poacher3161 1,766 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Not be long till were invading iran they the goverment will have to do some thing if these strikes start gaining momentum lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 john the tanker drivers ARE NOT striking over wages it safety issues as all the big fuel companies are subbin out to genral haulage companies who are tryin to use untrained drivers, they have a trained and inducted driver go into the terminal and load then go back to the yard and swap over with an untrained driver to go and deliver the load fcking madness the whole industry is getting to be a joke The vast majority of the HGV industry is a joke.Crap pay,long hours,digi cards to replace(normally at drivers expense),this CPC crap(8 hrs in a classroom for 5 session at around £ a go), which must be done by Sept 2014 or your licence is pulled.VOSA just waiting to get you into the checkpoint for"safety checks"...the list is endless.I f g hate driving wagon's & family run haulage companies who treat you like a piece of sh t because you've accepted their measley shilling :bad: andy i couldnt agree more ive driven for family firms big plc s and had my own wagons and the whole lot is shite , people think your on big money but when they see you done an week to earn it and youve been up the road all week there a lot better off than you 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 If this is successful then I can see a lot of other people starting to strike with the added confidence of others joining to add support and add their own issues. Carnt see it myself as every one i speak to in jobs in my area their all frightend to death of loosing their jobs and are putting up with some right shit at companys who are useing this recesion to cut pay and pensions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,293 Posted April 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) If this is successful then I can see a lot of other people starting to strike with the added confidence of others joining to add support and add their own issues. Carnt see it myself as every one i speak to in jobs in my area their all frightend to death of loosing their jobs and are putting up with some right shit at companys who are useing this recesion to cut pay and pensions. This is the exact reason why I wonder if others may begin to strike, safety in numbers, as long as your commited and so is the next man. Edited April 1, 2012 by GD Waz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RubyTex 1,957 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Something needs to happen and i'm fully behind this, as i'm sure many others will be. This needs to happen to show the government they haven't got us by the bollocks!! The set of bumbling b*****ds need to shape up sharpish and help out the working man ffs. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticJock 539 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 If this is successful then I can see a lot of other people starting to strike with the added confidence of others joining to add support and add their own issues. Carnt see it myself as every one i speak to in jobs in my area their all frightend to death of loosing their jobs and are putting up with some right shit at companys who are useing this recesion to cut pay and pensions. No one can afford to lose anything nowadays, but as GD says safety in numbers. There aren't enough cells, police, judges even vosa are in the same boat, just by virtue of their job it will take them longer to cotton on. It will happen one way or another, like a dog you can push the nicest ones so far, but everything has a breaking strain and I think the average joe is at his 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 john the tanker drivers ARE NOT striking over wages it safety issues as all the big fuel companies are subbin out to genral haulage companies who are tryin to use untrained drivers, they have a trained and inducted driver go into the terminal and load then go back to the yard and swap over with an untrained driver to go and deliver the load fcking madness the whole industry is getting to be a joke The vast majority of the HGV industry is a joke.Crap pay,long hours,digi cards to replace(normally at drivers expense),this CPC crap(8 hrs in a classroom for 5 session at around £ a go), which must be done by Sept 2014 or your licence is pulled.VOSA just waiting to get you into the checkpoint for"safety checks"...the list is endless.I f g hate driving wagon's & family run haulage companies who treat you like a piece of sh t because you've accepted their measley shilling :bad: andy i couldnt agree more ive driven for family firms big plc s and had my own wagons and the whole lot is shite , people think your on big money but when they see you done an week to earn it and youve been up the road all week there a lot better off than you my brother used to drive hgv -- done his head in early starts, traffic jams, stupid deadlines and stress - packed it in and got a bar in spain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 If this is successful then I can see a lot of other people starting to strike with the added confidence of others joining to add support and add their own issues. Carnt see it myself as every one i speak to in jobs in my area their all frightend to death of loosing their jobs and are putting up with some right shit at companys who are useing this recesion to cut pay and pensions. No one can afford to lose anything nowadays, but as GD says safety in numbers. There aren't enough cells, police, judges even vosa are in the same boat, just by virtue of their job it will take them longer to cotton on. It will happen one way or another, like a dog you can push the nicest ones so far, but everything has a breaking strain and I think the average joe is at his It aint going to happen i wish it would another reason imho why they let all the unskilled forighn labour flood to this country if the day ever did come [bANNED TEXT] we all said enoughs enough do you think they would be stood shoulder to shoulder with everybody some how i dont think they would. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Something has got to give sooner or later either we will all stand up and suffer short term for long term good or they will have us by the curliest good and proper where we are heading nowadays as someone said people are that concerned about losing jobs etc that as long as THEY are ok and keep their head down and don't rock the boat they'll be ok but enough is enough now we have got that much rules legislation controlling us its either all say enough or the ones that do and are not backed up fully will be made an example of where no one will do or say anything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Something has got to give sooner or later either we will all stand up and suffer short term for long term good or they will have us by the curliest good and proper where we are heading nowadays as someone said people are that concerned about losing jobs etc that as long as THEY are ok and keep their head down and don't rock the boat they'll be ok but enough is enough now we have got that much rules legislation controlling us its either all say enough or the ones that do and are not backed up fully will be made an example of where no one will do or say anything Its already happend people have a different mind set these days all this we should stick together and stand up and be counted just dosent wash anymore and in most cases its every man and woman for them selfs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 The Tories couldn't have planned this better if they tried. They came to power on the back of labours failure to soften the blow of the recession. That and the fact that no one could stand Gordon brown. Not only that they got the lib dens on board. Which some foolishly believed could keep the Tories in check. Now Cameron and his cronies can cut and slash to thier heart content. And the world recession was the a gift from the heavens so they could just say it needs to be done. Just wait and see come the run up to the election they will miraculously find bundles of cash to sweeten the electorate. And the bad taste of labour is still fresh in our minds, and the Tories will get back in. Only this time there will be no lib dems and then my friends god f*****g help us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 How many accidents happened in the petroleum movement industry due to untrained drivers . Im percentage does anybody know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 The Tories couldn't have planned this better if they tried. They came to power on the back of labours failure to soften the blow of the recession. That and the fact that no one could stand Gordon brown. Not only that they got the lib dens on board. Which some foolishly believed could keep the Tories in check. Now Cameron and his cronies can cut and slash to thier heart content. And the world recession was the a gift from the heavens so they could just say it needs to be done. Just wait and see come the run up to the election they will miraculously find bundles of cash to sweeten the electorate. And the bad taste of labour is still fresh in our minds, and the Tories will get back in. Only this time there will be no lib dems and then my friends god f*****g help us. Thats why i would sooner see this coalition do the full term and if they do turn things around fair enough and if they dont then their will be less chance of an hung parliment again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 reading this the Farming community aswel as Haulage companies are suffering bigtime, this is obviously driving up the prices of everything.. one famer is quoted as going through around £200 a day to run one Tractor with another guy saying it cost him £7500 to fill up five wagons which will last him until tuesday before filling up again .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123573/We-bring-government-Truckers-vow-halt-Britains-traffic-support-striking-tanker-drivers-blockading-refineries-motorways.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twobob 1,519 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 i hope the farmers and haulage companies do something to support the tanker drivers,and make this bunch of shit houses that run the country take notice,and if the countrys in such a state WHY the tax cuts at the budget Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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