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steph_eagle Flag Thornton Heath 12 Dec 16 2.11pm Send a Private Message to steph_eagle Add steph_eagle as a friend

Ok so can someone answer me a question. It was stated that it is illegal to picket at stations however it was also stated that they picket certain stations, is it legal or not?

Sorry if I'm being stupid.

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 12 Dec 16 2.18pm

Originally posted by elgrande

Is there any unbiased confirmation of this at all,if it's right then southern or who ever they call themselves should have the franchise taken off them immediately.
Or is it inter union s*** stirring.

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Some might say ITV is biased towards those bleeding foreigners though, eh Hrolf.

 

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7mins Flag In the bush 12 Dec 16 2.36pm Send a Private Message to 7mins Add 7mins as a friend

Originally posted by steph_eagle

Ok so can someone answer me a question. It was stated that it is illegal to picket at stations however it was also stated that they picket certain stations, is it legal or not?

Sorry if I'm being stupid.

Where Southern have depots that the strikers work at, they can strike.

Depots are:

Vic
London Bridge
Selhurst
Norwood
Redhill
Three bridges
Horsham
Brighton
Eastbourne
Barnham.

I think legally there might be a injunction about picketing at Victoria. Something to do with Gatwick ex drivers.

 

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steph_eagle Flag Thornton Heath 12 Dec 16 2.37pm Send a Private Message to steph_eagle Add steph_eagle as a friend

Originally posted by 7mins

Where Southern have depots that the strikers work at, they can strike.

Depots are:

Vic
London Bridge
Selhurst
Norwood
Redhill
Three bridges
Horsham
Brighton
Eastbourne
Barnham.

I think legally there might be a injunction about picketing at Victoria. Something to do with Gatwick ex drivers.

Ok, thanks.

 

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Kermit8 Flag Hevon 12 Dec 16 2.43pm Send a Private Message to Kermit8 Add Kermit8 as a friend

If this is going the way things went a few decades back re: strikes, and if it is the Government pulling Govias/Southern's management strings and upping the ante- to ensure conflict by pulling out of talks and 'sabotaging' services, then the next stage would normally be to get massed ranks of police involved to up it even further via fisticuffs.

Maggie was clever in her vindictiveness. She got the police on her side and increased their numbers before going to industrial war unlike this absolute shower of sh1te in power at the moment who haven't got the brain power to handle this effectively and it is showing.

Feel sorry for all involved 'cept the management and politicians and any union agents provocateurs if any.

Looks like it will be getting worse before it gets better which seems to be exactly what some suits want.

Edited by Kermit8 (12 Dec 2016 2.43pm)

 


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7mins Flag In the bush 12 Dec 16 2.50pm Send a Private Message to 7mins Add 7mins as a friend

Originally posted by Kermit8

If this is going the way things went a few decades back re: strikes, and if it is the Government pulling Govias/Southern's management strings and upping the ante- to ensure conflict by pulling out of talks and 'sabotaging' services, then the next stage would normally be to get massed ranks of police involved to up it even further via fisticuffs.

Maggie was clever in her vindictiveness. She got the police on her side and increased their numbers before going to industrial war unlike this absolute shower of sh1te in power at the moment who haven't got the brain power to handle this effectively and it is showing.

Feel sorry for all involved 'cept the management and politicians and any union agents provocateurs if any.

Looks like it will be getting worse before it gets better which seems to be exactly what some suits want.

Edited by Kermit8 (12 Dec 2016 2.43pm)


I think in this day and age, they wouldn't get away with it. Everyone now has a phone with a camera. I remember reading that the police were waving fivers at the striking miners.
I think it will get dirty, I wouldn't be surprised if Southern started targeting union reps.

I see that the unions got hold of more internal memos regarding Southern deliberately cancelling trains when crew available.... that manager who released it better be careful, he/she is being hunted.

 

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elgrande Flag bedford 12 Dec 16 2.55pm Send a Private Message to elgrande Add elgrande as a friend

Why are union leaders on over 100k a year,and when they call a strike do they still get paid.?

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 12 Dec 16 3.04pm

Originally posted by elgrande

Why are union leaders on over 100k a year,and when they call a strike do they still get paid.?

Always had a bit of a problem with union leaders' salaries. But just because they get paid loads, it doesn't mean that concerns and issues raised by unions are less valid. don't forget, members vote whether to strike or not.

 

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elgrande Flag bedford 12 Dec 16 3.28pm Send a Private Message to elgrande Add elgrande as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Always had a bit of a problem with union leaders' salaries. But just because they get paid loads, it doesn't mean that concerns and issues raised by unions are less valid. don't forget, members vote whether to strike or not.

But why do they earn so much....would have thought they should be on the same monies that the people they represent earn.

 


always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 12 Dec 16 3.31pm

Originally posted by elgrande

But why do they earn so much....would have thought they should be on the same monies that the people they represent earn.

Head of a large organisation innit. Couldyou imagine a ceo earning the same as one of their gonks?

 

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Stuk Flag Top half 12 Dec 16 3.38pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

Originally posted by elgrande

But why do they earn so much....would have thought they should be on the same monies that the people they represent earn.

I couldn't give a crap how much of their money they waste on the dickheads in charge of them.

What I can't stand is that they get funding from the government and the EU and that government or civil service employees who do union work, do it at the taxpayers expense too. They should be entirely self-funded, and if they were there wouldn't be about 6 different unions representing the same line of work.

And of course the union leaders get paid during a strike.

 


Optimistic as ever

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 12 Dec 16 3.45pm

Originally posted by Stuk

I couldn't give a crap how much of their money they waste on the dickheads in charge of them.

What I can't stand is that they get funding from the government and the EU and that government or civil service employees who do union work, do it at the taxpayers expense too. They should be entirely self-funded, and if they were there wouldn't be about 6 different unions representing the same line of work.

And of course the union leaders get paid during a strike.

Funding facilities time actually saves loads of money.

As well as making a significant contribution to increasing productivity they make workplaces safer, reduce the costs of recruitment and help business became more responsive to change by helping staff acquire new skills in addition to updating
those they already have.
The most recent comprehensive assessment of the contribution by union reps towards improved business performance was made by the then Department of
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in 2007 as part of the previously mentioned review of union reps facilities and facility time.
The report found that the work of union reps resulted in;

Savings to employers and the exchequer of between £22m -
£43 m as a result of reducing the number of Employment Tribunal cases

Benefits to society worth between £136m - £371m as a result of reducing working days lost due to workplace injury
and;

Benefits to society worth between £45m - £207m as a result of reducing work related illness.
In addition, using the same formulae as used in the BERR report but with updated figures, it can reasonably be estimated that the work of union reps also results in;

Overall productivity gains worth between £4bn to 12bn to the UK economy;

Savings of at least £19 million as a result of
reducing dismissals

Savings to employers of between £82m - £143m in recruitment costs as a result of reducing early exits
.

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But don't let facts get in the way of your absurd hatred of those who want to make things better for colleagues.

 

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