RMT union vote for a national rail strike

[rjfp1962]

More strikes announced by RMT and Aslef taking place, affecting Eurovision Song contest and the FA Cup final..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65407844

[86]

rjfp1962 said:

More strikes announced by RMT and Aslef taking place, affecting Eurovision Song contest and the FA Cup final..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65407844

Disgrace hitting working class people looking to enjoy themselves

[86]

rjfp1962 said:

More strikes announced by RMT and Aslef taking place, affecting Eurovision Song contest and the FA Cup final..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65407844

Disgrace hitting working class people looking to enjoy themselves

[numtumfutunch]

86 said:

rjfp1962 said:

More strikes announced by RMT and Aslef taking place, affecting Eurovision Song contest and the FA Cup final..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65407844

Disgrace hitting working class people looking to enjoy themselves

Do the working class have the necessary cash to travel by train?

Unless its a Man U fan travelling from Denham to Wembley on their own

Cheers

[Vasco]

rjfp1962 said:

More strikes announced by RMT and Aslef taking place, affecting Eurovision Song contest and the FA Cup final..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65407844

Unions determined to follow Scargill policies...?

[JagLover]

rjfp1962 said:

More strikes announced by RMT and Aslef taking place, affecting Eurovision Song contest and the FA Cup final..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65407844

The Man City fans will be OK as the club is hiring a minibus (joke stolen from elsewhere).

[ATG]

legzr1 said:

wiggy001 said:

And yet when I and others suggested that if those in the rail industry didn't like it they should look for alternative employment as the rest of us would/do, we were told it would be impossible for rail workers to work elsewhere as their skills aren't transferable (even when pointed out that they likely were).

Was it pointed out that with a strong Union and the will to stand together there was no need to ‘look elsewhere’?

Aren’t you happy there’s been an agreement reached?

Perhaps you wished the Government had held strong and smashed them just like Maggie did?

Your collective capacity to blackmail the rest of the country isn't in dispute. What people are saying is that you shouldn't chose to do it just because you currently can. What you need to take on board is that the country will eventually get sufficiently pissed off with your union's behaviour that the law will be changed to curtail it.

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ATG said:

legzr1 said:

wiggy001 said:

And yet when I and others suggested that if those in the rail industry didn't like it they should look for alternative employment as the rest of us would/do, we were told it would be impossible for rail workers to work elsewhere as their skills aren't transferable (even when pointed out that they likely were).

Was it pointed out that with a strong Union and the will to stand together there was no need to ‘look elsewhere’?

Aren’t you happy there’s been an agreement reached?

Perhaps you wished the Government had held strong and smashed them just like Maggie did?

Your collective capacity to blackmail the rest of the country isn't in dispute. What people are saying is that you shouldn't chose to do it just because you currently can. What you need to take on board is that the country will eventually get sufficiently pissed off with your union's behaviour that the law will be changed to curtail it.

Heard a rail worker phone in to a radio show today trying to justify the strike on cup final day. He was made to look a right muppet. Most people thought it was the last straw taking it out on kids wanting to see their club play at Wembley. Loss of any remaining public sympathy

[Vasco]

Unfortunately, some rail staff seem to have an attitude of superiority and entitlement, despite only a small percentage of the UK public routinely using trains outside London and a few cities. Everyone else can safely just ignore their ongoing whingeing as it is unlikely to affect them.

[alangla]

Strike mandate renewed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65488640

[ScotHill]

90% of 70% of 20,000 people voted to continue strike action. So 13,000 people are causing all this disruption across the country?

fk them.

[Vasco]

alangla said:

Strike mandate renewed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65488640

Always a bit sad to see a Union lose touch with the world and, increasingly, many of their own members.

[Vanden Saab]

Vasco said:

alangla said:

Strike mandate renewed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65488640

Always a bit sad to see a Union lose touch with the world and, increasingly, many of their own members.

Good for them, our favourite walk is on what used to be a railway track, the sooner they are all converted in the same way the better...

[Leicester Loyal]

Vasco said:

Always a bit sad to see a Union lose touch with the world and, increasingly, many of their own members.

90% vote with 70% turnout is pretty damning?

[Chrisgr31]

Its going to be interesting to see the results of todays election. I think there is a lot more sympathy for the strikers than is suggested on here. This election is a good chance to give the conservatives a kicking and it will be interesting to see if they learn anything from the results assuming they do get a kicking.

[Vasco]

Leicester Loyal said:

Vasco said:

Always a bit sad to see a Union lose touch with the world and, increasingly, many of their own members.

90% vote with 70% turnout is pretty damning?

70% turnout seemed fairly poor to me, why not 95% ??
Always amuses me to see 90% of chickens voting for Xmas.......

[valiant]

Vasco said:

Leicester Loyal said:

Vasco said:

Always a bit sad to see a Union lose touch with the world and, increasingly, many of their own members.

90% vote with 70% turnout is pretty damning?

70% turnout seemed fairly poor to me, why not 95% ??
Always amuses me to see 90% of chickens voting for Xmas.......

70% turnout is a VERY good result in union terms.

[Leicester Loyal]

valiant said:

Vasco said:

Leicester Loyal said:

Vasco said:

Always a bit sad to see a Union lose touch with the world and, increasingly, many of their own members.

90% vote with 70% turnout is pretty damning?

70% turnout seemed fairly poor to me, why not 95% ??
Always amuses me to see 90% of chickens voting for Xmas.......

70% turnout is a VERY good result in union terms.

Yep, great turnout, but don’t let it stop others from making cheap digs…

[Vasco]

Leicester Loyal said:

valiant said:

Vasco said:

Leicester Loyal said:

Vasco said:

Always a bit sad to see a Union lose touch with the world and, increasingly, many of their own members.

90% vote with 70% turnout is pretty damning?

70% turnout seemed fairly poor to me, why not 95% ??
Always amuses me to see 90% of chickens voting for Xmas.......

70% turnout is a VERY good result in union terms.

Yep, great turnout, but don’t let it stop others from making cheap digs…

It wasn't intended to be a cheap dig BUT the unions and many of the rail staff themselves have shown themselves to be generally solid in their views, and committed to achieving their aims.
Consequently - in the light of that background- the fact that only 7 in 10 even bothered to vote was, to me, quite a surprise.

[alangla]

Vasco said:

It wasn't intended to be a cheap dig BUT the unions and many of the rail staff themselves have shown themselves to be generally solid in their views, and committed to achieving their aims.
Consequently - in the light of that background- the fact that only 7 in 10 even bothered to vote was, to me, quite a surprise.

Bear in mind that with the current laws on turnout in strike ballots, abstention can be more effective than voting no, so the missing 30% might have more “active” (ie people who would otherwise vote no) rather than “passive” (can’t be bothered to vote) abstentions