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Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 17:57:19 +0000
Charles Ellson wrote: On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:44:04 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:08:39 -0000 (UTC), Recliner wrote: wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:12:32 GMT Recliner wrote: Scott wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:01:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Thats a bit sophisticated for UK railways. Plus if it was done automatically the RMT would probably call a strike about taking work away from its members, thin end of the wedge, blah blah. I'm amazed we managed to get ATO anywhere in this country. Is this not more likely to affect ASLEF members? Yes, very much so. Aslef tend to be somewhat less militant. The RMT meanwhile consistently use strike threats to blackmail management. IMO its time railways were considered critical national infrastructure and so employees on them banned from striking. One of the first steps on the way to totalitarianism. Keeping the country running is more important than your orwellian fantasies. Perhaps you think the police should be free to strike? The country is running today with an almost total lack of trains. In any case, making strikes unlawful doesn't stop them occurring one way or another. Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:18:18 +0000 (UTC), wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 17:57:19 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:44:04 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:08:39 -0000 (UTC), Recliner wrote: wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:12:32 GMT Recliner wrote: Scott wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:01:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Thats a bit sophisticated for UK railways. Plus if it was done automatically the RMT would probably call a strike about taking work away from its members, thin end of the wedge, blah blah. I'm amazed we managed to get ATO anywhere in this country. Is this not more likely to affect ASLEF members? Yes, very much so. Aslef tend to be somewhat less militant. The RMT meanwhile consistently use strike threats to blackmail management. IMO its time railways were considered critical national infrastructure and so employees on them banned from striking. One of the first steps on the way to totalitarianism. Keeping the country running is more important than your orwellian fantasies. Perhaps you think the police should be free to strike? The country is running today with an almost total lack of trains. In any case, making strikes unlawful doesn't stop them occurring one way or another. Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. Also a surefire way to lose the next election and/or make even more people strike when they remember which other regimes have tried it. |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:18:18 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 17:57:19 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:44:04 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:08:39 -0000 (UTC), Recliner wrote: wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:12:32 GMT Recliner wrote: Scott wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:01:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Thats a bit sophisticated for UK railways. Plus if it was done automatically the RMT would probably call a strike about taking work away from its members, thin end of the wedge, blah blah. I'm amazed we managed to get ATO anywhere in this country. Is this not more likely to affect ASLEF members? Yes, very much so. Aslef tend to be somewhat less militant. The RMT meanwhile consistently use strike threats to blackmail management. IMO its time railways were considered critical national infrastructure and so employees on them banned from striking. One of the first steps on the way to totalitarianism. Keeping the country running is more important than your orwellian fantasies. Perhaps you think the police should be free to strike? The country is running today with an almost total lack of trains. In any case, making strikes unlawful doesn't stop them occurring one way or another. Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. Also a surefire way to lose the next election and/or make even more people strike when they remember which other regimes have tried it. Yes, that's certainly true. But a no-strike agreement with mandatory pendulum arbitration can work for all sides. |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
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On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 17:57:19 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:44:04 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:08:39 -0000 (UTC), Recliner wrote: wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:12:32 GMT Recliner wrote: Scott wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:01:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Thats a bit sophisticated for UK railways. Plus if it was done automatically the RMT would probably call a strike about taking work away from its members, thin end of the wedge, blah blah. I'm amazed we managed to get ATO anywhere in this country. Is this not more likely to affect ASLEF members? Yes, very much so. Aslef tend to be somewhat less militant. The RMT meanwhile consistently use strike threats to blackmail management. IMO its time railways were considered critical national infrastructure and so employees on them banned from striking. One of the first steps on the way to totalitarianism. Keeping the country running is more important than your orwellian fantasies. Perhaps you think the police should be free to strike? The country is running today with an almost total lack of trains. In any case, making strikes unlawful doesn't stop them occurring one way or another. Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? -- Jeremy Double |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
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, at 03:27:04 on Wed, 27 Dec 2017, Jeremy Double remarked: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? You don't need to sack/imprison more than a handful, of course; just enough to 'encourage the others'. Hence for example the original definition of decimate. -- Roland Perry |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
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On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 17:57:19 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:44:04 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:08:39 -0000 (UTC), Recliner wrote: wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:12:32 GMT Recliner wrote: Scott wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:01:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Thats a bit sophisticated for UK railways. Plus if it was done automatically the RMT would probably call a strike about taking work away from its members, thin end of the wedge, blah blah. I'm amazed we managed to get ATO anywhere in this country. Is this not more likely to affect ASLEF members? Yes, very much so. Aslef tend to be somewhat less militant. The RMT meanwhile consistently use strike threats to blackmail management. IMO its time railways were considered critical national infrastructure and so employees on them banned from striking. One of the first steps on the way to totalitarianism. Keeping the country running is more important than your orwellian fantasies. Perhaps you think the police should be free to strike? The country is running today with an almost total lack of trains. In any case, making strikes unlawful doesn't stop them occurring one way or another. Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. You might, however, like to arrange that you employ sufficient drivers to cover all services without needing overtime or rest day work (therefore achieving one of ASLEF's hitherto un-met aims) before enforcing your strike ban, otherwise you'll likely end up with a number of trains not running on a daily basis... Anna Noyd-Dryver |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:04:03 +0000
Charles Ellson wrote: On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:18:18 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. Also a surefire way to lose the next election and/or make even more people strike when they remember which other regimes have tried it. Yeah, right. Because banning prison officers from striking in 94 is what made the tories lose the election in 97, right? |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On 27 Dec 2017 03:27:04 GMT
Jeremy Double wrote: wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? A bit of pain is worth it in the end. Anyway, thats exactly what the air traffic controllers thought in the 80s in the USA until Reagan fired the lot of them. |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
Thanks for all these comments about Air Traffic controllers.
