London Underground

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RE: London Underground

(27/12/2012 22:42)jtd508110 Wrote:  I'm sorry, but where I work, I was in yesterday, flat rate with my shift starting at 7am. I'm afraid that you're right that pointless things get in the way such as football, but some of us are able to get on with it. Some southeastern trains were running yesterday. My mother was in work on a 12 hour shift in a safety critical job, yet she could contain her drinking, as could I

But that is entirely your problem/choice.

Maybe if you went on strike, you would find yourself with double time next year? All this rubbish about being "lucky to have a job" is spewed out by corporate entities to silence the workforce's demands. There are plenty of good jobs out there. Employees undervalue themselves though, as a result of what management tell them.

My pay has increased by about 30% in the last 2-3 years with my terms and conditions massively improved (Annual Leave, pensions, travel entitlements, working hours etc). Me and my colleagues are obviously worth that amount because:

a) They met our demands
b) They are still within Departmental budgets
c) I feel that I am paid fairly.

Had I worked in a non-unionised workplace, me and my colleagues would not have gotten such good employment packages.

Ironically, your own post sums up the problem with London Underground.

Southeastern staff get time and half + day in lieu for working Boxing Day, and is diagrammed on a "volunteer" basis, hence some, limited, services run.

London Underground want staff to be forced to work Boxing Day with no "compensation" for doing so.

You have to compare apples with apples, (i.e. rail with rail), rather than with whatever job you do.