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    Probably not worth waiting at my Luas stop to day

    Hope escorts dont go on strike for unsociable hours etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bollocks View Post
    Probably not worth waiting at my Luas stop to day

    Hope escorts dont go on strike for unsociable hours etc.

    Or a 50% pay rise !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bollocks View Post
    Probably not worth waiting at my Luas stop to day

    Hope escorts dont go on strike for unsociable hours etc.
    Self employed--they can't afford to!

    And if they're not self employed, there's still no pension plan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barney Rubble View Post
    Or a 50% pay rise !!
    dont all kill me
    but i did laugh at that
    when i first heard it
    dont know all the facts involved or any of them
    or who is right or wrong
    but 50%

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    The Luas is run by a private operator, '' Transdev'', (formerly Veolia).
    The Luas drivers are seeking pay parity with DART and Irish Rail drivers(CIE employees).
    Further stoppages tomorrow and projected stoppages for March 8th and St. Patrick's Day.
    Transdev warns of potential trespass prosecution of people walking on their lines.
    Interestingly, the geniuses with joined up thinking, who originally built two non-linked Luas lines, now seem to have signed up to a Leap card valid for use across the CIE transport platforms in the city.
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    It's a tram. It doesn't even have a steering wheel.
    It's a minimum wage moron job.
    I'm sorry if this offends anyone but it is.
    You don't even need to be able to read to do this job.
    They are already well paid.

    I hope they leave them out and break the union.
    Greedy idiots
    Last edited by TonyB; 18-02-16 at 21:19.

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    I'm kinda with Tom on this one. Not so much minimum wage but where they're getting 50% from I have no idea.

    It's well paid and if you've ever stood behind the driver on a rush hour luas it's pretty easy to figure out how it works. Joy stick on the right, slide forward to move forward. Pull back to stop. Push one button on the dash to open the door. Repeat. Maybe an over simplification but that's basically it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyB View Post
    It's a tram. It doesn't even have a steering wheel.
    It's a minimum wage moron job.
    I'm sorry if this offends anyone but it is.
    You don't even need to be able to read to do this job.
    They are already well paid.

    I hope they leave them out and break the union.
    Greedy idiots
    Quote Originally Posted by hot4babes View Post
    I'm kinda with Tom on this one. Not so much minimum wage but where they're getting 50% from I have no idea.

    It's well paid and if you've ever stood behind the driver on a rush hour luas it's pretty easy to figure out how it works. Joy stick on the right, slide forward to move forward. Pull back to stop. Push one button on the dash to open the door. Repeat. Maybe an over simplification but that's basically it.

    Senior staff nurses are earning mid €40ks, these guys want €65k...... to do what move a joystick forward and back and push a few buttons ..... you could train a labrador to do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny2011 View Post
    Senior staff nurses are earning mid €40ks, these guys want €65k...... to do what move a joystick forward and back and push a few buttons ..... you could train a labrador to do it.
    Fair play lads always knock the working man . I suppose ye are all Barristers or Politicians. It is about time there was a few strikes in this corrupt little country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blue rebel View Post
    Fair play lads always knock the working man . I suppose ye are all Barristers or Politicians. It is about time there was a few strikes in this corrupt little country.
    Like fuck I am, I'm also not president of a trade union on €115k a year, a defined benefit pension and driving a co. Car, while trying to hold a city to ransom.
    Last edited by Danny2011; 18-02-16 at 22:15.

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