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Olympics bill rises by £ 8 Million
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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has offered £8.3m in a bid to avert a planned bus strike in London, mayor Boris Johnson has said.
Unite union members plan to strike for 24 hours on Friday, demanding a £500 bonus for working during the Games.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18523781
The £8.3m is in addition to £91m the ODA gave to TfL to cover the additional costs of running extra services during the Olympics, including bonus pay deals agreed with train workers.
Deals have been announced giving workers at Heathrow Express £700, Network Rail £500, Docklands Light Railway £900, London Overground £600 and London Underground at least £850, said Unite.
Unite estimates it would cost £14m to provide a £500 bonus for every bus driver.
.......all this austerity is fun (for some :eek:)
Unite union members plan to strike for 24 hours on Friday, demanding a £500 bonus for working during the Games.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18523781
The £8.3m is in addition to £91m the ODA gave to TfL to cover the additional costs of running extra services during the Olympics, including bonus pay deals agreed with train workers.
Deals have been announced giving workers at Heathrow Express £700, Network Rail £500, Docklands Light Railway £900, London Overground £600 and London Underground at least £850, said Unite.
Unite estimates it would cost £14m to provide a £500 bonus for every bus driver.
.......all this austerity is fun (for some :eek:)
'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
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I wonder if anybody has any comments on the morality of the bus drivers' actions, which are of course perfectly legal."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0
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Wohoo! I'm working during the Olympics too. And Euro 2012. And Wimbledon.
Who do I speak to about claiming my free money for doing the job I'm already paid to do?0 -
I wonder if anybody has any comments on the morality of the bus drivers' actions, which are of course perfectly legal.
Some already have in previous threads (but see no moral issue with tax avoidance).
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/53160863#Comment_53160863The_White_Horse wrote: »sickening hypocritical lefties.
most of today's issues are caused by the lefty, not the bankers."When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson0 -
I wonder if anybody has any comments on the morality of the bus drivers' actions, which are of course perfectly legal.
If the Take That boys are driving buses during the Olympics then that's fine - Gary Barlow aggressively avoids tax but did a fine arselicking job during the jubilee.
We ought to wait for a ruling from the Reverend David Cameron.0 -
£8 million seems like small change compared to some of the figures bandied about. Bargain!"A thousand candles can be lit from a single candle without shortening the life of that candle."
I still am Puddleglum - phew!0 -
mr_fishbulb wrote: »Wohoo! I'm working during the Olympics too. And Euro 2012. And Wimbledon.
Who do I speak to about claiming my free money for doing the job I'm already paid to do?
Perhaps it's for working longer shift patterns with more lates and earlies for all of 14/21 days?
If all the other transport areas have been given a bung why not the bus drivers?
Giving one bung is like taking your finger out of the dyke.
Small change in the troughing going on in total."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
just been listening to a doctor saying he had no dispute with patients only with the government
I guess the bus drivers would have said the same; just changed 'patients' to 'passengers'0 -
Like I'll have to do if I want to take public transport during the games, and still work my normal hours.grizzly1911 wrote: »Perhaps it's for working longer shift patterns with more lates and earlies for all of 14/21 days?0 -
It just had to happen once they bent over for the tube drivers.0
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