[klordger1900]

Problem with all these strikes now is that businesses everywhere are competitive. Most of our customers want their contrs moved at the cheapest possible rates otherwise they go elsewhere. We have to quote using railfreight rates to be competitive so any work which we are forced to switch from rail to road will be at our expense. My business has to pay the haulier to pull the contrs because the railways wont. That is losing my industry a lot of money because we have to keep our customers goods moving and they wont pay any additional charges. Now just to compound that with a 4 day holiday due there is already a drag on road haulage so when the trains do stop, the work they should be doing will only be covered by road hauliers the week after next so guess who pays for the bloody contr demurrage and quay rent? It wont be my customer will it - but it has to be paid in cash by my industry before the contrs are released for delivery.
Pls explain to me how all this is going to help UK plc?
Also all those good folks who are made redundant will surely be made offers of jobs by the other rail infrastructure companies who will be offerred the work which NR has to complete. There wont be many left on the scrap heap after a few months (I would like to know if this is the case). NR are reducing their bottom line costs by shedding jobs and not paying out so many salaries on a 24/7 basis. They therefore defer payments on the work which needs to be done because companies like Jarvis wont take them to court to recover monies owed to them (it was their biggest customer after all, so who sues their biggest customer until it is too late).