Tube Strikes: Right or Wrong?

[Pickle2]

Boris Johnson for mayor = lots of tube strikes.

It was always going to be thus. Better get used to it.

[Lockhouse]

I agree totally and was arguing this idea 10 years ago. No drivers would be needed then, and trains will definitely not go on strike.
Drivers are very well paid at the moment and with great pensions, so this strike, as usual, is inexcusable. This is just more evidence that what Thatcher started in neutering the unions in the 80s should have been continued, and hopefully the Tories will have a plan to do just that after 2010.

WHS

[swamp]

Boris Johnson for mayor = lots of tube strikes.

It was always going to be thus. Better get used to it.

Boris will take them on in his second term. London will effectively shut down for weeks, but he'll still do it, or at least I hope he does.

Tube workers are the last bastion of militant unionism in the UK, and they only get away with it because they can hold the capital to ransom. And if someone doesn't take them on they'll wreck the Olympics too.

[Cyberman]

Boris will take them on in his second term. London will effectively shut down for weeks, but he'll still do it, or at least I hope he does.

Tube workers are the last bastion of militant unionism in the UK, and they only get away with it because they can hold the capital to ransom. And if someone doesn't take them on they'll wreck the Olympics too.

All public services are pretty well paid in comparison to the private sector, something like 150 quid a week on average if you include those fat taxpayer- subsidised pensions. All new employees should be compelled to sign a no-strike agreement. If they don't agree then they can just go and work somewhere else for a lot less money !!

[Bob Dalek]

Burn them! BURN THEM!!

[bogeyman]

For those crying 'automated trains'!!

Just think about it for a minute. The safety implications and service limitations would be enormous.

Automatic trains can work well on light rail systems that are designed from the outset to run them (these are usually very-light-traffic, low-passenger-capacity systems).

Trying to retrofit fully-automatic, driverless trains on the LU system (one of the most extensive and busiest in the world) would be a logistical and safety nightmare.

Just imagine the results if EDS got the gig

[TykeMerc]

Just imagine the results if EDS got the gig

Ok that's terrifying and I've not used the London Underground in years.

[Diver]

For those crying 'automated trains'!!

Just think about it for a minute. The safety implications and service limitations would be enormous.

Automatic trains can work well on light rail systems that are designed from the outset to run them (these are usually very-light-traffic, low-passenger-capacity systems).

Trying to retrofit fully-automatic, driverless trains on the LU system (one of the most extensive and busiest in the world) would be a logistical and safety nightmare.

Just imagine the results if EDS got the gig

Already been thought of. Microsoft are writing the software for it.

[BrianSnail]

When I was working Down Under the Sydney Cityrail staff would strike every couple of years for two or three days. They would actually carry on working but the gates would be open at all stations and the staff wouldn't charge or check tickets.

There's nothing like a freebie to get the general public on your side.

[bogeyman]

When I was working Down Under the Sydney Cityrail staff would strike every couple of years for two or three days. They would actually carry on working but the gates would be open at all stations and the staff wouldn't charge or check tickets.

There's nothing like a freebie to get the general public on your side.

Well that would be the smart way to do it.

But this is Britain, and there's nothing the miserable little jobsworth Brit likes doing more than THWARTING people by means of petty regulations or union rules.

Sorry brother, can't do that now, can we?

(plus the fact they are all shiftless, idle sods)