Southern Rail STRIKE details

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

It's hardly been shown as waving the white flag with such a close vote, surely? Sounds pretty close to a doable deal.

I guess the next step is they start to whittle down the exception list to one that's only half a mile long.

 

[Badger]

Why not? If the technology is put in place why not use it?

I bet the driverless trains would join a union and go on strike.

 

[sparkie]

Why not? If the technology is put in place why not use it?

I wouldn't trust it until there had been a significant test phase on british mainline busy routes.

 

[Ernest]

It's hardly been shown as waving the white flag with such a close vote, surely? Sounds pretty close to a doable deal.

What would you put a TENNER on , the dispute being over on May 7th or the Albion being in the PL ?

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I guess the next step is they start to whittle down the exception list to one that's only half a mile long.

Well exactly, they negotiate to a position where the balance of members' opinion switches sufficiently.

It will be interesting to see how that goes - now we have a baseline, surely any move towards to RMT position will see a general swing from No to Yes in any subsequent ballot. It's only a matter of time before we get a Yes vote.

 

[pasty]

What would you put a TENNER on , the dispute being over on May 7th or the Albion being in the PL ?

I'd put a tenner on Albion being in the Champions League final before this ends.

 

[bhanutz]

What would you put a TENNER on , the dispute being over on May 7th or the Albion being in the PL ?

I would say 54% are STUPID....Hey Enrest?

 

[Diablo]

Only 33% of the drivers support the deal then...

Rubbish !! .. Only 33% of the drivers voted to support the deal ..28% didn`t vote (no one knows whether they support deal or not).

 

[bhanutz]

Rubbish !! .. Only 33% of the drivers voted to support the deal ..28% didn`t vote (no one knows whether they support deal or not).

Well if they felt strongly against it, they WOULD have voted... Not Rubbish now is it?

 

[pearl]

I thought that the way trade unionism worked was that the rank and file were just a bunch of sheep who always followed the instructions laid down by the militant Marxist leadership.

Apparently not. The members seem to have taken to acting in solidarity with each other, regardless of what the leadership appears to have agreed.

and in solidarity with the guards etc.

 

[coagulantwolf]

Rubbish !! .. Only 33% of the drivers voted to support the deal ..28% didn`t vote (no one knows whether they support deal or not).

But this is my point, you're trying to say that less than 40% want to scupper the deal, when actually that's not the case - because we don't know of the other 28%!

 

[Diablo]

Well if they felt strongly against it, they WOULD have voted... Not Rubbish now is it?

so you`re saying most of the non voters would have been in support of deal..inclined to agree but we`ll never know.

 

[bhanutz]

so you`re saying most of the non voters would have been in support of deal..inclined to agree but we`ll never know.

Logic would point me to that conclusion!

 

[Gazwag]

And a 72% turnout.

So over 5,000 members couldn't be bothered to vote then, or was it that they couldn't get there to vote as their train was cancelled.

 

[Murray 17]

The RMT members are losing a lot of money striking over very little, so another day of the noddy service

The money aspect would be significant if they earnt £20-£30k a year I guess.

 

[Yoda]

So over 5,000 members couldn't be bothered to vote then, or was it that they couldn't get there to vote as their train was cancelled.

If Southern had that many ASLEF drivers there would never be a train late for late of crew.

You know only Southern staff would've been able to vote, not the whole of ASLEF.

 

[Deadly Danson]

So over 5,000 members couldn't be bothered to vote then, or was it that they couldn't get there to vote as their train was cancelled.

260 didn't vote.

 

[Gazwag]

If Southern had that many ASLEF drivers there would never be a train late for late of crew.

You know only Southern staff would've been able to vote, not the whole of ASLEF.

260 didn't vote.

Oh right ok, my mistake

 

[bhanutz]

260 didn't vote.

260 that would have accepted the deal!

 

[Ernest]

260 that would have accepted the deal!

Proof or are those voices in your head at it again ?