The sack.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:10, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

but if he were running a company of 80000 employees
he might actually be doing some good in the world.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:11, Reply)

I can imagine the hypocritical apoplexy he would descend into
if half of his workforce went out on strike every other fucking week.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Innit.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:28, Reply)

As a union leader, isn't he supposed to be doing some good for his 80,000 union members?
All I know about him is the near constant tube strikes. Do they help get higher wages or better conditions for the union members, if so then he's doing a good job.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:14, Reply)

Tube drivers get paid a huge salary mainly for opening the doors
The sooner we automate the system as per the DLR the better
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:16, Reply)

True, but they also have to deal with all those horses in the tunnels

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:19, Reply)

I propose a horse Oyster card
to stop the fuckers from jumping the barriers
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:27, Reply)

*nods*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Actually it's better to think of the members as shareholders.
Each one has seen their pay and benefits increase above inflation. Which makes him a successful Union leader.
He uses the fact that he has a powerful and rare rescource at his disposal to increase the value to his shareholders. When he does it he's "Holding london to ransom"
But when say a gold mining company puts prices up, or the petrochemical companies, or the energy companies, to make massive profits for their shareholders... There's a big double standard here.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Double standards indeed.
He claims to be a communist and should therefore surely not command such a huge salary - why hasn't he shared it out amongst 'the workers'?

Clue: because he isn't one at all in reality.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:26, Reply)

And why didn't lenin live in a 1 bed flat.
You can't live as a communist in a capitalist country. The state and the politics go hand in hand. Your argument's going off on a tangent to justify your hatred of a guy, who is doing exactly what he's employed to do.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:28, Reply)

Neither did Stalin or Kruschev
and they DID live in a communist country. Communism doesn't work because people are too selfish. Time to move on, hippies.
( Kroney, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:33, Reply)

Communism works perfectly
until you introduce real human beings into the system - at which point it collapses instantly.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:44, Reply)

I quite agree
and I have strong socialist leanings. Communism's a noble theory, but the only people that communes work for are soap-dodgers and you can't run a country with a bunch of crusties.
( Kroney, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 10:48, Reply)