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Tube Strike, Boxing Day
According to Sky News, tube drivers are paid £46k pa & working public hols is written into their contracts.
ASLEF union wants them to have triple wages. Do you support the drivers ?
http:// news.sk y.com/s tory/10 30232/t ube-str ike-sho ppers-f ace-box ing-day -delays
ASLEF union wants them to have triple wages. Do you support the drivers ?
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Wish I was payed £46k to sit on a train all day.
10:53 Wed 26th Dec 2012
this is the third year in a row this has happened.
large parts of the network (including most of the northern line) are closed for engineering works.
no other large city in england has any public transport on boxing day.
time for tfl to take the pragmatic approach and schedule a network closure on boxing day?
large parts of the network (including most of the northern line) are closed for engineering works.
no other large city in england has any public transport on boxing day.
time for tfl to take the pragmatic approach and schedule a network closure on boxing day?
I don`t know enough about their dispute TBH. The press are very good at picking on certain points to stir up public opinion when quite often, there are a lot of other issues involved in a dispute. I think that if you work shifts, you can`t expect extra pay when you work weekends or bank holidays (except for getting days in lieu).
What Aslef want:
// We want a volunteer service on Boxing Day with those working getting more than flat time. An enhancement for this day will ensure members will be able to swap duties with someone who wishes to work. //
So those with children who celebrate Christmas do not compulsary have to work, while those who have no interest or need the money can put their names on the the roster. Doesn't seem too unreasonable.
// We want a volunteer service on Boxing Day with those working getting more than flat time. An enhancement for this day will ensure members will be able to swap duties with someone who wishes to work. //
So those with children who celebrate Christmas do not compulsary have to work, while those who have no interest or need the money can put their names on the the roster. Doesn't seem too unreasonable.
I don't really agree Gromit, their pay reflects the anti-social working hours around christmas. Other jobs (especially in the public sector) require to be in over christmas for significantly less pay and/or benefits. I do think the tube unions are particularly greedy.
And I did try and apply to be a tube driver and was told that there were no vacancies, and that tube driver vacancies were being offered to current staff as a priority.
And I did try and apply to be a tube driver and was told that there were no vacancies, and that tube driver vacancies were being offered to current staff as a priority.
If they signed up to shift work (and weekends etc) in their contract, I don`t think they should be paid extra for volunteering. My company is a 24/7 company and people with kids or whatever have to do the same as everyone else. It`s the luck of the draw if you work Christmas and other bank holidays. I`d expect nothing else (even though it can be a pain).
from ASLEF's own website:-
"Over 50% of ASLEF members issued with ballot papers voted for industrial action according to Electoral Reform Services who conducted the ballot for the union. Of those who returned them, 1,040 said 'I am prepared to take part in a strike' while only 116 voted 'No'"
that's not 90% support in my book - 90% of those who could be bothered, maybe.
"Over 50% of ASLEF members issued with ballot papers voted for industrial action according to Electoral Reform Services who conducted the ballot for the union. Of those who returned them, 1,040 said 'I am prepared to take part in a strike' while only 116 voted 'No'"
that's not 90% support in my book - 90% of those who could be bothered, maybe.