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Northern Rail strikes
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Fiiine, I'll walk to work on the 27th and 28th, thanks, it's only 5 miles to Leyland, the fresh air will do me well...
Good, the exercise will do you Good!
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I've jogged it in under an hour (also from Preston) :P
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Good, the exercise will do you Good!
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It will hep burn off some Christmas turkey. Ask Santa for a bike should take you about 3mins. More comfortable and warmer than a pacer.
Well according to the BBC the guards originally traded away double pay on bank holidays for extra leave and higher salaries a few years ago. If this is the case them I'm afraid that the strikers don't have my support. (Not that I expect them to care of course as I'm just a lowly passenger). I should also say that if the BBC have got it wrong then I return to my usual position of neutrality when it comes to strikes.
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Well as a former railway man, on the Clerical side (TSSA) I was always able to avoid going on strike, although one time I was 'encouraged' not to cross the picket line. I went home, bu tthe move backfired on the strikers, as I wa son my way in to pay out the previous weeks wages, so they didn't get their wages. Hahaha, I really had a good laugh about that.
But from my experiencem strikes rarely achive the full and stated objective. Yes they might achieve a limited short term objective, but in the long term they only seem to be a lost cause.
I have seen strikes in both the rail industry, and after I left that, the strikes in the print industry, at the time of Wapping. All that the result was lost jobs and altered working practices. Both ASLEF & NGA are both lost casues now.
All this strike will do, is to inconveniance those who pay the wages of the strikers. They will use alternative means of getting to their destination and some of them will not return to using trains. While I accept that it is the right of every person to be legally able to withdraw their labour, at least think about the long term consiquensis.
But from my experiencem strikes rarely achive the full and stated objective. Yes they might achieve a limited short term objective, but in the long term they only seem to be a lost cause.
I have seen strikes in both the rail industry, and after I left that, the strikes in the print industry, at the time of Wapping. All that the result was lost jobs and altered working practices. Both ASLEF & NGA are both lost casues now.
All this strike will do, is to inconveniance those who pay the wages of the strikers. They will use alternative means of getting to their destination and some of them will not return to using trains. While I accept that it is the right of every person to be legally able to withdraw their labour, at least think about the long term consiquensis.
If that is the case, it makes my point all the more!
I understand there are valid reasons to call strike action. However...The timing and nature of strikes can often backfire; doing so at a time when people may be using the railways as an alternative to driving in dangerous conditions seems fairly short-sighted and very detrimental to the cause.
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