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Another tube strike
"David Walters" wrote in message ... On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:35:20 +0000 (UTC), y wrote: So the overpaid button pushers will be out again on the 8th of July. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33180965 "Aslef, which represents around 70% of drivers, said LU was trying to force through new rosters which would mean drivers worked unlimited hours " Really? Thats unlikely because it would be illegal. FUD from a union, who'd have thought it. The ASLEF press release at http://www.aslef.org.uk/information/...ction_on_tube/ reads slightly differently: "ASLEF members on London Underground have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over the company’s decision to try to force through, without negotiation, new rosters which would mean Tube drivers will have to work an unlimited number of weekend and night shifts for no extra pay." presumably that worded to mean: work an unlimited number of weekend/night shifts without being paid for them. when the realty is: work an unlimited number of weekend/nights instead of the same number of weekday shifts what's the problem here. There isn't an unlimited number of weekend days in a year and if you don't share them out "fairly" there will be no-one working the weekday shifts tim |
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Another tube strike
"tim....." wrote:
"David Walters" wrote in message ... On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:35:20 +0000 (UTC), y wrote: So the overpaid button pushers will be out again on the 8th of July. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33180965 "Aslef, which represents around 70% of drivers, said LU was trying to force through new rosters which would mean drivers worked unlimited hours " Really? Thats unlikely because it would be illegal. FUD from a union, who'd have thought it. The ASLEF press release at http://www.aslef.org.uk/information/...ction_on_tube/ reads slightly differently: "ASLEF members on London Underground have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over the company’s decision to try to force through, without negotiation, new rosters which would mean Tube drivers will have to work an unlimited number of weekend and night shifts for no extra pay." presumably that worded to mean: work an unlimited number of weekend/night shifts without being paid for them. when the realty is: work an unlimited number of weekend/nights instead of the same number of weekday shifts what's the problem here. There isn't an unlimited number of weekend days in a year and if you don't share them out "fairly" there will be no-one working the weekday shifts I wonder, do they get paid more for "unsocial hours" shifts, or are they on fixed salaries for fixed hours, which can include a proportion of shifts at any time? |
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Another tube strike
"Recliner" wrote in message ... "tim....." wrote: "David Walters" wrote in message ... On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:35:20 +0000 (UTC), y wrote: So the overpaid button pushers will be out again on the 8th of July. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33180965 "Aslef, which represents around 70% of drivers, said LU was trying to force through new rosters which would mean drivers worked unlimited hours " Really? Thats unlikely because it would be illegal. FUD from a union, who'd have thought it. The ASLEF press release at http://www.aslef.org.uk/information/...ction_on_tube/ reads slightly differently: "ASLEF members on London Underground have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over the company’s decision to try to force through, without negotiation, new rosters which would mean Tube drivers will have to work an unlimited number of weekend and night shifts for no extra pay." presumably that worded to mean: work an unlimited number of weekend/night shifts without being paid for them. when the realty is: work an unlimited number of weekend/nights instead of the same number of weekday shifts what's the problem here. There isn't an unlimited number of weekend days in a year and if you don't share them out "fairly" there will be no-one working the weekday shifts I wonder, do they get paid more for "unsocial hours" shifts, or are they on fixed salaries for fixed hours, which can include a proportion of shifts at any time? Presumably that is the point TfL are (perhaps) asking them to work nights as part of a standard shift with no unsociable hours payments and if that is the complaint I am sure that most people would have sympathy with the view that it is wrong for an employer to expect this. So ISTM there is no need to the union to exaggerate their complaint by using weasel works that imply they are being asked to work extrta hours without being paid at all And then, I see no reason why this dispute has to be resolved by a threat of strike action. In a collective bargaining agreement [1] an employer cannot force changes in working terms and conditions upon staff without their agreement. All the employee's representative have to do is say "no we aren't going to agree to a change in our contracts to work "nights" unless there is suitable compensation for doing so" and the employer is snookered tim [1] You can't theoretically do it in any worker/employer relationship, but it much easier for workers to be "persuaded" if there isn't a union in the way |
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