on strike for a valid reason, (although in the ten years I've worked in this industry I haven't yet seen a valid reason so have never gone on strike), but that is not what this is. Therefore myself and my immediate work colleagues are not striking, although we too are being affected by the militant members - I've had to work from home and some of my guys have been denied access to work sites.
This is nothing more than a power play by the militant leaders of the union and, frankly, Crow et al can kiss my hairy swingers.
I hope he got sunburn on his holiday paid for by my £20 monthly sub's.
If you don't support your union why do you remain a member paying your monthly subs?I'm perfectly willing to go on strike for a valid reason, (although in the ten years I've worked in this industry I haven't yet seen a valid reason so have never gone on strike), but that is not what this is. Therefore myself and my immediate work colleagues are not striking, although we too are being affected by the militant members - I've had to work from home and some of my guys have been denied access to work sites.
This is nothing more than a power play by the militant leaders of the union and, frankly, Crow et al can kiss my hairy swingers.
I hope he got sunburn on his holiday paid for by my £20 monthly sub's.
I heard they have safe guarded the jobs, which if true is a good thing . I was not effected by the tube strikes and know a lot of people were upset because it caused them a few days inconvience but it a moden 21st century city where they can't have some manned kiosks is a sad state of affairs personally, which is also going against boris Johnson's pledge of keeping ticket offices 
irocfan said:
valiant said:
audidoody said:
Google "closed shop"
Which are illegal.Just jack the RMT you don't agree.
When I first started as a trainee I had loads of union propaganda shoved in my face and was signed up at what felt like gunpoint but at the time I did not know any better, come the first strike after my apprenticeship (trainees immune from industrial action) I could not understand why we were doing it so decided not to, my friends all went on strike even though they did not agree but "I'm in the union innit" attitude kicked in.
After that I dropped the RMT, stopped listening to the militants and progressed further than I'd ever imagined in my career, far further than anyone of the RMT members I left behind.
When I first started as a trainee I had loads of union propaganda shoved in my face and was signed up at what felt like gunpoint but at the time I did not know any better, come the first strike after my apprenticeship (trainees immune from industrial action) I could not understand why we were doing it so decided not to, my friends all went on strike even though they did not agree but "I'm in the union innit" attitude kicked in.
After that I dropped the RMT, stopped listening to the militants and progressed further than I'd ever imagined in my career, far further than anyone of the RMT members I left behind.
valiant said:
irocfan said:
valiant said:
audidoody said:
Google "closed shop"
Which are illegal.MajorProblem said:
After that I dropped the RMT, stopped listening to the militants and progressed further than I'd ever imagined in my career, far further than anyone of the RMT members I left behind.
My dad was in a union (late 70s but not a militant union) but he left when he was promoted out into the management strata. But I can imagine that you will face much greater pressures to stay in a union (and possibly benefits) if you are in the lower echelons of an organisation, even if you don't want to be part of it.fido said:
My dad was in a union (late 70s but not a militant union) but he left when he was promoted out into the management strata. But I can imagine that you will face much greater pressures to stay in a union (and possibly benefits) if you are in the lower echelons of an organisation, even if you don't want to be part of it.
The unions will tell you how s
t it is to be part of "them" (management / specialist role / supervisor etc) and pretty much actively dissuade people from going any higher than the shop floor. Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff