cav551:
I just hope that those who peddle the line that the Sutton’s drivers are overpaid and that the company has to take this action take an identical view when it happens to themselves.It will be for the good of the company and its shareholders after all.
RIght then, lets have a show of hands to show who earns more than 40 grand driving a truck? Not many I am guessing. Would somebody driving for an agency on 13 quid an hour like to think they have something in common with these union fatcats? Does anybody honestly think that the union gives a stuff about any of you on general haulage? Some real mugs on here. This strike has nothing to do with the average joe on the street. To think some of you are willing to stand in line with them beggars belief.
Funny that everybody complains about the inequity of wages for bankers etc, and yet they allow a closed cartel to do the same in their own industry, and are willing to fight to retain the status quo. To claim that these drivers losing a portion of their wage will cause a further downward spiral in all wages is nonsense.
Sorry to break this to a lot of you, but the day is not coming any time soon when you will be paid over 60 grand to drive a truck.