And who payed for these two lots of jollys......tax payers by any chance

always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.

Back to the point

Management is always responsible for a strike.

But of course not in this case as every ASLEF and RMT member is a commie nut job bent on the destruction of the City of London and setting up the new micro-nation centred in the heart of radicalism known as Lewes.

There must be a reason why management played this as it did. Clearly not a simple business reason, so some other explanation must hold. I don't believe management was so incredibly poor at employee relations that it sleep-walked into this situation.

I used to have the role of school then area h+s rep for the NUT. But I don't anymore.

If a teacher changes profession are they still a teacher even if they don't teach anymore.

I usually just read these boards for light relief. It is not often something genuinely raises my eyebrows but I don't want to get involved in any back and forth nonsense so I will just state my thoughts.

I would expect (and I get) for the amount of money you state.

An Annual comprehensive H&S audit with an executive summary, action plan with timeframes and RAG ratings. (Audit should last full day)
A termly review with report (half day audit)
An Annual Fire Safety inspection (not sure you would be accredited to do this)
An appointed representative for support and consultancy
available at all times
An indemnity for all advice given
Access to Online accredited H&S courses for all staff
A library of template risk assessments
and more... (also a supplier that is recommended by a leading educational body like NASBM etc)

And the most important thing is that this is independent and not someone working for the school which would give the Local Governing Body or Trust Board quality assurance. No body/board I've sat on would sanction what you suggest.

I would want someone with your training/experience to lead a h&s committee which would be very useful.

The safeguarding of hundreds of school children and also staff should not be taken lightly.

I'm honestly not having a pop I just thought it was strange and not something I'd seen before.

Also not sure what costs you googled (didn't look) but I can assure you the above is not costly especially after negotiation.

As I thought. It's all about jobs for the boys. This isn't about safety - it's about protecting (soon to be obsolete) jobs. And the sooner the rank and file realise that their union overlords are stiffing them in the same way that the 'bosses' are, the better. GTR are demonstrably a shower of c*nts but ASLEF/RMT aren't exactly showering themselves with glory, either.

If this strike had any justification the RMT and ASLEF members would have a picket line at the Selhurst Depot on Wednesday evening.

They've exploited hard working people for far too long. They are massively overpaid, and act like a mafia cartel.

This current run of strikes is purely down to the fact they know that technology will soon be introduced to make them all redundant.