final departures on all services before a 48-hour stoppage will be up to and including 9pm tomorrow night, to ensure “the safe and secure return of buses to each depot”
Workers at Dublin Bus announced three 48-hour strikes for this month with the next stoppage planned for 15-16 September and third on 23-24 September.
Dublin Bus services to stop tomorrow ahead of strike action (RTÉ)
Last Night: In Fairness
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Meanwhile…
@broadsheet_ie up to €385 for a 6hr bank holiday,no restriction on OT,no tachograph restrictions…. pic.twitter.com/8TsmRIErd0
— PadZer Murfy (@PadZer_eire) September 6, 2016
@broadsheet_ie these pay rates dont apply to long service drivers…they're on much,much higher rates and allowances pic.twitter.com/UnNw7mjnvm
— PadZer Murfy (@PadZer_eire) September 6, 2016
Popcorn time.
This is all Moyests fault for supporting those pesky LUAS drivers
Sure it’ll be grand, the 325000 people who use it every day can just drive to the Luas or Dart station instead
This is the type of gibberish i expect to hear…
…or walk.
(granted that’s what I’ll have to do, not looking forward to a 2-hour walk into and out of town)
Eek, could you borrow a bike?
We Don’t Normally Do This etc.
stolen in anticipation of the strike, no doubt. forward planning will get you far in scumbag business
Those bus drivers are a greedy lot. Now I’ll have to find some other way to get around. So inconsiderate. Bus drivers should never be allowed to strike.
This is the type of gibberish I’m hearing already.
I’ve already warned my Da to wear slip ons as there’ll be nobody there to tie his laces.
Set that to the tune of I’ll Tell Me Ma and you’ve got a hit, kid!
Those bus drivers will be lost and down for those days
I should offer extra comfort especially to the stocky 79 driver..he needs some extra love
Lock em out!
So happy. Get to work from home. Saves me approximately three hours each day on the bus. Strike long and hard drivers I for one welcome a winter of discontent.
Ah, the annual bus strike. they get what they want every time, so now they strike regularly. and whats the gripe this time? Luas drivers get paid more. fuppin babies. i know lots of people who get paid more than me, i dont stop going to work because of it.
Sounds like you’re a bit of a walk over
So am I right in saying the strike is because they want the same pay as luas drivers? If thats correct are luas drivers not a private company compared to dublin bus who semi-private. So they would be striking because they want to be paid the same as someone in a different company who does a different job.
The strike is because the drivers rejected the labour court (or whatever it’s called now) recommended pay increases and management didn’t sit down to talk to them about it. Thie aim is to strongarm management into rejecting the recommended pay increase and offering more.
Seriously, they got offered a pay rise and rejected it then they go on strike.
SEEEEEEERIOUSLY?!
Everyone knows you simply must accept the first counter offer in any negotation. It’s only polite like.
Well of course, but I always find it funny when either side dislikes the labour court decisions they ignore it , but when they like the decision then they act like it unbreakable uron clad agreement. So why bother going to the labour court.
Anon. It’s called I.R.
What is? Hope your not pointing out the fact I clearly it O instead of I so making phone spell iron wrong, you couldn’t be that much of cretin.
I think tipsy means industrial relations. Shame s(he) had to be patronising about it.
What’s the point of the mediated Labour Court then?
Its still called the Labour Court.
What is the point of going for independent arbitration if the Unions are just going to ignore any Recommendation that doesn’t give them all they want?
https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/Cases/2016/July/LCR21276.html
This is on offer:
1st January 2016 2.75%
1st January 2017 2.75%
1st January 2018 2.75%
They’re striking because they’re all getting a deep discount on ‘manscaping’ — the entirety of Dublin Bus drivers are having their back, sack & crack done.
Wish I could get a discount, but im bald enough so it would actually be a waste.
#dicksoutforthebusdrivers
Its amazing that the bus drivers haven’t learnt from the Luas debacle. Simply refusing to take fares would have been far more effective.
hey that’s smart.
Only if the ticket inspectors are going along with it.
Driver refuses money. How is passenger expected to pay? Also, at this early stage, I’m very doubtful ticket inspectors are either gonna be asked or willing to cross a ‘picket line’ at the front door of every bus. Different situation to the Luas – there the drivers are not the original fare collector and dont have any direct interaction with passengers. On a bus the drivers do both.
They tried it once I think. It is basically stealing company property though, so they could be sacked/prosecuted
Just having the same conversation with a colleague, keep the public onside.
Greed is a great thing to make you forget all reasonable thinking.
That IS smart. I wonder is there some regulation where your right to strike is protected but giving out free bus rides is “stealing” so you’d risk getting the chop by not accepting fares?
They can’t not take fares. They threatened that before and it was deemed illegal for them to do so.
Does this mean that bus lanes can be driven on while drivers strike? If so, the support for drivers will tenfold off the M50.
So people are criticising the bus strike as well.
Wonder if these people are against strikes in general.
so some working people want to earn good money. well I’ll be goddamned. the presumption. meanwhile, apple etc.
Imagine, if you can, a world where people can be annoyed about both the bus strike and the Apple tax deal.