To no longer support strike action?

[Sobloodydone]

I live in Liverpool where there is currently a bus workers strike going on, entering its 4th week after a walk out demanding pay that meets inflation. They have been offered in increase that they turned down claiming it wasn’t enough.

I am beyond frustrated now as the entire city is pretty much out of action in regards to public transport. It’s costing £25 a day in taxis to get to work who have said no working from home and threatening termination if attendance is missed. It’s just not sustainable!

I am working class and long supported strikes and many people have the opinion we should be supporting them no questions asked but what about the thousands of people they are affecting? Nobody is getting the price of inflation matched within their wages. Supposed to believe we’re all in it together when supporting them but what about everyone else who can’t get to work/hospital/shops/see their elderly family?! It’s an indefinite walk out so god knows what will happen if kids can’t get to school in 3 weeks!

I live just outside London and I naturally assume there's a strike or disruption on the trains at any given time. And have done for a few years now.

Kinda just got used to it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Airport border agents will be striking soon. Though I am not sure it will make any difference with how most I encountered were😂

Did they get a decent pay rise though?

Yes. They got the 11.1% pay rise they were asking for. Or in real terms, they are still earning the same as they did last year.

Most of us did not vote for the government we have either.

Good for them. Nice to see a happy ending for a change.

So we have to suffer a cut every year to avoid "an infinitely worse economic shit storm"
Capitalism doesn't look that attractive if that's the best it can do.

Exactly. CEOs of FTSE100 companies got an average of 23% rise last year - there's no belt tightening "we're all struggling" for those cunts.

They are w+++++s

If they are not happy with their salary they should get another job
Simple as

If you are not getting paid enough - change your job

I like when wind up merchants suddenly pop in with these super valuable contributions 😁

Deguster · 08/08/2022 14:40

I am also in the area and the bus drivers' salaries are high for Merseyside.

£1,200 per month, before tax isn't exactly stellar.

If your wages aren't keeping up with inflation, join a union.

www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union

Weren't they on about 26k a year?
If i had to deal with ehat they are dealing with I would want 62🙈

The government is hoping that strikers will lose public support, so well done you for falling in line. If a strike doesn’t disrupt services it isn’t worth doing. Industrial action is a worker’s only weapon, and it’s a weapon of last resort.

If they are not happy with their salary they should get another job. Simple as

Yes because it's SO easy to get another job isn't it?

Cheesuswithallama · Today 13:55

Weren't they on about 26k a year?

uk.indeed.com/career/bus-driver/salaries/Liverpool

"Average base salary £12.44"

Yeah it's a piece of piss for a bus driver to get a job as a FTSE100 CEO. What a load of shit.

your a wanker

Yeah that makes 25k a year nearly so not 1200 before tax.

I am on their side but giving like half wage as information doesn't help anyone.

Doh! More like £1,700 a month. I'll blame my fat fingers, not my thickness....

😁

That's how I got my job, I thought "I'm not earning enough, I want to be at exec level" and they said "okay" and here I am. I think the postgrad, qualifications and experience, alongside several not as well-paid jobs previously, were irrelevant.

In the first half I thought you will go for LinkedIn like story😂

@Loics - 😂😂