Problem is, as all plates and badges fall on different dates, who will be sacrificed first, then will the rest follow? Doubt it.
I worked six hours for £23.00 yesterday off the ranks in Newcastle. A friend did the same at Lansdowne on Monday night, 6 hours for £18.00, there’s no DRIVERS got it great, we are all struggling, badly.
However, some claim to have the answer, work longer shifts, or come and go all day, 1 hour in the house four at work. Yes we are probably capable of doing this, at what price? Divorces? Kids who don’t know who their father is? Endangering the public? Or meeting the grim reaper 10 years sooner?
The office owners wont here the calls for help & the council seem intent on turning there backs until you gather en mass to protest!
me, I know this summer will be a tough one, maybe even make or break, but if I don’t come through the storm, then I like many others know that the councils and office owners are heading towards a fleet of taxis that they deserve, a fleet where the majority don’t give two …
And finally …
We’re in a climate of rebellion, people are rebelling against those who have taken so much, promised us everything and delivered nothing but further problems! Banks, private sector, businesses and governments, no one is safe at the moment!
And should our comfy owners of large offices be any different?
After all, they have a verbal contract that they under obligation take your one hundred and odd pounds every week, and in return give you the chance to make a profit.
but at some offices, this is no longer happening, rising ‘bits’ or escalating driver numbers have damaged the average earnings. Without either of these happening, most drivers would be able to ride out the recession, add these two and the future looks gloomy.
perhaps, it is time for some DRIVERS at large offices to form ‘unions’, a designated group of drivers, who will liaise with the other drivers on the problems they face at the office there at. It could be anything from driver numbers and bits to bent desk clerks, after all who else will look after your livelihood? Do you any longer trust the offices to do this for you?
And after all, as individuals, you are nothing, but as one you have influence! What owner wouldn’t sit down to talk when he finds out that 90% of his workforce are threatening a strike! No amount of Berwick plates could replace them overnight, and a weeks worth of drivers striking, could result in everlasting damage to the company, and the owners pocket!
Just a thought …
By: Username Andy Warhol
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Sounds good to me but !!! You no what the problem is ? Toomanyparttimers.com, thats why they wont stick together Andy…
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