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thoughtofadumbteenprotagonist · 1 year

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“supporting the bus strikes (and/or any other kind of public transport trike) is a good thing and those people deserve better working conditions and wages” and “bus companies need to Fix Their Shit because it’s tiring and frustrating watching little old ladies and school kids get stranded in a town an hour and a half from their village because some busses just Don’t Turn Up For No Reason At All” are two concepts that I think should coexist

#strikes #public transport #public transport strikes #look this is a very Me Specific situation okay #I live in rural middle of fucking nowhere #and our bus services are atrocious #and some of our bus drivers are actual sadists #and I’m serious about vulnerable people getting stranded hours away from home #cuz they never give us a reason for bus cancellation #it just Doesn’t Show Up #and we have to Deal With It #if I had a nickel #for every time I got stuck in the town with my school #and had to stay over a friend’s house because they refused to run any of the proper busses back to my village #i’d have two nickels #which isn’t a lot but it SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE #vent post #cw vent #wright writes

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frogs-smoking-cigarettes · 1 year

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big day for public transport enjoyers

#just greenling start construction 2023 #LA to vegas babey #Birthtown to my home state #admittedly wore than Frisco to LA or DC to Boston but hey #a win is a win #plus this is like the easiest possible place to build it so it’s good to show it can work #anyway support the rail strike #brightline #bullet train #public transport system #public transportation #trains #walkable cities

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allthecanadianpolitics · 4 months

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The union representing some transit employees in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland says disruptions could happen in January after members voted 100 per cent in favour of a strike mandate earlier this month. CUPE Local 4500, which represents more than 180 workers employed by the Coast Mountain Bus Company, says it kept the results of the Dec. 12 vote quiet until now “to avoid needless concern” about holiday season disruptions. President Chris Gindhu says in a statement Wednesday that the union is “working hard to avoid job action.”

Tagging @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #british columbia #public transit #public transportation #strike #worker's rights #unions

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georgefairbrother · 9 months

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In July 1957, BBC News reported that a strike by regional busmen had turned nasty.

"…There have been violent scenes around Britain as the strike by busmen in the English regions enters its fourth day. In some instances strike-breaking drivers were attacked and vehicles vandalised, including those with passengers on board. In Derbyshire one driver, Basil Flint, had to be taken to hospital after being hit in the stomach with an iron bar. Another driver, Harry Davies, said he was overpowered and pulled from his bus on the road between Hemsworth and Wakefield in Yorkshire…"

Mr Davies told the BBC that, having been dragged out of his bus, he was punched in the face and kicked in the stomach, and while he was lying on the ground, his attackers smashed the bus lights and windows.

A spokesman for the Transport and General Workers’ Union distanced the union from the violence, although perhaps not all that convincingly, stating, "I have no comment on that because I have heard it only from the Press but I am sure our members are not involved…"

Around 100 000 bus employees from provincial companies were demanding a one pound per week pay rise, however employers were offering three shillings, which, they argued, in light of recent pay rises, was keeping up with cost of living increases.

Unfortunately for the strikers, their actions appeared to have little impact. Train travel increased by 25%, there was an upsurge in carpooling, and many employers provided coaches to shuttle their workers to and from railway stations.

The Manchester Guardian reported,

"...The busmen's strike erupted into outbreaks of violence in towns and villages all over Britain yesterday but it had little effect on industry. Factories, offices, and mines were virtually fully staffed almost everywhere..."

The Guardian also took a strong editorial line against the violence;

"…The men employed to drive and conduct provincial buses have the right of all free men to withdraw their labour if they want to, but anyone who wishes to take a coach or lorry load of passengers through a strike-bound town has an equal right to go about his business peaceably. The violence with which the busmen's pickets in some places have tried, and in some cases succeeded, in driving other people off the road is not only unlawful but alien to every tradition of decent trade unionism. A strike gives no man or group of men a licence for banditry…British trade unions have a long and honourable record of conducting industrial disputes without violence, and it is as much in the interests of trade unionism as of the rest of society that attempts to use violence during a strike should be put down with the utmost firmness..."

The matter was referred to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, which awarded the bus employees a rise of 11 shillings, and everyone went back to work.

#social history #uk politics #working class history #modern history #social justice #uk government #society #uk history #public transport #bus drivers #industrial action #strikes

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nando161mando · 19 days

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What's coverage? Non-existant.

