coldel Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Militant trade unions that order a strike regardless of the views of their own members, appeals panels and the law. 299 vs 221 is hardly a sweeping majority and with only 42% turning out - a driver is breathalised and failed it, union says the breathaliser wasnt calibrated for people with diabetes but turns out the guy had a second test which also failed him (which takes into account people with diabetes who can return a false +ve on the test). The union says that LU are peddling misinformation about the case but fail to say what it is and the reason for striking. Really is ridiculous, 'sometimes' you can sympathise with the reasoning when it concerns safety and them standing up to changes but in this case cannot see why they have any grounds to legally call a strike when someone commits gross misconduct, get sacked as LU were well within their rights to do, put the persons appeal through all the processes and independent appeals panel which shows he is still sacked and still they can call a strike...it astonishes me that this is still allowed in modern society. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31691324 The mind boggles, it really does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Ridiculous its only a 7.5 hour strike..!! Why bother..!!! :scare: The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said members will walk out from 21:30 GMT on 7 March to 03:59 on 8 March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 ...and its over the weekend - I wonder if this is a reflection that they must know in this instance they would be called up on it by the general public if they did it in the week with a much wider audience hit and having to explain the stupid reason as to why its happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Unions should be disbanded. They were great back in the day when there was no legislation to protect the worker, but now we have so much and it's so easy to get hold of the info you need that the main reason for a union to exist (to protect its members) no longer works. They have too much power now, even these days, and I hate them with a passion. This is a wider issue than just the incident you mention though Col. That's just utter stupidity, and any of the members who have an ounce of common sense would carry on working rather than strike. Jo still goes into work when the teacher strikes are on, as she always votes no. No kids there of course, but she still gets stuff done like marking and classroom prep. She gets the odd funny look from her colleagues, but no-one actually calls her a scab or anything. Some random bloke did on SELOC though when I mentioned it over there, which made me chuckle The only reason she's a union member is in case a kid accuses her of touching them up, as the free legal stuff then comes in VERY handy as you can imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 When I went in teaching for a short time I was told when I joined that I had to pick a union and join it - non negotiable. For the exact reason above, that you get all your legal expenses covered in the case of any incident. No one was advised to join purely on the premise of sticking up for workers rights, although there was an issue that they all got hot under the collar about at the time around pensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 ...and its over the weekend - I wonder if this is a reflection that they must know in this instance they would be called up on it by the general public if they did it in the week with a much wider audience hit and having to explain the stupid reason as to why its happening. As I said above , its a "mini" strike it's about 7 hours, but enough to cause total grief to those who rely on the tube to get home on a Sat night. :rant: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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