To think we should strike like the Japanese?

11 replies

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 16/06/2022 22:36

When the Japanese train drivers decided to strike they still went to work, the trains ran on time and people got to where they needed to go.

However every journey was free, meaning it cost their employers as the trains still ran but it didn't disrupt those that relied on the service.

This gains public support and still puts pressure on the operators. Seems like win win.

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PurpleDaisies · 16/06/2022 22:37

How would that work logistically?

CodeNamechange · 16/06/2022 22:40

British people pay for their trains online or through the ticket booths or electronic things that you press at the train station the money goes directly to the company I dont see how this would theoretically work

funkysheep · 16/06/2022 22:41

Sounds great - surely they could just open the ticket barriers? The staff can do that anyway when a ticket doesn't work.

romdowa · 16/06/2022 22:42

CodeNamechange · 16/06/2022 22:40

I presume the gates in the train station would be opened so you wouldn't scan your card etc

SpringBadger · 16/06/2022 22:42

Yes, I'm confused. The train drivers have no control over who pays, and there are so many different ways to pay, so various systems and teams would need to be involved.

LemonSwan · 16/06/2022 22:46

That’s actually genius. Although people would use it as an opportunity to go places they usually couldn’t afford or do an extra trip potentially. Lovely for them really but can you imagine how rammed the trains would be 😳

PurpleDaisies · 16/06/2022 22:47

I presume the gates in the train station would be opened so you wouldn't scan your card etc

Who is in control of that?

Longdistance · 16/06/2022 22:51

Well your season ticket holder won’t benefit and as it’ll be a free for all, loads will take the piss and they’d be loads of people crammed on trains.
We’re not Japan and the culture and people there are different.

EmmaH2022 · 16/06/2022 22:53

Longdistance · 16/06/2022 22:51

Pretty sure this was tried on the Tube and those were indeed the problems.

BadLad · 16/06/2022 23:08

It sounds like the OP is talking about a bus strike, not a train strike.

japantoday.com/category/national/okayama-buses-strike-by-continuing-to-run-and-refusing-to-take-anyone%E2%80%99s-money

Boohooyouho · 17/06/2022 00:09

Doing as suggested would constitute gross misconduct and the staff would be fired. Industrial action has a very strict set of rules in this country.

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