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asiancatboy · 9 months

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not to be the most stereotypical autistic person but i've been obsessed with trains lately but more specifically sleeper trains. i knew they existed but i had never really seen pictures of them before and i've been sucked up into the youtube rabbit hole where japanese locals go on sleeper trains and show the cool gadgets and booths and tech and food at the stations and i finally understand the train love

#when i think trains i think the uk trains and i don't mean some of the existing steam trains left i mean the disgusting dirty always late #always crowded and understaffed and underfunded joke of a public ''transport'' system. there's gum and piss and beer everywhere #and don't even get me startedddd on football season #OR the fact the gov won't be fucking normal to train staff we've literally had ongoing strikes for 12 months now #ohhhh i have got to stop thinking abt it. i'm going back to watching my train videos #7

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im-a-goat-in-disguise · 1 year

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i need you to know you’re wrong england can’t make fun of the usa, u said look at us but y’all are worse boston tea party patriotism bald eagle usa 5eva baby (just kidding bro (i hate america (england worse tho (lol))))

so quick question for y'all over the pond, on average what % of your yearly earnings go towards the Bulletproof Vest Budget?

#the q's n a's #cold-butter-warm-toast #you misunderstand the boston tea party. it was all a ploy #now the whole OCEAN will be tea!!!!#MWA HAHAHAHA *lightning cackles around me*#at least here we have public transport! and a (somewhat) functional healthcare system!#and gov workers that are legally allowed to strike!#and recent polls that suggest the tories are getting bumfuc nothing in the election #politics tw #uk politics #usa politics #ask to tag

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bbael · 15 days

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Can't even log into Twitter to look at art bc all my feed is just full of "memes" bout how the president is making an emergency committee to help isntrael and dragging us into international conflict when the country is literally collapsing right now lmaoo

#i cant see that...#public unis getting defunded #healthcare system collapsing #dengue outbreaks...onco patients not able to access to meda or treatments #public transportation breaking down and on strike every other day #but yeah you can afford to support the occupying force of israel right.;

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queernobi · 2 years

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[DESCRIPTIONS OF IMAGES: There are three screenshots of a Twitter thread from a user named August J Pollak.

The first tweet reads: "Absolutely wild how the most important story in the country right now is an impending strike of 125,000 railroad workers that will devastate supply chains and no one is covering it because it’d be virtually impossible to avoid that the unions are completely in the right here."

The second tweet reads: "I’ve been pointing out variations of this since the pandemic started, but throughout this entire time our nation’s entire transportation infrastructure has been collapsing and it’s almost entirely because a handful of rich people adamantly refuse to be slightly less rich."

The third tweet reads: "To my point: NY Times finally covers the impending strike, failing to note it's because billionaire rail owners would rather collapse the supply chain than let their employees have sick leave." The user quote tweets another user by the name of Alex N Press as well, who is talking about the aforementioned New York Times article, saying: "Currently the top article on the NYT homepage. Refers to the threat of a strike throughout with zero mention that carriers are in fact moving toward a lockout. Also no mention of the heart of the issue, sick leave."

#railway strike #railroad strike #public transport

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bopinion · 19 days

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2024 / 14

Aperçu of the Week:

"If everyone wanted to help each other, everyone would be helped."

(Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian poet and psychologist in the 19th century)

Bad News of the Week:

The whole world fears for the well-being of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza. Except Israel. The whole world is worried about the local conflict escalating into a full scale Middle East war. Except Israel. Lately, when someone asks me if I've heard "that" from Israel, I have to answer "what do you mean?". Because, as sarcastic as it sounds, there is something to tear your hair out about almost every day.

Take the example of the civilian population in Gaza. The circumstances that led to the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen employees clearly show that the Israeli military deliberately makes no distinction as to who or what it bombs. According to the motto: anyone who is not with us is against us. The fact that there are, of course, many more differentiated positions does not matter.

Take the example of the Middle East conflict. There is open talk of military operations across the country's northern border, i.e. on Lebanese territory. Regardless of the fact that Hezbollah can do whatever it wants in this failed state, Lebanon is a sovereign state. Incidentally, it currently has the highest proportion of refugees in the total population of any country in the world. But so was Syria when Israel effectively annexed the Golan Heights in the "Six-Day War" in 1967 (!). This is still the status quo after almost 60 years. The fact that this is almost universally not recognized by the international community does not matter.

As a German, I'm asked more and more often how Germany justifies being Israel's largest arms supplier after the USA, when these weapons are obviously not only used for defense (which Israel of course sees differently). The justification is simple: historical guilt. And this apparently prevents us from seeing what we don't want to see. Yes, the world would be easier to understand if we could divide it into black and white. That might still be possible with Israel and Iran. But not with Israel and Palestine.

PS: Next week I'll complain about something else - I promise!

Good News of the Week:

Following the successful agreement between the unions and our national train company Deutsche Bahn, there has now been arbitration achieved at the airports and our national air carrier Lufthansa. It should be noted that both will cost a lot of money. Both the generous wage increases and the compensation for reduced working hours through additional staff are expensive. And they will not be covered by coffee money, but by hefty price increases for the customers who (have to) use these means of transportation - in other words, all of us. At least I don't know anyone outside the vacation season who travels for fun but has to get between A and B somehow. Beam me up, Scotty!

