Fuel Strike

[AtW]

everyday workers have to put up with decline in pay and conditions all the time

Maybe they should be grateful to private company for providing them with a well paid job and avoid rocking the boat at times when companies are struggling just like people? It's not exactly boom days when petrol distribution companies are making a massive profit - that is very low margin business and the only people who make money from oil are those who who now buy English football clubs.

[DimPrawn]

Maybe they should be grateful to private company for providing them with a well paid job and avoid rocking the boat at times when companies are struggling just like people? It's not exactly boom days when petrol distribution companies are making a massive profit - that is very low margin business and the only people who make money from oil are those who who now buy English football clubs.

Nice avatar.

[MarillionFan]

Maybe they should be grateful to private company for providing them with a well paid job and avoid rocking the boat at times when companies are struggling just like people? It's not exactly boom days when petrol distribution companies are making a massive profit - that is very low margin business and the only people who make money from oil are those who who now buy English football clubs.

Nice avatar.

[KentPhilip]

Oh well. Luckily I'm qualified to drive a petrol tanker. Shame I'm in a contract as I can see some good rates to be a strike breaking scab coming up.

I'd love to do that. Drive past those leftist b'stard strikers giving them the finger. Would be very satisfying..

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Maybe they should be grateful to private company for providing them with a well paid job and avoid rocking the boat at times when companies are struggling just like people? It's not exactly boom days when petrol distribution companies are making a massive profit - that is very low margin business and the only people who make money from oil are those who who now buy English football clubs.

Wtf is this grateful thing that keeps geting trotted out? Yeah I'm real grateful for continual real terms wage and.conditions cuts presided over by people whoose pay and benfit packages just grow and grow all the time - of course the race to ever lower wages and maximum exploitation is in everyone's interest isn't it?

[AtW]

Wtf is this grateful thing that keeps geting trotted out? Yeah I'm real grateful for continual real terms wage and.conditions cuts presided over by people whoose pay and benfit packages just grow and grow all the time - of course the race to ever lower wages and maximum exploitation is in everyone's interest isn't it?

The company that pays you money could have gone bust and you would not get anything.

How many people your company employes other than yourself and your relatives? In private companies money don't get printed by BoE to cover payroll and in low margin businesses like distribution costs going up like crazy due to fuel increases.

If the union does not ****ing like job conditions they should setup their own partnership with all workers in it having a stake and get whatever conditions they want. Simple really - why won't they do it? We both know they'd go bankrupt very quickly so they choose to extort money from company unfortunate enough to have such workforce. Maybe they should just hire soldiers who get paid £20k to get killed in 3rd world tuliphole to drive tankers for £45k, how would your union like that?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

The company that pays you money could have gone bust and you would not get anything.

How many people your company employes other than yourself and your relatives? In private companies money don't get printed by BoE to cover payroll and in low margin businesses like distribution costs going up like crazy due to fuel increases.

If the union does not ****ing like job conditions they should setup their own partnership with all workers in it having a stake and get whatever conditions they want. Simple really - why won't they do it? We both know they'd go bankrupt very quickly so they choose to extort money from company unfortunate enough to have such workforce. Maybe they should just hire soldiers who get paid £20k to get killed in 3rd world tuliphole to drive tankers for £45k, how would your union like that?

So as long as the vast majority of people are prepared to accept a continual decline in pay and conditions without a murmur, everything will be alright, is that it?

[AtW]

So as long as the vast majority of people are prepared to accept a continual decline in pay and conditions without a murmur, everything will be alright, is that it?

Can you please tell me why the **** soldiers who die in Afghanistan get paid £20k and do their duty to drive tankers when those guys who get paid £45k in UK don't like something about it? If you want a lot more money get another job or start your own company, hire other people etc.

I would have understood if oil workers wanted payraise because of high price of oil, but a lot of companies especially in transport ain't doing too well, just how the **** that company is supposed to please those workers, should it magically increase sales?

The Govt should either outlaw national unions or to counter balance them allow national agreements between companies on pay and other matters, how would union like if nobody in their industry offered more than £35k instead of £45k?

[MarillionFan]

So as long as the vast majority of people are prepared to accept a continual decline in pay and conditions without a murmur, everything will be alright, is that it?

What conditions do you expect for driving a lorry? Scented showers in the back of the cab? A back rub every 100 miles? Perhaps someone to read you an extract of Tolstoy accompanied by soothing whale music??

£45k. £900 per week to drive a fooking lorry. Seriously f u c k off loads of people can do that. Yosser Hughes could do that! F u c k i n g twats don't even know they're born.

[AtW]

What conditions do you expect for driving a lorry? Scented showers in the back of the cab? A back rub every 100 miles? Perhaps someone to read you an extract of Tolstoy accompanied by soothing whale music??

I ****ing hate Tolstoy!