Does Anyone use C2C to get to work
 

Expect some delays on the 20th and 25th of this month.

We are going on strike :Whatever_

you lazy ferckers!!!! shouldnt be allowed to strike!!!!!!!

is that so you can top up your tan??? lol

What are you going on strike this time for??? :brickwall :brickwall

We dont get paid enough money, obviously :D

My tan does need a bit of work, now you mention it :)

Yeah right, like our train tickets aren't enough...... this gets so boring .....

sorry cookstar but no sympathy from me mate. You knew the wage when you started work there. In an ideal world we would all get a pay rise. I didnt get one this year but we're not allowed to strike. And when so many people rely on the job you do then you shouldnt be allowed to strike!!!

Mind you it means i get a couple of nights on the p1ss in london, at the compnays expense....so it's not all bad :D:D

takes more than 1 person to strike

But when you pay well over £2000 per year it kinda takes the p!ss....

Oh well, might need to work from home those two days!!

I personally do not agree with the strike action, the pay deal that has been offered I think is acceptable, but if you are in the union what choice do you have.

There will be more strike action called soon for pensions too


This thread wasnt to try to get sypathy, but to give a warning to those that use the line.

Alot of people who work on the trains do not agree with the strike actions ... just one of those situations where if you don't go along with it your working life will be made miserable. Very sad state of affairs but with a militant leader like Bob Crowe the situation is very difficult for the anti-strike members.

Although this is a major f.ckin pain for me I can appreciate the reasons why these guys strike. With the cost of living and working increasing every year (not to mention the house prices) you always find that the transport sector and general working services sector always get the bare minimum of pay rise to offset this increase in living. I have no problem with these guys reasons for striking because they have historically got poor pay deals and why the fcuk shouldn't they earn as much as a working professional.

I'm supremely confident that if I was asked to swap jobs with a signalman or whatever I would walk out at the end of the day justifying that he/she deserves every penny of the money they get paid.

Yeh it's an inconvenience but so what ... we'd all want more money per year if it was on the table!!

We have the odd strike at work (Royal Mail) and if you dont go on strike you get abuse from all directions. Last pay rise was not even £9 per week, before tax, that wont even pay Shains school bus fare each week.

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do

And the 20th just happens to be the day............. ENGLAND PLAY ...Expect chaos :Whatever_

Strike, will there be any difference? ;)

i use it and think c2c should have their franchise taken off them. They're on about stopping starter trains from laindon. Think i'll be getting the coach in next year when my ticket runs out. will save myself hassle and also about £1500!!

not a personal attack on you cookstar.

"NATIONAL EXPRESS, owner of the Silverlink rail network, made £64.2m profit last year from its train business - a 5% increase."

i think the company have enough money for pay rises, why should commuters suffer????

get the Military in to drive trains, instead of spending all day firing blanks at each other!!!

Dazza :)

We can't live without the postal service and we can't operate without an effective transportation system ... so if the workers in these industries are getting paid more than some professionals then so be it.

I do agree that if left to the board of directors the pay rises would probably be derisory - like 2% or something like that. So if a strike is the only way to get a fair deal then fine.

What I don't agree with is strikes that relate to the treatment of a singular person, i.e. the train driver who was sacked for playing squash whilst signed off as incapacitated. That is something the general public should not bear the brunt and costs for.

one thing about c2c that I think is better than any other method of transportation into either Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street or by coach is the fact that the trains are all air conditioned.

On a day like yesterday it makes a hell of a difference.

Also they do run on time ... I think their percentage of late trains is something like 2.5% which is better than pretty much every network.

Just means I get to rag the sh!t out of my car into work on those two days and have an excuse to blag a parking space :D

Too true , as you say the Liverpool st line isn't air conditioned and it was hell yesterday evening :(

i use the other fantasic service of one great eastern which is starting to have problems now again with the weather :brickwall

C2C is THE best performing line in the country and has been for the last two years, funny that thats about when I started running the things :D

just like to add mate, am not having a pop at you.....just think it's a fercking joke they can shut down a major transport route just cause a few aren't happy!!!!!!

Must admit though have now been back on c2c for just over a year and on a whole the trains have been fine, but when things to t1ts up boy they go t1ts up.

Thats where my job becomes interesting, you must be aware however, when it goes tits up as you say most of the time the cause is out of our hands.

Suicides, kids vandalising things etc, cars knocking barriers off crossings, can cause HUGE problems.

The reasons why the delays are so huge, is because of hundreds of safety procedures that need to be adhered to to protest you the passenger.


So much goes on behind the scenes you wouldnt believe, and all you get to hear is

"sorry but due to signalling problems........."


;)

I use c2c into Fenchurch Street will there be any trains at all running from Ockendon to Fen St ?

it was mentioned on another thread about a sunday service running....

STRIKE CALLED OFF :luxhello: :luxhello: :luxhello:

splendid

:luxhello:

pah!!! Unions aren't what they used to be ;)

LOL ;)

Dazza

:luxhello: HOORAY :luxhello: