(08 Oct 2022, 10:52 am)Storx wrote Disagree with this strongly, it's a total arse hole move and I wouldn't expect any driver at Deptford to be open to do it especially considering what they've just been through.
Bus drivers should be in unison over wages not bailing each others bosses out. I'm sure Stagecoach drivers would be very happy to help GNE out if the foot turned the opposite way so what's the point in ever striking as it goes nowhere. Bus drivers don't pledge an alliance to GoAhead so whether they make a loss or a £100m profit is irrelevant all they care about is the wage they pick up at the end of the day.
Never cross a picket line and that includes other companies aswell.
Not to mention Deptford don't have enough drivers to run their normal service nevermind other services.
I nearly fell off my chair, in full agreement for once with everything you've said in a post.
You're 100% correct though. The bosses must love turning worker against worker, using them as scab labour to break a strike. Fortunately most operators are unionised and therefore it's difficult to achieve, which is why the Govt keep harping on about non-existent agency workers and why some independents strike break.
(09 Oct 2022, 7:10 am)F114TML wrote I think a lot of drivers who are "breaking" the strike transferred from Shields with the Ecos and X34, and are still in Shields' union. I hear they've been protected in some form so technically they aren't crossing the picket line, even if they physically are.
They're strike-breaking, whether they think they are or not. They've absolutely got the right to refuse to cross the picket line, so if they do so, it's their own choice.