Arriva North West bus strike

[Bevan Price]

RE: Potential Arriva North West bus strike

(21/07/2022 23:43)motormayhem1 Wrote:  So is the 8% worked out by total loss of weeks income for each week they strike or is the 8% based on the payment they receive off the union each week of strike ?

I have no idea what money -if any - they get from their TU. One month not working is about 1/12th of a year, or very roughly 8%.

As I wrote before, I think the drivers deserve better offers, but if you lose more money by striking than you gain from any better offer in that year, you are financially worse off.

As for Scargill - he fell into Thatcher's trap - a battle that he and NUM were never going to be allowed to win. He (unintentionally) showed that the country could manage without coal from NUM workers and their pits - and Thatcher took adnantage of that to let many pits be closed.

And beware of Tory leader candidates who express a love of Thatcherism - they may be equally willing to "sacrifice" sections of other industries, including public transport......