Keith Sansum1 wrote:Bob of course has aright to a view
but those within the RMT in his ward I'm sure will recall the last posting at election time
With house prices being what they are in Deal fortunately very few RMT members (average salary tram/train driver £47,101) can afford to live in Deal. The Town Council is hoping to get the town motto from
Deal "ADJUVATE ADVENAS" (Befriend the Stranger) as it appears on road signs to
Deal "REASSURINGLY EXPENSIVE".
I did see Mick Cash in the estate agents the other day though!
(RMT general secretary Mick Cash, who was appointed general secretary of the RMT in October 2014, receives a salary of £128,437.)
For those who actually stupid enough to think the strike is 'not political' just look back on London Underground.
When Boris proposed Night Tubes and moving the ticket seller from his lair on to the platform to actually do something useful there was trouble and strife from the unions.
A change of Mayor and all the problems have disappeared overnight. Indeed Sadiq Khan has now announced driverless Tubes without a peep out of the band of brothers!
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-driverless-piccadilly-line-trains-could-be-launched-in-2023-a3420061.html
Presumably they will roll over and accept this as rather than an example of wicked capitalists automating workers' jobs to increase their profit margins, this is an example of the white heat of socialist technology freeing the oppressed from mindlessly repetitive jobs?