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BE strike [Read 1st post before posting]

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  • #1022
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭thomasj


    skeogh82 wrote: »
    About 8 guys with handwritten signs outside clontarf road IR depot this morning @6am....I couldn't tell if they were BE staff or IR staff...

    So I guess that means no darts today....

    http://www.irishrail.ie/news/railservices-buseireann-31march


  • #1023
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Pickets have spread to all Dublin bus depot's.


  • #1024
    Lady is a tramp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭Lady is a tramp


    Fu.ck sake.

    Anyone know if the Waterford-Dublin line will be affected?


  • #1025
    highdef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,534 ✭✭✭highdef


    Lady is a tramp wrote: »
    Fu.ck sake.

    Anyone know if the Waterford-Dublin line will be affected?
    morning trains from Waterford to Heuston are running. Trains from Heuston to Waterford cancelled at present


  • #1026
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Lady is a tramp wrote: »
    Fu.ck sake.

    Anyone know if the Waterford-Dublin line will be affected?

    Quite possible anything in CIE group will be.


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  • #1027
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Sorry but what right do BE drivers have to picket sites operated by other companies. Goodbye to any lingering public sympathy


  • #1028
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,564 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Lady is a tramp wrote:
    Anyone know if the Waterford-Dublin line will be affected?


    Expect delays and cancellations


  • #1029
    Username exists
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Username exists


    http://www.irishrail.ie/news/railservices-buseireann-31march


  • #1030
    highdef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,534 ✭✭✭highdef


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    Expect delays and cancellations

    Correction - Waterford services cancelled except 06.00 Waterford to Heuston. 06.30 from Carlow also cancelled


  • #1031
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    Is this not an obvious breach of contract given the official word is they aren't on strike?


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  • #1032
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    naughtb4 wrote: »
    Is this not an obvious breach of contract given the official word is they aren't on strike?

    Afaik it's be drivers picketing


  • #1033
    Kh1993
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭Kh1993


    Any word what Dublin Bus garages being picketed?


  • #1034
    Trigger
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,040 Mod ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Kh1993 wrote: »
    Any word what Dublin Bus garages being picketed?

    On the Dublin bus app it just says to expect delays due to BE strikes at Dublin bus depots

    Moderator: Forum Games, Conspiracy Theories, Current Affairs/IMHO



  • #1035
    sjb25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭sjb25


    Bus eireann drivers throwing toys out of pram nobody is listening to us so we will illegally picket everywhere else fecking disgraceful stunt t to pull


  • #1036
    Wardling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭Wardling


    No notice to make alternative plans given. I found out while standing at the station. I'm not against strike actions being taken but this stunt is really bad form. It's very easy to loose public sympathy very quickly.


  • #1037
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,564 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Ulysses Gaze wrote:
    Time to break the unions.


    Yes yes, an ununionised working world is good for workers! We're watching the failure of fundamentally flawed thinking and policy here, mainly neoliberalism, which causes 'increasing worker insecurity', and I would have to disagree with somebody like Alan Greenspan, it is not good for the economy


  • #1038
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    P_1 wrote: »
    Afaik it's be drivers picketing

    Sack them, or they will be picketing at the local supermarket next.

    What an absolute joke


  • #1039
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,834 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Picketing other companies is outrageous


  • #1040
    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Donal55


    As night follows day, this was bound to happen.


  • #1041
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,471 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Just waking up to an IT alert on the phone about this. This will cause massive disruption today and no doubt deliberately as it's end of quarter for many companies so would be an extremely busy day for staff. This will be all they need :(

    Any DB/IE staff refusing to operate their routes should be sanctioned IMO, but this is obviously an attempt to force the Government to cave.


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  • #1042
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    Shane Ross needs to hold the line now, this will be the worst of it.


  • #1043
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Railusersie saying on Twitter it's illegal and expect a high court injunction to be requested


  • #1044
    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Donal55


    thomasj wrote: »
    Railusersie saying on Twitter it's illegal and expect a high court injunction to be requested


    Yeh they'll be back at work tomorrow so.


  • #1045
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Someone *might* actually do something now...it was only a sideshow when every place but Dublin was affected...


  • #1046
    snickerpuss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭snickerpuss


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »

    Any DB/IE staff refusing to operate their routes should be sanctioned IMO, but this is obviously an attempt to force the Government to cave.

    They will lose pay for a dispute which most of them don't want to be part of. Certainly sounds from the radio this morning as if they had no idea there would be a picket at stations and depots this morning.


  • #1047
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,471 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    snickerpuss wrote: »
    They will lose pay for a dispute which most of them don't want to be part of. Certainly sounds from the radio this morning as if they had no idea there would be a picket at stations and depots this morning.

    Irrelevant.. unless the BE staff are blocking trains/buses then they just get on with it. This nonsense of "can't pass the picket" is not an acceptable reason.

    If they ARE blocking vehicles then the Gardai should be called to remove them. They had no problem shoving IW protesters out of the way after all.


  • #1048
    kingshankly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,047 ✭✭✭kingshankly


    As a train driver I am totally against what be drivers are doing here
    We were supposed to be balloted next week I can't see this latest stunt gaining them much support
    They are ****ting themselves as their current strike looks to be going nowhere and they need trains involved as it's not as if a private operator can come in and take over
    Not in until this evening myself should be an interesting day ahead
    And a shocking day for commuters with such uncertainty as to what services are actually running .
    I would imagine what ever support be drivers had from the public has now disappeared


  • #1049
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Irrelevant.. unless the BE staff are blocking trains/buses then they just get on with it. This nonsense of "can't pass the picket" is not an acceptable reason.

    If they ARE blocking vehicles then the Gardai should be called to remove them. They had no problem shoving IW protesters out of the way after all.

    No chance that would happen. Public service and semi state employees look out for each other.


  • #1050
    RiseToMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭RiseToMe


    Dublin bus affected too, absolutely disgraceful.


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  • #1051
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    I havent seen any services leave Grange Depot this morning.


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