I support the right of any individual to belong to a union and believe that unions often do a good job in protecting the rights of employees.
There are certain union leaders, such as Bob Crow and Dave Prentis, who fuck me off.

They are more interested in politics than helping union members (yes I know that government policy directly impacts the rights of union members and the leaders role includes an element of political influence), see Prentis during the labour leadership election as an example.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:20, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

But they aren't are they, you only hear from them when there is a dispute
or when the government is trying to change the law to deprive their members of their rights, and they do a good job since their members are doing alright because of them.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Yes, but there is a very fine line with RMT between "actual dispute"
and "another flimsy reason to hold various parts of the country to ransom"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:25, Reply)

No, there is a very big line between "what the papers report as the reason for the strike"
and "what the actual reason for any given dispute is".

Since the papers never actually give the full facts you cannot possibly make that statement.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:28, Reply)

Since I have friends who have worked for LU
in a lot of cases, oh yes I can.

not all, I accept, but enough for me to be comfortable in RMT cuntishness.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:44, Reply)

Oh well, I know loads of people who work for British Gas and they said all the chief executives are lizards.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:53, Reply)

there you go, then.
you were right after all.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:03, Reply)

Told you.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:07, Reply)

A classic example of this is the seemingly-annual French air traffic controllers strike
timed just around oh let's see now...the start of the fucking summer holidays. Cunts.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:28, Reply)

you can see this from the reactions to people in london
initially quite a few of them had sympathy with the tube drivers. but the RMT has called strikes too many times. people now look at their salaries, holidays, job security, and think, hmmmmm what the fuck are they whining about.

when if they had kept it for the really big issues, they'd still have more public support.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:29, Reply)

They don't need public support, they aren'y there to represent the public
they are there to represent their members, and they do it well.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:32, Reply)

i meant the tube drivers
who are there to serve the public, whatever else you want to say.

london depends on the transport network, for people's jobs, social lives, tourism... all of which pump money into the economy.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:48, Reply)