The Mapmaker wrote:I should ban all cars and taxis from the congestion zone and bring in extra buses/coaches.
The Mapmaker wrote:I should tell the Metronet workers to stuff their pensions and redundancies and take the opportunity to get rid of the lot of them and bring in a new, non-unionised team.
The Mapmaker wrote:Showing that it wasn't really his fault.Instead he tells them what they want to hear, and they strike anyway.
The Mapmaker wrote:According to walkit.com by walking to work this morning I burned 300 calories, saving 0.34kg of CO2 had I gone by bus. It neglects to point out that I probably generated between 0.1 and 0.2kg of additional CO2.
Neil wrote:The taxi drivers would be very angry!
Quote:You dont want that lot against you if you're running for re-election!
Neil wrote:The Mapmaker wrote:That would be illegal.I should tell the Metronet workers ... bring in a new, non-unionised team.
neil wrote:The Mapmaker wrote:Showing that it wasn't really his fault.Instead he tells them what they want to hear, and they strike anyway.
The Mapmaker wrote:Neil wrote:The Mapmaker wrote:That would be illegal.I should tell the Metronet workers ... bring in a new, non-unionised team.
Not necessarily. Metronet will not be the company servicing the tube. It would only be necessary for the new contractor not to take on the old staff en masse. Do you think that those people deserve jobs?
The Mapmaker wrote:Neil wrote:The taxi drivers would be very angry!
So what. There are ?10,000? of them. There are 3m tube commuters who are even angrier.
The Mapmaker wrote:Quote:You dont want that lot against you if you're running for re-election!
Proving that for a politician his political career is more important than the people whom he was elected to serve.
The Mapmaker wrote:Neil wrote:The Mapmaker wrote:That would be illegal.I should tell the Metronet workers ... bring in a new, non-unionised team.
Not necessarily. Metronet will not be the company servicing the tube. It would only be necessary for the new contractor not to take on the old staff en masse. Do you think that those people deserve jobs?
The Mapmaker wrote:neil wrote:The Mapmaker wrote:Instead he tells them what they want to hear, and they strike anyway.
Showing that it wasn't really his fault.
Indeed. Showing that the union has no grounds for striking - surely YOUR boss would sack you if you didn't bother turning up to work for no reason.
The Mapmaker wrote:So Neil you will stand up for the rights of striking tube drivers, cab drivers who impede buses, and politicians who bend over backwards not to irritate small but vocal groups. Yet you appear utterly, utterly dismissive of the discomfort of the remaining 9.99m Londoners.
The Mapmaker wrote:And I don't know the exact nature of Metronet's relationship with the tube, but if I sack Arthur Andersen who have gone bankrupt and take on KPMG then TUPE does not apply to the staff even if they move to KPMG. It does not have to be illegal.
The Mapmaker wrote:I remain bemused as to why striking workers are protected by legislation. If employers are in breach of contract then workers can resort to the courts. If not, then workers can find themselves another job.
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