Stagecoach Wigan

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RE: Stagecoach Wigan

(11/09/2014 08:09)motormayhem1 Wrote:  It will be mainly inspectors and managment who will be driving as they are getting drafted in from all areas to cover just like they did when gillmoss went on strike.

I have no idea as to why this strike has been called but I can guess. The timing of this strike is quite significant bearing in mind that Sir Brian Souter has recently donated over £1 million to the Yes vote in Scotland. The Yes campaign is promising a fairer, more equitable society where the lowest paid are promised a better standard of living and the 'fat cats' are taxed accordingly. Clearly, as one of the richest men in the UK, Souter's 'socialist' principles don't apply south of the border.

Prior to Thatcherism and deregulation, bus workers enjoyed much better comparable rates of pay, working conditions and employment protection. Those few people who crossed official picket lines were commonly referred to as "scabs." How are they referred to in the present day "a committed work force"?

Without wishing to sound too political, if the No campaign got wind of this industrial dispute in Wigan it could use it to its own ends.