underground strike

railwaybuddy · #1 7th September 2010, 13:52

have you heard about the london underground strikes

what do you think about it?

has it affected you?

HM181 · #2 9th September 2010, 12:55

Go for it Bob. (RMT Member for 30 years, and proud of it.)

John_142 · #3 9th September 2010, 13:23

I agree why should they cut Jobs just to save a few pounds, I say cut Child Benifits thats the problem withh this country too many Unemployed Single Parents give em condoms not money or even a free TV.

HM181 · #4 9th September 2010, 17:36

They have plans to sack all the Tube drivers, and replace them with electronics.
That just needs a fuse to blow, and there you are back in the channel Tunnel.

railwaybuddy · #5 16th September 2010, 15:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by HM181

They have plans to sack all the Tube drivers, and replace them with electronics.
That just needs a fuse to blow, and there you are back in the channel Tunnel.

bad idea wat they are thinking of doing

with a driver they can most probably fix the problem and get it working again
having a drive is more reliable

enigma45 · #6 16th September 2010, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by HM181

They have plans to sack all the Tube drivers, and replace them with electronics.
That just needs a fuse to blow, and there you are back in the channel Tunnel.

If this is correct I dread to think what would happen in the event of a fire in a tube tunnel. As an ex tube driver I remember Holland Park.

HM181 · #7 16th September 2010, 22:37

The argument is that if they can get men on the moon and back again to splash down on a tennis court of water in the Pacific in 1970, what can they do now.
Cruise Missiles come to mind.
As a long time railwayman and a NUR/RMT member any thing Bob does is right by me.
What did Arthur Scargill say about shutting pits, well it happened to some tune.
I would not trust a Politician/Senior Railway manager as far as I could throw them.
Its all about money and profit, not for us but the big companies.

Jim Christie · #8 16th September 2010, 23:49

To be fair I wouldn't trust Bob Crow as far as I could throw him (which isn't very far).
He's always struck me as an opportunistic, militant, stereotypical barrack room lawyer/whinger who perhaps isn't as clever as he needs to be for a man in his position.

In my opinion the RMT has never been the same since the passing of Jimmy Knapp.

John_142 · #9 17th September 2010, 09:35

Isnt the Jubilie Line already Automated ?

railwaybuddy · #10 17th September 2010, 16:06

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Originally Posted by John_142

Isnt the Jubilie Line already Automated ?

not yet
thank god

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