Strikes - Does Anyone Care?
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Royal Mail - Does anyone care as long as the amazon courier turns up?
Trains - Does anyone care as long as we can work from home?
Barristers - Does anyone care if you aren't a crim?
Bin Men - Do we care as it is in Scotland?
Who next? Who would you miss? I'd be cheesed off if pubs went on strike.
Trains - Does anyone care as long as we can work from home?
Barristers - Does anyone care if you aren't a crim?
Bin Men - Do we care as it is in Scotland?
Who next? Who would you miss? I'd be cheesed off if pubs went on strike.
I was thinking the same about some of these things...
Royal Mail - Anything time sensitive comes by email or is accessed online. Parcels have a variety of options.
Trains - So fecking expensive I usually drive anyway.
Airport/airline staff - Many won't be able to afford heating soon, let alone a holiday.
I think a lot of these industries need to be careful as people will just find alternatives. Also, striking is all well and good for those who can cause chaos by striking, but paying them more doesn't fix the cost of living for everyone else. It would be better to sort out the energy industry than to give a select few huge pay rises and then declare the cost of living crisis cured while leaving many more who can't strike stuck in eternal poverty.
Royal Mail - Anything time sensitive comes by email or is accessed online. Parcels have a variety of options.
Trains - So fecking expensive I usually drive anyway.
Airport/airline staff - Many won't be able to afford heating soon, let alone a holiday.
I think a lot of these industries need to be careful as people will just find alternatives. Also, striking is all well and good for those who can cause chaos by striking, but paying them more doesn't fix the cost of living for everyone else. It would be better to sort out the energy industry than to give a select few huge pay rises and then declare the cost of living crisis cured while leaving many more who can't strike stuck in eternal poverty.
Tom8 said:
Royal Mail - Does anyone care as long as the amazon courier turns up?
Trains - Does anyone care as long as we can work from home?
Barristers - Does anyone care if you aren't a crim?
Bin Men - Do we care as it is in Scotland?
Who next? Who would you miss? I'd be cheesed off if pubs went on strike.
RM going on strike was a minor inconvenience, went i went to the Post Office and forgot about it. Trains - Does anyone care as long as we can work from home?
Barristers - Does anyone care if you aren't a crim?
Bin Men - Do we care as it is in Scotland?
Who next? Who would you miss? I'd be cheesed off if pubs went on strike.
Used DPD instead, RM is at a loss, as they missed out on my purchase.
I don't think that strikes have the impact they once did.
Since Lockdown, we now have a work around in place, especially when it comes to work and WFH.
Tom8 said:
Royal Mail - Does anyone care as long as the amazon courier turns up?
Trains - Does anyone care as long as we can work from home?
Barristers - Does anyone care if you aren't a crim?
Bin Men - Do we care as it is in Scotland?
Who next? Who would you miss? I'd be cheesed off if pubs went on strike.
Only upset with train.Trains - Does anyone care as long as we can work from home?
Barristers - Does anyone care if you aren't a crim?
Bin Men - Do we care as it is in Scotland?
Who next? Who would you miss? I'd be cheesed off if pubs went on strike.
Means I have have to drive to the footy and can't have a drink.
Ham_and_Jam said:
If you believe you are being underpaid or undervalued and your employer doesn’t want to give you more money, get another job.
The job market will soon let you know if your belief is correct.
Or claim UC on top of your wages. Why should employers pay a fair wage when taxpayers can subsidise them?The job market will soon let you know if your belief is correct.
bunchofkeys said:
RM going on strike was a minor inconvenience, went i went to the Post Office and forgot about it.
Used DPD instead, RM is at a loss, as they missed out on my purchase.
I don't think that strikes have the impact they once did.
Since Lockdown, we now have a work around in place, especially when it comes to work and WFH.
Isn't that the whole point of the strike though? It's in RM's interest for their workers not to strike so they retain the custom that they have now lost from you. Used DPD instead, RM is at a loss, as they missed out on my purchase.
I don't think that strikes have the impact they once did.
Since Lockdown, we now have a work around in place, especially when it comes to work and WFH.
I got 3% pay rise. I didn't strike. Why should they all think they are entitled to? Especially when some have rejected a pay offer greater than my own. Takes the p**s.
My lazy nephew is a bus driver and only been in the job 8 months, he wants to strike because a rival bus company is striking. Ridiculous.
Replace them all with automation, it's coming for tube/train/bus drivers anyway, striking should just expedite the process.
Striking for inflation equalling pay increases will drive up the price of bus/train/tube which will decrease the usage which will in turn result in lay offs/automation etc to create savings. Are they that thick?
My lazy nephew is a bus driver and only been in the job 8 months, he wants to strike because a rival bus company is striking. Ridiculous.
Replace them all with automation, it's coming for tube/train/bus drivers anyway, striking should just expedite the process.
Striking for inflation equalling pay increases will drive up the price of bus/train/tube which will decrease the usage which will in turn result in lay offs/automation etc to create savings. Are they that thick?
manracer said:
I got 3% pay rise. I didn't strike. Why should they all think they are entitled to? Especially when some have rejected a pay offer greater than my own. Takes the p**s.
My lazy nephew is a bus driver and only been in the job 8 months, he wants to strike because a rival bus company is striking. Ridiculous.
Replace them all with automation, it's coming for tube/train/bus drivers anyway, striking should just expedite the process.
Striking for inflation equalling pay increases will drive up the price of bus/train/tube which will decrease the usage which will in turn result in lay offs/automation etc to create savings. Are they that thick?
No, but you are. My lazy nephew is a bus driver and only been in the job 8 months, he wants to strike because a rival bus company is striking. Ridiculous.
Replace them all with automation, it's coming for tube/train/bus drivers anyway, striking should just expedite the process.
Striking for inflation equalling pay increases will drive up the price of bus/train/tube which will decrease the usage which will in turn result in lay offs/automation etc to create savings. Are they that thick?
I didn't notice the royal mail strike because I get junk mail and bills which are also online every other day so getting those a day late posed no problem. I only noticed because I drive past the main post office to get to work and saw them outside.
Trains - don't use them and if I did I can work from home since most people have laptops and other wfh infrastructure since covid.
The bins would piss me off but I'm not Scottish.
I think most industries would need to be on strike for a very long time and with a very large proportion of workers striking to cause me problems.
Trains - don't use them and if I did I can work from home since most people have laptops and other wfh infrastructure since covid.
The bins would piss me off but I'm not Scottish.
I think most industries would need to be on strike for a very long time and with a very large proportion of workers striking to cause me problems.
Ham_and_Jam said:
If you believe you are being underpaid or undervalued and your employer doesn’t want to give you more money, get another job.
The job market will soon let you know if your belief is correct.
Not sure it always works like that, I think most nurses would agree they are underpaid and under valued, imagine if they all just went and got new jobs. When you see what some careers earn compared to some others it just looks mad.The job market will soon let you know if your belief is correct.
Driveeasy said:
I know two Royal Mail workers, they’ve smashed the overtime when available to make up for the loss of pay when on strike. Someone may correct me but some unions pay workers when they strike, I doubt this would happen to Royal Mail staff as there’s too many.
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