Reply to: Tube strike

[Robinho]

They should remove all rights for trade unions. No need for them.

[cojak]

I walk from the train station to my new site anyway. It'll make no difference to me.

[Bunk]

How can one industry have so many strikes.
Or is a)because they know how much attention it gets b) because they like causing a massive inconvience to the customers i.e. those that pay their wages or c) is it more simplistic - their union is run by the leftie Mr Crow ..

This one actually interested me a bit because it was about contractors claiming the same rights as TFL workers. It turns out that they're not contractors like us, rather employees of Tube Lines, which handles maintenance on a few of the lines. Tube Lines is a wholly owned subsidiary of TFL so it does seem a bit out of order that they're not getting the same perks as the people doing the same job on the other lines.

[NotAllThere]

How can one industry have so many strikes.
Is it a)because they know how much attention it gets b) because they like causing a massive inconvience to the customers i.e. those that pay their wages or c) is it more simplistic - their union is run by the leftie Mr Crow ..

It's because the workers are the worst treated in the whole world. I mean, you might think that call centre workers based in Glasgow have it bad, but tube work is worse.

But I'm going for c).

[saptastic]

BBC News - London Underground workers to strike for 72 hours

How can one industry have so many strikes.
Is it a)because they know how much attention it gets b) because they like causing a massive inconvience to the customers i.e. those that pay their wages or c) is it more simplistic - their union is run by the leftie Mr Crow ..

[Diver]

What, diving?

They don't call me the muffin man for nothing

[Doggy Styles]

I don't travel by tube when in London (every week) I always get Taxi's. Problem is so will everyone else next week so looks like I'll work from home instead.

What, diving?

[Bunk]

Much more comfortable and there is a bar on board!

Can't see that helping me get to work in the morning

[BrilloPad]

Take it anyway. I worked in Sydney for a while and one of the best thigns was taking a boat to work most mornings. Made the day start nicer.

Yes. Mrs BP used to work in HK but live on Lamma. The disadvantage of that is the hippies on Lamma.

[Gonzo]

Shame, I was looking forward to getting the boat

Get the boat anyway, it is much more civilised.

I switched to the Thames Clippers when the 2008 DLR 'improvement' works started making my previously easy DLR journey intolerable.

Much more comfortable and there is a bar on board!

[Zoiderman]

Saw a bit about this on the news last night. Sounds like the disruption is going to minimal. No drivers or station staff are going on strike, it's the maintenance staff so if something goes wrong it'll take a bit longer to get fixed but apart from that it should be normal service, ie tulip.

Shame, I was looking forward to getting the boat

Take it anyway. I worked in Sydney for a while and one of the best thigns was taking a boat to work most mornings. Made the day start nicer.

[Sands of Time]

Saw a bit about this on the news last night. Sounds like the disruption is going to minimal. No drivers or station staff are going on strike, it's the maintenance staff so if something goes wrong it'll take a bit longer to get fixed but apart from that it should be normal service, ie tulip.

Shame, I was looking forward to getting the boat

You can still get the boat!


Tone

[Bunk]

Saw a bit about this on the news last night. Sounds like the disruption is going to minimal. No drivers or station staff are going on strike, it's the maintenance staff so if something goes wrong it'll take a bit longer to get fixed but apart from that it should be normal service, ie tulip.

Shame, I was looking forward to getting the boat

[Zippy]

BBC News - London Underground workers to strike for 72 hours

Oh bugger!
I don't have to get the Tube at the moment but it'll mean an unseemly scrum for the bus. Must sort out WFH.

[Scrag Meister]

Oh the joy of working from home when the need arises, or even if it doesn't