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London bus strikes
On Oct 9, 8:05�pm, "4sub" wrote:
wrote in message ... From the union's website today (MY RESPONSE IN UPPER-CASE):- Unite submitted a London wide claim to all bus operators in March of this year to challenge the current system whereby drivers (and other grades) performing identical jobs within the TfL regulated industry, receive hugely varying pay and conditions. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD: DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING THE SAME JOB IN DIFFERENT COMPANIES GET PAID DIFFERENTLY. GET REAL AND GET OVER IT. Unite is calling for a single rate of pay for drivers of ?30,000 a year, based on a 38 hour week. Currently the 18 London bus companies all operate with different pay structures, with pay inequalities of up to ?6,000 a year. ?30,000 A YEAR!!!! �I WENT TO UNIVERSITY FOR 4 YEARS, AND DID 2 YEARS' TRAINING AFTER THAT, AND 20 YEARS LATER I STILL DON'T GET THAT MUCH! SHOCK HORROR: SOME DRIVERS EARN ?6,000 LESS THAN OTHERS!!!!! � 38 HOURS A BLOODY WEEK AND ?30,0000 - I AM GENUINELY INCREDULOUS! Peter Kavanagh, Unite senior regional organiser, said: "There is a startling disparity between bus drivers' pay in the capital, with rosters in some companies seeing many drivers' complete nearly 60 hours per week. WHAT'S "STARTLING" ABOUT PAY DISPARITY? OKAY, LET'S EQUALISE EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE LOWEST CURRENT PAY AVAILABLE. "Not only is this potentially unsafe, it is unfair to have bus workers across London doing the same job for less money or having to put in much longer hours. WHAT IS "UNSAFE" ABOUT SOME DRIVERS EARNING MORE THAN OTHERS? OR DO SOME DRIVERS ONLY BECOME "SAFE" WHEN EARNING OVER ?30,000P.A.? "Our members will continue to strike AND TREAT THE REST OF US WITH UTTER CONTEMPT and we will continue to ballot further bus companies until Boris Johnson listens up WHAT'S IT GOT TO DO WITH HIM? and engages in serious discussions for equal pay for all London bus workers." THESE ARE PRIVATE COMPANIES, AND FREE TO PAY WHATEVER THE MARKET WILL TAKE. TYPICAL THAT THE UNIONS SHOULD WANT TO INVOLVE CITY HALL BUREAUCRATS TO SUPPORT THEIR SPURIOUS CLAIM - THE WHOLE POINT OF PRIVATISATION WAS TO PREVENT THIS NONSENSE. Marc. Sounds like you need to drive a bus and earn real money. Yes, I'd be GLAD to work for 38 hours a week and get up to �30,000, regular hours, no "homework", paid holidays, free travel, pension, free uniform etc, etc. Sounds like a real cushy number - pity the striking "drivers" don't think so. |
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wrote in message ... On Oct 9, 8:05�pm, "4sub" wrote: wrote in message ... From the union's website today (MY RESPONSE IN UPPER-CASE):- Unite submitted a London wide claim to all bus operators in March of this year to challenge the current system whereby drivers (and other grades) performing identical jobs within the TfL regulated industry, receive hugely varying pay and conditions. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD: DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING THE SAME JOB IN DIFFERENT COMPANIES GET PAID DIFFERENTLY. GET REAL AND GET OVER IT. Unite is calling for a single rate of pay for drivers of ?30,000 a year, based on a 38 hour week. Currently the 18 London bus companies all operate with different pay structures, with pay inequalities of up to ?6,000 a year. ?30,000 A YEAR!!!! �I WENT TO UNIVERSITY FOR 4 YEARS, AND DID 2 YEARS' TRAINING AFTER THAT, AND 20 YEARS LATER I STILL DON'T GET THAT MUCH! SHOCK HORROR: SOME DRIVERS EARN ?6,000 LESS THAN OTHERS!!!!! � 38 HOURS A BLOODY WEEK AND ?30,0000 - I AM GENUINELY INCREDULOUS! Peter Kavanagh, Unite senior regional organiser, said: "There is a startling disparity between bus drivers' pay in the capital, with rosters in some companies seeing many drivers' complete nearly 60 hours per week. WHAT'S "STARTLING" ABOUT PAY DISPARITY? OKAY, LET'S EQUALISE EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE LOWEST CURRENT PAY AVAILABLE. "Not only is this potentially unsafe, it is unfair to have bus workers across London doing the same job for less money or having to put in much longer hours. WHAT IS "UNSAFE" ABOUT SOME DRIVERS EARNING MORE THAN OTHERS? OR DO SOME DRIVERS ONLY BECOME "SAFE" WHEN EARNING OVER ?30,000P.A.? "Our members will continue to strike AND TREAT THE REST OF US WITH UTTER CONTEMPT and we will continue to ballot further bus companies until Boris Johnson listens up WHAT'S IT GOT TO DO WITH HIM? and engages in serious discussions for equal pay for all London bus workers." THESE ARE PRIVATE COMPANIES, AND FREE TO PAY WHATEVER THE MARKET WILL TAKE. TYPICAL THAT THE UNIONS SHOULD WANT TO INVOLVE CITY HALL BUREAUCRATS TO SUPPORT THEIR SPURIOUS CLAIM - THE WHOLE POINT OF PRIVATISATION WAS TO PREVENT THIS NONSENSE. Marc. Sounds like you need to drive a bus and earn real money. Yes, I'd be GLAD to work for 38 hours a week and get up to �30,000, regular hours, no "homework", paid holidays, free travel, pension, free uniform etc, etc. Sounds like a real cushy number - pity the striking "drivers" don't think so. **** me youre right!! Were do I go to join?? ......I,ll bring the whole family over from Warsaw!! Miroslaw Czovinski |