Nevertheless, it is good to see that there is now a reasonably solid planning security again. And I'm not just talking about the usual commuters to work, of which I am one. But the logistics themselves. Of people and goods. After all, what I've seen in my environment alone in terms of missed meetings and broken supply chains is also a cost factor. If projects cannot be continued and production comes to a standstill, that costs money. Money from all of us. And very few of us have been asked if we agree. Not to be misunderstood: I don't want to question the great good of the right to strike. However, I am of the opinion that the proportionality of the means must not be lost sight of.

Personal happy moment of the week:

It was a summer weekend at the weekend - with temperatures of almost 30 degrees Celsius in southern Germany. We took advantage of this to kick off the cycling season. Of course, we started with a harmless route that we already knew, and of course to a nice country inn that we also already knew. And we were not disappointed. That will comfort us when the temperatures now drop back down to 2 degrees and it rains. Just a normal April. Good too. And nature is happy.

As I write this...

...I am delighted that we may soon have a fiber connection at home. It makes perfect sense for a household with adults working from the home office and teenagers on the internet. Especially if we usually stream music during the day and a series or movie in the evening. I find this astonishing because we live in a village with a maximum of 200 inhabitants. I hardly think that's profitable. It's more likely to be categorized as an infrastructural measure that a municipality implements for its population. It's nice that in this country we don't always just look at the money.

Post Scriptum

Employers' President Rainer Dulger is stunned by the German government's planned "Pension Package II", because it "now wants to massively increase pension spending once again, even though we are facing the biggest ageing spurt ever seen in Germany". Sounds logical. Especially because the pension system has long been financed not only by the contributions of the working population, but increasingly by subsidies from the tax pot. If fewer and fewer people are working and paying tax, while society is (over)ageing at the same time, this creates a gap. Who should pay for this? Especially when the burden of taxes and contributions is already so high - and not just by international standards?

On the other hand, many pensioners are already living at the limits of what is feasible in view of the constantly rising cost of living. In many cases, it is no longer possible to speak of "living", but rather of "existing". That is sad. Unfortunately, it is no bad joke that some people buy dog food without being able to afford a dog. It must be the task of every society to care for its weak, young and old when they can not do so themselves. Especially if they have done the best they can. But a woman, for example, who has raised several children and then cared for her sick parents is not taken into account by the system. After all, she has never paid into the system - at least not in monetary terms. Old-age poverty is an ugly word. But it is increasingly becoming the bitter reality.

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badassindistress · 1 year

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Button hunt

Though snow and strikes sought to prevent me, I have gone on a button hunt.

For the velvet shirt I’m making, I needed some very specific buttons:

After a full morning hunting, I have found three options that might do the trick:

None of them are quite the tiger stripe gleam of the original, but I think the left ones might give the same feel

#a talia original #talia's adventures in dressmaking #excerpts from my life #sewing #sewing progress #want make have project #red velvet shirt #if only the left ones had 4 buttons and slightly more gleam #i have looked at so many buttons today #i waited until the public transport strike was over ofc

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 2 years

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Fuck Sajid Javid.

#uk politics #rmt strikes #nhs #public transport #all support and solidarity to the rmt

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sugrhigh · 1 month

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I’m stuck on the train send help everyone!

on my way with a jet pack rn

#public transportation strikes again…

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mishkakagehishka · 2 months

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Like explain to me how, if it takes 20min for me to get to uni, and i am at the stop a full hour before my lecture starts, how and why do i still arrive barely on time. I hate this city.

#i have to rant ab the public transport company once every two weeks on here #next time the drivers go on strike i hope they cut their pays in half because the fuck is this #i hope the entire company goes under even. tear it down and start from scratch

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seraphicrose · 5 months

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sleep token show in hamburg was so worth it lmfao when we left the building my sister was like "okay but when can we go again" she gets it

#country kid armed with nothing but their d ticket and their social anxiety ventures forth into the Big City #i normally drive to concerts but i aint about to do myself like that and do the whole bremen AND hamburg autobahn garbage #i dont hate myself that much #also it was snowing like fuck #anyway i made it back despite the strike bc the train operators are doing hot labour shit again #havent seen this many queer people in one place since my last pride before covid #i got complimented on my hair in the GENDER NEUTRAL bathroom by a hot goth person #10/10 #unfortunately still prefer my cattle to people ratio to be skewed towards the former but i think that's never gonna change #but the wonders of existing regular public transport are MAGICAL

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etchedstars · 5 months

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immediately and effectively ruining any chance of looking cool by flat out sprinting to catch my bus

#the overdue asteroid strikes again #i love public transportation

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