London Underground

[GreenLabel]

While Bob Crow is a Marxist f*****r unfortunately some of what he has said previously about TFL and London Underground i.e. over the tube maintence contracts was true.

While Bob Crow is a (well paid)Marxist f*****r unfortunately some of what he has said previously about TFL and London Underground i.e. over the tube maintence contracts was true.

Just thought I'd ftfy.

A well-paid Marxist f****r who lives in taxpayer-subsidised housing, no less.

[SueEllen]

Am I the only one who sees this as a business opportunity

I wouldn't notice if the local council went on strike.

Bin men are private.

Parking wardens are private.

Gardeners are private.

Road sweepers are private.....

Other departments where there are actual council employers are full of part-timers who take for ever to do anything.

[SueEllen]

A well-paid Marxist f****r who lives in taxpayer-subsidised housing, no less.

Wonder what his pension is like.............

No doubt he will live to 101.

[Sysman]

I wouldn't notice if the local council went on strike.

Bin men are private.

Parking wardens are private.

Gardeners are private.

Road sweepers are private.....

Other departments where there are actual council employers are full of part-timers who take for ever to do anything.

Hehe. In the early nineties I had a couple of social workers as neighbours. Their individual pay wasn't great but combined it was really quite good.

He spent most workdays doing up his house. I had to move my home office to the far end of my spot to get away from the constant racket.

We were all paying for him to spend most of his time at home. I'll bet he's probably retired on a nice index linked pension by now as well.

[SueEllen]

Which union is that? I'm relying on memory here, but I'm pretty sure at least one of the teachers' unions has gone on strike in the past.

Tube workers are RMT, ASLEF or TSSA if they are unionised.

Teachers union which has never gone on strike is ATL (Association of teachers and lecturers).

The NUT are the ones who always go on strike.

They were on strike when I started primary school. I remember this because everyone was allowed to stay at home except my class as my teacher was in a different union.

Apparently the NUT reps are nasty. So teachers have to go on strike even if they don't agree with the union otherwise they get payback.

[TykeMerc]

A well-paid Marxist f****r who lives in taxpayer-subsidised housing, no less.

Ye gods, that's taking the pi$$ somewhat.

The RMT said Mr Crow ‘turned down the opportunity to buy his council house at a substantial discount because he believes social housing stock should be available for future generations’.

While I agree with that sentiment, it also shouldn't be occupied by someone who could very easily afford to buy or use private rented so that the social housing stock is used for its intended purpose.

[NickFitz]

Which union is that? I'm relying on memory here, but I'm pretty sure at least one of the teachers' unions has gone on strike in the past.

I had time off primary school because of the teachers going on strike. It was when we were still in Liverpool, so pre-summer-1971, and I seem to remember it causing problems because my Mum was doing teacher training at the time, so post-autumn-1969. NUT action.

However the NUT were absolutely brilliant when the LEA in Bedford tried to mess her around after she went part-time in the mid 80s. Thinking about it, she was also NUT rep (equivalent to shop steward) in the late 70s - early 80s, but I think that was in a different school.

I can't remember if she ever went on strike or not; I think there was a strike called in the mid-70s but the union didn't impose the requirement to come out on its members, and she chose not to because, although she agreed with the cause for action, she also felt a moral duty towards the families. Most of the children at her school were from working class communities and she reasoned that their parents couldn't take time off work to look after the kids, unlike middle class "communities" where things would probably run more smoothly if several layers of middle management didn't go into work for a few months

[Mason Boyne]

Perhaps the decline in the esteem of teachers can be attributed to the public's perception of their Union activism...

Just a thought.

[vetran]

of course he did't buy his house not when he can get a free new kitchen etc every few years and still be entitled to buy it at a knock down rate when he retires.

Typical champagne socialist