Ryanair strikes

[Stairway 2 7]

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How many RMT members does it take to change a plug?

😆 what a load of pish that is, up there with the worst tory propaganda I've seen. Do these mugs say anything they want and know the telegraph will print it

[Kato]

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How many RMT members does it take to change a plug?

I don't know, how many does it take?

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This is really quite funny from Andrew Marr on LBC

Opening Tuesday's Tonight with Andrew Marr episode, on LBC, he said: "I feel like playing a game this evening. Let's play the blame game. Who is really responsible, deep down, for these strikes?
"I turn as ever, because I'm a trusting fellow, to get the official view. So, are Boris Johnson's ministers blaming the strikers? Oddly, hardly at all.
"Well, perhaps this is because the rail union is asking for a pay increase well below inflation, on a day when the government says it wants to raise the cap on bonuses for the richest City bankers; and indeed, on the day after the night before, when Tory donors paid many thousands of pounds a head to attend a glamorous fundraiser, where the night's main prize was dinner with Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron, bought for £120,000.
"Arsenic martinis and plastic cutlery only, I guess. Anyway, for whatever reason, there has been very little from the Government about the greedy railway workers.
"Obviously, although they are in charge of the rail system, they weren't blaming themselves. No, the strike is the fault of Labour, it is Labour's strike.
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"Tory MP Chris Clarkson has been taqging stories about rail misery with the line "cheers Keir".
"His colleague Mark Jenkinson said the strikes were a vision of Labour's Britain. Well, frankly, I have to say I agree. I've had it up to here with this Labour government.
"Keir Starmer in Number 10 has been a thorough disappointment. What's he done there? Absolutely nothing. No parties. No job offers for his secret girlfriend Fifi Hot-Cakes Trixibelle.
"No leaning on editors to pull stories from the newspapers. It's a disgrace I tell you. An utter disgrace.

[Hibernia&Alba]

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This is really quite funny from Andrew Marr on LBC

Opening Tuesday's Tonight with Andrew Marr episode, on LBC, he said: "I feel like playing a game this evening. Let's play the blame game. Who is really responsible, deep down, for these strikes?
"I turn as ever, because I'm a trusting fellow, to get the official view. So, are Boris Johnson's ministers blaming the strikers? Oddly, hardly at all.
"Well, perhaps this is because the rail union is asking for a pay increase well below inflation, on a day when the government says it wants to raise the cap on bonuses for the richest City bankers; and indeed, on the day after the night before, when Tory donors paid many thousands of pounds a head to attend a glamorous fundraiser, where the night's main prize was dinner with Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron, bought for £120,000.
"Arsenic martinis and plastic cutlery only, I guess. Anyway, for whatever reason, there has been very little from the Government about the greedy railway workers.
"Obviously, although they are in charge of the rail system, they weren't blaming themselves. No, the strike is the fault of Labour, it is Labour's strike.
Watch Tonight with Andrew Marr exclusively on Global Player every Monday to Thursday from 6pm to 7pm
"Tory MP Chris Clarkson has been taqging stories about rail misery with the line "cheers Keir".
"His colleague Mark Jenkinson said the strikes were a vision of Labour's Britain. Well, frankly, I have to say I agree. I've had it up to here with this Labour government.
"Keir Starmer in Number 10 has been a thorough disappointment. What's he done there? Absolutely nothing. No parties. No job offers for his secret girlfriend Fifi Hot-Cakes Trixibelle.
"No leaning on editors to pull stories from the newspapers. It's a disgrace I tell you. An utter disgrace.

[heretoday]

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Marr's shooting from the hip now he's left the beeb.

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https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/rmt-slamm...ail-practices/

How many RMT members does it take to change a plug?

I don't recognise any of those practices.
I don't doubt efficiencies can be made, but then what company can honestly say that they're running 100% efficiently?
I'm a single crewed engineer. I cover from Berwick to Dundee to Glasgow but have travelled a lot further when necessary.
I get a half hour unpaid lunch break that I very rarely take (my choice). When I do stop for lunch, it's in my van and the toilet facilities are the very few lineside facilities that are provided for us.
I voluntarily (not contracted) carry out an on-call rota where I have to be available 24hrs a day, for 7 days. For this, I get an additional £140 (taxable).
I've done this job for 30 years, and could easily get a lot more money elsewhere, but I don't do it for the money. The Railway is an amazing place to work and it's the people that make it an absolute joy to come to work each day
What is not a joy is reading and watching the misinformation being spread out there. If you look at the numerous railway/Network Rail FB groups, a significant number of folk are saying they'd rather have no pay-rise than compulsory redundancies. This action is not driven by greed.

[Mantis Toboggan]

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I don't know, how many does it take?

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He won't know as will at best have skimmed the article posted

[Kato]

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He won't know as will at best have skimmed the article posted

Rotten punchline

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[Bristolhibby]

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I refuse to fly Ryanair. I'd rather not go on holiday than use them. These strikers I have some sympathy for, unlike the rail workers.

Whaaaat?

[Bristolhibby]

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That's my point. Much harder for them to organise collective action against a monstrous boss like O'Leary. Trains, on the other hand, are heavily unionised and the RMT have secured generous pay and working conditions for members over a number of years now. Fair enough, that's what a strong union is supposed to do. However, the other party involved here is the government (in the guise of Network Rail) and the union is thus striking for higher subsidies from the taxpayer. Selfish and ill-timed IMHO, although the government hasn't shone here either (not that surprising given how generally hapless they are). The changes which are being disputed were always going to provoke a reaction and they should have been better prepared to counter efforts to block them.

The strikers are taxpayers also. They have my full support (another tax payer).

J

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How many RMT members does it take to change a plug?

So how many is it? I know the article says whatever but did you find out how many?

My guess it would be 3 or 4 tops.


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In fact there is a probable scenario for there being nine.
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[cabbageandribs1875]

Hundreds of British Airways staff vote to strike over pay - BBC News


Unite and GMB union members who are mostly check-in staff and ground crew backed industrial action.


A total of 700 workers are set to walkout during the summer holidays, when demand from travellers is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels.


The unions said the strike was due to a 10% pay cut imposed during the peak of the pandemic not being reversed.


It is understood that if strikes go ahead BA, which operates from terminals three and five at Heathrow, has plans to cover staff, including managers potentially dealing with check-ins.

[Hibernia&Alba]

British Airways staff vote overwhelmingly to strike