BTW, does anyone know why there's an overhead wire on the southbound platform of Highbury Station? |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:24:40 +0000 (UTC), wrote:
On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:04:03 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:18:18 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. Also a surefire way to lose the next election and/or make even more people strike when they remember which other regimes have tried it. Yeah, right. Because banning prison officers from striking in 94 is what made the tories lose the election in 97, right? Did they lock anyone up ? |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
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Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:36:58 +0000
Charles Ellson wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:25:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On 27 Dec 2017 03:27:04 GMT Jeremy Double wrote: wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? A bit of pain is worth it in the end. Anyway, thats exactly what the air traffic controllers thought in the 80s in the USA until Reagan fired the lot of them. Then took around ten years to clear up the consequences. Better 2 years of pain than another few decades of the **** the RMT are currently pulling. |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
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On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:36:58 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:25:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On 27 Dec 2017 03:27:04 GMT Jeremy Double wrote: wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? A bit of pain is worth it in the end. Anyway, thats exactly what the air traffic controllers thought in the 80s in the USA until Reagan fired the lot of them. Then took around ten years to clear up the consequences. Better 2 years of pain than another few decades of the **** the RMT are currently pulling. Who's gonna train your new train drivers after you've sacked all the instructors? ;) Anna Noyd-Dryver |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:30:35 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:36:58 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:25:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On 27 Dec 2017 03:27:04 GMT Jeremy Double wrote: wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? A bit of pain is worth it in the end. Anyway, thats exactly what the air traffic controllers thought in the 80s in the USA until Reagan fired the lot of them. Then took around ten years to clear up the consequences. Better 2 years of pain than another few decades of the **** the RMT are currently pulling. Who's gonna train your new train drivers after you've sacked all the instructors? ;) Some trained chimps? |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
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On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:30:35 -0000 (UTC) Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:36:58 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:25:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On 27 Dec 2017 03:27:04 GMT Jeremy Double wrote: wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? A bit of pain is worth it in the end. Anyway, thats exactly what the air traffic controllers thought in the 80s in the USA until Reagan fired the lot of them. Then took around ten years to clear up the consequences. Better 2 years of pain than another few decades of the **** the RMT are currently pulling. Who's gonna train your new train drivers after you've sacked all the instructors? ;) Some trained chimps? Now I know you’re trolling rather than trying to make a serious point. -- Jeremy Double |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
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, at 19:23:18 on Thu, 28 Dec 2017, Jeremy Double remarked: Some trained chimps? Now I know you’re trolling rather than trying to make a serious point. Oh please. He's been "only trolling" for years. -- Roland Perry |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On 2017\12\28 20:47, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 19:23:18 on Thu, 28 Dec 2017, Jeremy Double remarked: Some trained chimps? Now I know you’re trolling rather than trying to make a serious point. Oh please. He's been "only trolling" for years. Are "boltar" and "Roland Perry" not the same person? |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 06:18:30 +0000
Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\12\28 20:47, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 19:23:18 on Thu, 28 Dec 2017, Jeremy Double remarked: Some trained chimps? Now I know you’re trolling rather than trying to make a serious point. Oh please. He's been "only trolling" for years. Are "boltar" and "Roland Perry" not the same person? Wash your mouth out! |
Overhead wire in moorgate line stations
On 28 Dec 2017 19:23:18 GMT
Jeremy Double wrote: wrote: On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:30:35 -0000 (UTC) Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:36:58 +0000 Charles Ellson wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:25:32 +0000 (UTC), wrote: On 27 Dec 2017 03:27:04 GMT Jeremy Double wrote: wrote: Striking when in a no strike job is a surefire way to find yourself unemployed or even in prison shortly afterwards. If you’ve sacked or put in prison all the qualified railwaymen, how are you going run the trains in the months (or even years) until you’ve trained some more? A bit of pain is worth it in the end. Anyway, thats exactly what the air traffic controllers thought in the 80s in the USA until Reagan fired the lot of them. Then took around ten years to clear up the consequences. Better 2 years of pain than another few decades of the **** the RMT are currently pulling. Who's gonna train your new train drivers after you've sacked all the instructors? ;) Some trained chimps? Now I know you’re trolling rather than trying to make a serious point. Trolling and being sarcastic are not quite the same. Apparently train drivers are paid the big bucks for when things go wrong not when everything is going right. Unfortunately as has been proven time and time again when things do go wrong they are generally about as much use as the proverbial chocolate teapot and either the passengers end up walking along the track or have to sit in the train until it can be towed. Its time to admit that unlike back in the days of steam when driving a train was a bloody hard physical job, these days its nothing more than sitting in a moving office operating a computer and doesn't warrant 50K+ a year. |
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