Travelling fans Warning

Back on topic.
I’ll be driving to Watford on Friday. Staying in hotel Fri and Sat. Think it’s about £15 in a taxi to Barnet. So with  4,of us it’s a no brainer . As I recall though, not many pubs near the ground.😕

Quoted from Civvy at last

Back on topic.
I’ll be driving to Watford on Friday. Staying in hotel Fri and Sat. Think it’s about £15 in a taxi to Barnet. So with  4,of us it’s a no brainer . As I recall though, not many pubs near the ground.😕

good bar behind the stand mate at Barnet

Quoted from rancido

The point of a strike is blackmail until the union gets what it wants.

Get real!!! It won’t get what it wants. Unions never do.

As a bigger point - the privatisation of the railways has been a real success hasn’t it. Not.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

If there is strike action it will target midweek days when commuters travel to work in large numbers. They won’t target Saturdays or Sundays.

lmao I love it when you do these authoritative posts which are just utterly disprovable nonsense:



Anyway, solidarity with all striking RMT members. If you're not happy about the disruption then blame the managers at the Train Operating Companies. It's entirely their fault workers are having to take industrial action.

Of course it is. No worker wants to strike. Remind yourself of that. Working people are acutely short of money. Who would want to be without wages at this time?!

Employers have all the power. As one example,  in my own area of work, what happens is….unions ask for a cost of living rise in line with inflation (not a pay rise, just to ensure workers are not receiving a real terms cut). So, Union asks for (say 3.75%)….employers says no….can’t afford that….have one percent. Union tries to compromise, employer holds their ground because they know workers can’t afford to strike…..union ballots membership to assess appetite for industrial action….workforce can’t afford to and say no they don’t want to strike. Employers go ‘take it or leave it - 1%’ knowing all along they just had to hold ground as they hold all cards.  

A strike in the railway sectors is a reflection of desperation and the employer’s refusal to bargain and compromise, because they know they don’t have to.

I'm a union member in my line of work and I was balloted about striking for a better pay rise last year. I voted no not because I couldn't afford to strike but because, although my pay rise could be better, at least I've got a secure job.

My pay rise did put me in a higher pension contribution bracket though which took virtually all of my pay rise! Hopefully I live long enough to see the benefit of that.

NON FKING FOOTY YOU BORING BSTARDS.

Quoted from Grimsby Is Not In Yorkshire

The RMT w*nkers are already (and have been since January) striking till June only at the weekend on the Central Line in London in connection with re-establishing the Night Tube service. They don’t give a f*ck it totally screws over us shift workers.

It’s attitudes to collective rights like this that means France only has a 5% increase in energy costs and we have a 54% rise. As a nation we meekly accept an erosion of rights whilst others actually bother fighting for them. What a supine, servile bunch we have become.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

It’s attitudes to collective rights like this that means France only has a 5% increase in energy costs and we have a 54% rise. As a nation we meekly accept an erosion of rights whilst others actually bother fighting for them. What a supine, servile bunch we have become.

nice  to see the mods continue the non footy theme.
What are peoples opinions on Brexit and how do we feel  COVID and the Ukrainian crisis have affected it.
Do you think Labour would have done better ?  

Quoted from Civvy at last

nice  to see the mods continue the non footy theme.
What are peoples opinions on Brexit and how do we feel  COVID and the Ukrainian crisis have affected it.
Do you think Labour would have done better ?  

Actually that's an easy one for me to answer..... YES