Off Topic How Are You Celebrating Brexit Day ?

Unlike the British public who have to obey laws from a government elected by just 35% of the electorate the drivers don't have to strike if they don't want to. Such a rule will remove the freedom to withdraw ones labour

 

My favourite strike was at a non-union firm when I was a courier. One of the drivers was sacked for writing graffiti in the lift.We all knew it was his mate wot done it, and all the drivers and dispatch riders came out on strike. After 3 hours the owner caved in and took the driver back.. Heady days.

 

Shame he only played about 20 games.

 

Unfortunately Ted, if you favour the producer over the consumer, history shows that you will be out of power for a very long time.

The exact same driver-only trains work perfectly safely in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham - Labour areas. Would ASLEF and the RMT be staging politically motivated strikes in Labour heartland areas ? I think not. They are targeting leafy Sussex and the South Coast because they [the unions] hate the sort of people who use their trains i.e. hardworking and successful taxpayers. This strike is nothing less than politically motivated Class War from a section of political society that knows that it is neutralised electorally under Corbyn. Shame on them.

 

I think Birmingham have got new foreign owners - no doubt Rowet's replacement will be another Walter Zenga or that struggling French non entity at Forest.
Birmingham were punching well above their weight under Rowett- watch them plummet now.

 

On Birmingham not606 there is a Gary Rowett thread - started by one "jono p acworth"

 

They apparently have Zola lined up. I'd be worried if I were a Birmingham fan

 

Birmingham's new Chinese owners said to be interested in appointing Malky McKay.

 

Just a shame his career was prematurely ended by injury.
And he did a super job at Burton. I can see him at QPR once Holloway is sacked.

 

A thing of the past!

 

The Holloway appointment was madness. Think we started the trend with Fraeye for stupid managerial appointments.

 

Joe Kinnear is the best one I can think of prior to us (and possibly ever).

 

Fascinating expose in C4 about JD Sports. Investigative journalism at its best.

 

Yeah that was a total shock to be fair.

Then Karel Fraeye made it look like a masterstroke move by Newcastle.

 

This signing was not one of Curbishley's best.

He was going to sign Rowett then he got a long term injury, Charlton put it back twelve months then later picked up another injury.

I do stand corrected on the above though.

 

unfortunate with the injury, but he was cracking when he played.

Sure the club got a fair whack back through insurance too

 

Ted, do you realise that the Unions are the only people in the UK --- the ONLY ---who can not be sued, by a third party, for financial loss due to their actions. You can understand why, because it would be financially impossible for a Union to call a strike in normal circumstances if they weren't exempt, but there are times when this exemption can be abused by Union leaders..... also????... do Union leaders lose their pay if they call their members out on strike? or do they still get their full pay from Union funds? Perhaps somebody knows?

 

I'm almost sure they still get full pay. The other side of the coin is what happens when low-paid workers have no union to protect them, as in the likes of JD Sports, Amazon, SportsDirect. The list goes on, but it's back to Victorian sweatshop times, no exaggeration.

 

Some would enjoy that unfortunately.