Supertram staff to strike..

[Hook 10]

We’re your unions sleeping when they took it away?

 

We get 150% premium for working 12hr shifts and on weekends. Plus we get 8% of our weekly wage per day we work shifts. So there is never shortage of volunteers to work shifts

 

It hasn’t actually happened yet: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/theresa-may-sainsburys-contract-changes-pay-cut-national-living-wage-a8362246.html

[NicolaJayne 40]

Presumably this is being run by scabs? It amazes me how they can pay all these extra drivers and buses from Manchester, and not paid the pay rise for their own workers. Like Busdriver1 said previously, Stagecoach are stubborn.

 

Ah well, at least the bus operators can reap some of the rewards and cash in from these actions and traffic should be more free flowing through many places thanks to the trams not running!

 

if you are not a member of the Union on strike you are not a Strike Breaker

 

if you are a management grade with operational competence you are not a strike breaker .

 

but then again South Yorkshire Unions and their (lack of) knowledge and understanding of the laws surrounding strikes are a matter of public record

 

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Public or private sector?

 

as i explained in my posting earlier today, there are private sector employers who continue to pay shift premiums .

 

this is primarily because not all rotas or departments have the same(ish) share of unsocial hours .

 

if you;ve got a fairly homogenous set of rotas and the vast majority of people work similar amounts of weekend and unsocial hours, you just role it up into one standard rate of pay

[cgksheff 44]

Strange thoughts there.

 

A strikebreaker (scab) is anybody that goes in to perform the tasks of anyone on strike ... whether they be union or not, company or outside, state or private.

[ez8004 10]

Public or private sector?

 

Would it matter if it was either or?

 

In my case, it is private sector.

[lesserthan1 10]

Strange thoughts there.

 

A strikebreaker (scab) is anybody that goes in to perform the tasks of anyone on strike ... whether they be union or not, company or outside, state or private.

 

Yep, brilliant stuff. Typical Sheffield. Maybe the person who'd been working today simply feels that they are being rewarded sufficiently for a low skilled job that doesn't require much training and isn't that stressful or dangerous? Maybe they just wanted the cash, or weren't members of Lenny's union. Btw, is red len on £10-12 an hour or is he creaming it off the workers too, like the bosses of stagecoach? Just asking like... But I'd suggest that the person being in charge of a union should be paid the average wage of the workers who contribute to it, not £140k. Socialism really does work for some...

 

Anyway, my point for posting was that stagecoach will now not get any of my money at all. My walk to and home from work was pretty easy really, made me consider why I bother getting the tram. Reminded me of my days on the dole when I used to walk to town in the rain to sign on. I guess I just got lazy! Well done stagecoach and well done workers! I'll be fitter and richer soon!

[nikki-red 308]

Posts have been removed. If you cant have a discussion without resorting to bickering and name calling then please dont post.

 

 

Thank you.

[foxydebs 36]

There is if the employer offers it. Some do pay a bonus for late / weekend working. Alas that’s one of the problems we now have, weekend working is seen as the norm so doesn’t attract extra ££

 

I meant there isnt at supertram.

 

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Yep, brilliant stuff. Typical Sheffield. Maybe the person who'd been working today simply feels that they are being rewarded sufficiently for a low skilled job that doesn't require much training and isn't that stressful or dangerous? Maybe they just wanted the cash, or weren't members of Lenny's union. Btw, is red len on £10-12 an hour or is he creaming it off the workers too, like the bosses of stagecoach? Just asking like... But I'd suggest that the person being in charge of a union should be paid the average wage of the workers who contribute to it, not £140k. Socialism really does work for some...

 

Anyway, my point for posting was that stagecoach will now not get any of my money at all. My walk to and home from work was pretty easy really, made me consider why I bother getting the tram. Reminded me of my days on the dole when I used to walk to town in the rain to sign on. I guess I just got lazy! Well done stagecoach and well done workers! I'll be fitter and richer soon!

 

Red len is on a lot more than his members, some who seem to blindly follow him.

[pattricia 580]

I must add that the traffic through Hillsborough ran more smoothly yesterday when Supertram were on strike. Reminded me of the good old days before the tram.

[feargal 21]

I must add that the traffic through Hillsborough ran more smoothly yesterday when Supertram were on strike. Reminded me of the good old days before the tram.

 

the tram was running though, wasn't it?! I'm sure I saw at least 3 come through while I was in the area

[Ms Macbeth 76]

Would it matter if it was either or?

 

In my case, it is private sector.

 

It doesn't matter, but I'm aware it's common practice in much of the public sector. I wasn't sure about private sector employers. Yours must be one of the better employers.

[Michael_N 36]

Of the trams that were running yesterday, were there any conductors working onboard? Looked to be free rides for all!

 

Most of the replacement buses also seemed to be carting fresh air around, looked a complete waste of money and with the money they have spent drafting in these buses and drivers from Manchester and elsewhere around the UK, they could have actually paid their staff the increase they were asking for and avoided this situation fully.

 

I suspect the same shambles of a service will take place again on Thursday? Hopefully this time some of the bus drivers will know where they are going, and not make up there own routes (one we was on to Meadowhall ended up running down the Parkway after he got lost!).

[SpiderPete 10]

Of the trams that were running yesterday, were there any conductors working onboard? Looked to be free rides for all!

 

 

the tram I was on had a conductor on.