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On 9 Oct, 20:10, " wrote:
On Oct 9, 8:05 pm, "4sub" wrote: Sounds like you need to drive a bus and earn real money. Yes, I'd be GLAD to work for 38 hours a week and get up to 30,000, regular hours, no "homework", paid holidays, free travel, pension, free uniform etc, etc. *Sounds like a real cushy number - pity the striking "drivers" don't think so. Feel free to take a PSV test. Free uniform is hardly a perk, having to wear a uniform is a major disadvantage -- it'd be worse than having to wear a suit! Paid holidays are quite normal for people on continuing contracts. |
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Feel free to take a PSV test. Free uniform is hardly a perk, having to
wear a uniform is a major disadvantage -- it'd be worse than having to wear a suit! I spend about �1,500 p.a. on clothing and laundering, so free uniform would be a perk for me. But free travel, paid holidays, paid sick leave, contributory pension are all luxuries to someone who is self-employed and earns nothing when ill or on holiday, has to provide his own pension, medical insurance etc, etc. Marc. |
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And, indeed, I will earn nothing on Friday thanks to these *******s
who will prevent me from getting to work. Marc. |
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wrote in message ... And, indeed, I will earn nothing on Friday thanks to these *******s who will prevent me from getting to work. Marc. Really, are you trapped in 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist's'. |
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On Oct 9, 9:04 pm, " wrote:
Feel free to take a PSV test. Free uniform is hardly a perk, having to wear a uniform is a major disadvantage -- it'd be worse than having to wear a suit! I spend about 1,500 p.a. on clothing and laundering, so free uniform would be a perk for me. But free travel, paid holidays, paid sick leave, contributory pension are all luxuries to someone who is self-employed and earns nothing when ill or on holiday, has to provide his own pension, medical insurance etc, etc. Typical contractors we employ in my office get about 2x normal salary -- and that's quite low for the field. If you're in a £24k job and spending 10% of your net income on clothing, you need to get a new job. |
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On 10 Oct, 09:32, Paul Weaver wrote:
Typical contractors we employ in my office get about 2x normal salary -- and that's quite low for the field. If you're in a £24k job and spending 10% of your net income on clothing, you need to get a new job. Indeed. I've never been especially convinced by the logic of "I've got two PhDs in astrophysics and only make GBP5 per week, so $group_of_manual_workers should starve in the gutter"... -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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On Oct 10, 10:00 am, John B wrote:
Indeed. I've never been especially convinced by the logic of "I've got two PhDs in astrophysics and only make GBP5 per week, so $group_of_manual_workers should starve in the gutter"... A job should be paid on the amount of effort (either physical or mental) or danger it entails. Hence deep sea divers are paid a lot, scientists and soldiers should be paid a lot but arn't , bus drivers should not. Their job is neither mentally or physically taxing and apart from the odd yob with a flick knife in certain dodgy areas not exactly dangerous either. B2003 |
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On 10 Oct, 11:37, Boltar wrote:
On Oct 10, 10:00 am, John B wrote: Indeed. I've never been especially convinced by the logic of "I've got two PhDs in astrophysics and only make GBP5 per week, so $group_of_manual_workers should starve in the gutter"... A job should be paid on the amount of effort (either physical or mental) or danger it entails. A job should be paid on the end result. Valuing that result is easier said than done though. Hence deep sea divers are paid a lot, scientists and soldiers should be paid a lot but arn't , bus drivers should not. Their job is neither mentally or physically taxing and apart from the odd yob with a flick knife in certain dodgy areas not exactly dangerous either. Should cycle couriers be paid a fortune? |
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