taking it easy

So our marvellous tanker drivers are on strike? Oh dear - back to the seventies.

And what do the general public think of their (in)action?

Results of an AOL poll today -

Do you support the strikers?

Results: .......Votes ...Per cent

Yes.................793.........44%
No...................944........52%
Don't know...... 68..........4%

Mmm. Well you can discount most of the 'yes' votes as they're probably from tanker drivers taking it easy at home, and from a few rogue cyclists and Peak Oil types.

So it's an overwhelming no then.

GET BACK TO WORK YOU LAZY FUCKERS WHILST YOU'VE STILL GOT JOBS! £42,000 FOR DRIVING A TRUCK IS OBSCENE.

wanker drivers strike

So the latest blow to motorists' sanity is a tanker drivers strike.

I won't go into all the usual stuff about lorry drivers being an endangered species etc, but what struck me was this -

The pay row has erupted because members of Unite claim they are paid the same now as they were in 1992, just under £32,000 a year, despite their working week being 11 hours longer. Source.

Hmmmm. Really? If true one has to ask -

a) What on earth justified these people getting £32,000 in 1992 for a part time job?

b) What sort of union allows its members to lose pay on such a huge % over 16 years?

or

c) Does the union employ a five year old chimp to do its maths and PR?