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Hi! I'm Bob Crow, I earn over £124k p.a and I'm here to fuck your day up! |
London is in the middle of yet another tube strike called for by Crow and his Crow-nies. This time he is asking for assurances that some 800 jobs won't be cut. The response was that 800 jobs wouldn't be cut compulsorily. Bob Crow, who seems not to understand the art of peaceful negotiation told them to shove it and here we are.
Previous Crow-ny strike action:
Back in 2003, Bob Crow wanted assurances over future job security and pensions. This was given to him in writing by Ken Livingstone, but the strike went ahead anyway, once again crippling London. But from Mr Crow's perspective, the strike was necessary to get the extra reassurance his members needed.
In 2004 at another RMT walkout, Mr Crow was resolutely unapologetic.
"I'm not one of those union officials who continually say they regret the inconvenience caused by industrial action," he said. "You cannot have a dispute without inconvenience to the travelling public."
Does he not realise that strike action does not work without the support of the public? Kind of stupid to be telling them you don’t care you’re inconveniencing their lives?!
Last year, when the country was deep in the middle of a recession. Bob Crow again took the decision to strike over job security and pay rises. Even though he was offered a deal that included pay rises in the middle of a recession, they went ahead with the strike anyway. The irony being that the strike would inevitably cost thousands of other people their jobs, as small and medium companies lost productivity for the duration of the strike.
This time, Crow is once again threatening a series of strikes over job security. It is unbelievable that this man has the power to squeeze London by the balls. It is so unbelievably selfish that the minority can threaten the majority like this.
Transport is crucial to everyone. If it stops, not only is it massively inconvenient, its dangerous, millions of people trying to cram into buses, or cars or taxis. London’s roads become gridlocked, and emergency services struggle to get to emergencies. Just imagine him pulling this during the olympics. It'll be a nightmare and we'll be a laughing stock.
Even if you don’t commute using the tubes, if you live in London, you’ll be affected by commuters using different routes.
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Sack the drivers, automate the tube network and use the save money to appease the remaining communists.
Or, get back to work you selfish arseholes.
UKDigger · 760 weeks ago
I'll be mentioning this to all the people I meet tomorrow queueing up for alternative transport in London.
chris_h 61p · 760 weeks ago
SpursSimon · 760 weeks ago
Industrial action is supposed to cause inconvenience, or it wouldn't really be worth doing.
chris_h 61p · 760 weeks ago
As for being mugged or worse at a tube station. You hardly ever see staff down on the platform or anywhere other than the ticket hall, and even if they were in those places, 99% of the staff (as would 99% of the population) would take the view that its not thier fight and not get involved. So wether theres less staff or not wouldn't make a difference.
Of course industrial action is suppsosed to cause inconvenience, but what I object to is the arrogant, aggressive attitude of Bob Crow and the RMT. Each and everytime he does this it damages his cause, makes the powers that be step away from the table and turns the public against him. Strike action is just industrial terrorism and is a disgraceful way of getting what you want.
SpursSimon · 760 weeks ago
I do agree that Bob Crow has handled it badly, but I also agree with the right to strike and with the reasons for this strike.
Re-nationalise it all, run it properly not let private companies take profit from it, then the money would be there to invest properly!!
Like the other stuff here though,
chris_h 61p · 760 weeks ago
Thanks. Glad people are liking the blog.
UKDigger · 760 weeks ago
chris_h 61p · 760 weeks ago
Meconium · 760 weeks ago
If industrial action didn't cause inconvenience the fat cat bosses wouldnt listen.
If you don't support them you'll lose your rights and your services ( the Beaching cuts )
chris_h 61p · 760 weeks ago