On Sep 14, 12:40*am, asdf wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:22:36 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:31:24 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

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Mizter T writes

Are you a retarded cretin or a trained chimp?

He/she is a troll. I'd have thought you would have realised that by now.

...and if you didn't reply to his posts, most of us wouldn't have to
see them!

Ahem, I didn't - I responded to Mizter T. *I didn't see the OP either.

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My reply was to the person making the stupid comments about bus
drivers being cretins and retarded chimps, although I do agree with
the contempt that should be shown for the drivers who do strike this
contempt is not felt when the tube go,s on strike on a weekly basis
for exactly the same reason and laws have not been put into place to
stop this and we dont see where we are any different as we both
provide a valuable public service and should be paid the same money as
bus drivers endure far more problems and grief than a train and tube
driver ever does.

Our arguement with the bus companies is the recorded profits that have
risen in excess of 44% for the last financial year and the ongoing
lack of improvements within the garages and the working hours that we
are not seeing, this is an ongoing problem that we see every year when
the dicussions for pay rises arise, they hold back on discussions all
the while making more profit and interest on the backpay that we are
entitled to so in theory making money on money that is rightfully
ours, they dangle the carrot every year around christmas time knowing
that by the time we finally do agree to strike it is so near christmas
people need the money they owe us in backpay that we always agree to
whatever they propose just to get the money they owe us.

We have this year decided to make a stand and have agree'd that
industrial action is our only option to show this year we are not
going to roll over and play pussy cat which we feel the companies have
pushed us to as they could have agreed months ago to our demands but
have instead decided yet again to hang it out and force our arm.