Strike Action

[Nomad]

Now that Osborne announced that a further 710,000 staff are to go, will the scabs mind at all if I volunteer each and every one of them to be the first out the door ? These cowards don't seem to mind themselves, so fuck 'em, eh ?

 

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Carvalho has been superb in this thread and he can not be argued with as he knows so much about it.

 

The only thing I would point out is I thought it was rising from 400.000 to 710.000 not an extra 710,000.

 

Carv?

[Jonny83]

Just seen that Clarkson clip for the first time. I read it as more of a piss-take on BBC impartiality, basically "I've just said a positive thing, so try and think of the most negative thing I can say now".

 

It may not be particularly funny or witty, but hardly offensive in context.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Carvalho has been superb in this thread and he can not be argued with as he knows so much about it.

 

The only thing I would point out is I thought it was rising from 400.000 to 710.000 not an extra 710,000.

 

Carv?

 

I speak in hyperbola, of course.

[Strontium]

Tube drivers have called four days of strikes over demands for triple pay and a day off in lieu for working a bank holiday.

[aws]

Tube drivers have called four days of strikes over demands for triple pay and a day off in lieu for working a bank holiday.

 

They're pushing their luck. Sooner or later there'll be a "Reagan" solution.

[Section_31]

Tube drivers have called four days of strikes over demands for triple pay and a day off in lieu for working a bank holiday.

 

Triple time is a bit much, but surely double time and a day in lieu is standard? I believe it's actually illegal to work a bank holiday without a day in lieu, which I always do I might add!

[VladimirIlyich]

Triple time is a bit much, but surely double time and a day in lieu is standard? I believe it's actually illegal to work a bank holiday without a day in lieu, which I always do I might add!

 

I used to get either of these 2 options back in the days of strong unions.

 

Like I've said many times previously,I wont be taking the soundbites like SD mentioned as gospel any more and reckon there is more than we may ever be told to the dispute.

 

Any tube driver union members here to give us the facts?

[The Bugged Out]

A major sell out by the TUC is underway. Prentice and barber are advocating the deal coalition put on that table before the strike.

 

national shop stewards network is lobbying the meeting tomorrow of the public sector liaisongroup at congress house at 2.30.

 

The TUC selling out the democratic decisions of union members yet again.

 

Class traitors.

[Strontium]

Class traitors.

 

 

Aren't Prentis and Barber on about 120 grand a year each?

 

I don't know what "class" that makes them, but it certainly isn't the same one as the ordinary union members.

[firemarshall]

A major sell out by the TUC is underway. Prentice and barber are advocating the deal coalition put on that table before the strike.

 

national shop stewards network is lobbying the meeting tomorrow of the public sector liaisongroup at congress house at 2.30.

 

The TUC selling out the democratic decisions of union members yet again.

 

Class traitors.

 

If thats the case I`m getting on to my union and asking for the money back that I lost for the days strike. If they are advocating the deal that was there before then weve been bummed so that they can advance their own profiles. The shithouses.

[dennis tooth]

Aren't Prentis and Barber on about 120 grand a year each?

 

I don't know what "class" that makes them, but it certainly isn't the same one as the ordinary union members.

 

Yeah but like people like you often say, if they dont pay them wages then all the talent will go abroad if they dont pay that.

Plus you got to pay more to keep the corruption wolf from the door so to speak.

[firemarshall]

Looks like theres a deal on the table for the health workers. Divide and rule. Cameron will be laughing in our faces if the unions (and union members) don`t stick together and show solidarity.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Any proposal that doesn't protect the Fair Deal has to be rejected.

 

If the Fair Deal goes, then everything else is just shuffling deck-chairs on the Lusitania.

[dennis tooth]

Andrew Lansley to watch you while you sleep

22-11-11

 

HEALTH secretary Andrew Lansley is to sit next to hospital patients, looking at them while they sleep.

 

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'You look like a little bunny rabbit'

Mr Lansley has opted for a more 'hands-on' approach after it emerged his televised bedside message was making patients want to die.

 

He said: "I want to be the first thing they see when they wake up. Some of them may be alarmed to find my nose two inches from theirs, but I have been practicing a range of soothing noises in case they start to scream.

 

"I will say, 'there, there, everything's fine, it's just me, health secretary Andrew Lansley - would you like some porridge?'.

 

"Then I will tell them how much I care about them and how watching them while they sleep makes me feel me closer to them, especially when I stroke their hair and sing to them."

 

He added: "It also means that if they start complaining about the NHS I can punch them in the face."

 

Meanwhile soldiers fighting in Afghanistan will be fitted with a shoulder harness carrying a small TV screen showing a gung-ho message from defence secretary Philip Hammond on a never-ending loop.

 

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "He will start by thanking them and then give them a series of hints and tips about how to kill a Taleban when your gun stops working.

 

"He will then finish with a hearty rendition of God Save the Queen before lifting up his kilt like something out of Carry On Up the Khyber."

[Sugar Ape]

Dennis, no offence, but those Daily Mash posts are absolutely crap. Like embarrassingly bad. Why do you keep on posting them in threads they bear no relevance to?

[dennis tooth]

Becuase you told me to.

[Sugar Ape]

Becuase you told me to.

 

If you are going to do as I say, any chance you could hunt Funnneeeee down and pluck his eyeballs out with your fingers? I would be eternally grateful.

[dennis tooth]

If you are going to do as I say, any chance you could hunt Funnneeeee down and pluck his eyeballs out with your fingers? I would be eternally grateful.

 

There's a new monkey in town, his name's robocop.

 

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[VladimirIlyich]

Dennis, no offence, but those Daily Mash posts are absolutely crap. Like embarrassingly bad. Why do you keep on posting them in threads they bear no relevance to?

 

I'm glad somebody told him.

[dennis tooth]

Oh piss it out your arse, I hope all your dicks split from not laughing at them hard enough you bad bunch of vaginal yeast infection bredz.

[VladimirIlyich]

Oh piss it out your arse, I hope all your dicks split from not laughing at them hard enough you bad bunch of vaginal yeast infection bredz.

 

I would if they were funny dennis,its just that they arent.

[dennis tooth]

Its positively fecking hilarious I would not mesd you about.

I am a vulcan captain, I cannot lie.

[Sugar Ape]

Looks like we will be out on strike again on the 28th March. Can't see us getting anywhere now. Some unions seem willing to accept the governments ' offer ' leaving the rest even more isolated. Quite demoralising.

[melons]

Looks like we will be out on strike again on the 28th March. Can't see us getting anywhere now. Some unions seem willing to accept the governments ' offer ' leaving the rest even more isolated. Quite demoralising.

 

What unions will be striking?

[kelster]

Oh. A one day strike. That'll put the fear of God into the Tories. When did unions become such pussies?