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Rail Strike Has Been Called Off

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 21 May 2015 15:14

There is some good news for those travelling over the Bank Holiday weekend :-) the rail strike planned for Monday & Tuesday next week has been called off :-)

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 21 May 2015 15:30

It was always going to be called off. The whole thing is a sort of lobster quadrille whereby the mgt demonstrate to the govt how tuf they r and the union shows it is will get top dollar for its members. Neither side wants to seriously damage the other.

By west European standard pay for rail workers is pretty average while their productivity is higher than most except Swiss Rail. And even they go on strike ...

So now the Tories are pinning their hopes on a tube strike.

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The Man In the High Castle

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 21 May 2015 15:39

RolloTheRed - judging by the mood in several areas that government has demanded cuts :-( they will get all the strikes thay want and more :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Dermot

Dermot Report 21 May 2015 15:53

Any word of the French Air Traffic Controllers 'go slow'?