Thank you comrade. Where's the party?
Tony P
On Monday, 20 March 2023 at 19:06:29 UTC+11 Tony Galloway wrote:
> Yeah.
>
> Abolish the lot and replace ‘em all with workers' democracy running co-ops.
>
> A boss is a boss.
>
> Welcome, Comrade, to the revolution….
>
> Tony
>
> On 20 Mar 2023, at 18:27, TP histor...@...> wrote:
>
> Transdev buses and Transdev light rail are two different operating
> companies that, in spite of their common French ownership, have different
> Australian managements. Many of the management and staff of the newly
> enlarged private operators are ex STA obviously, a natural career
> progression, so there's a bit of STA in many of them and the attitudes of
> many of those aren't all that enlightened. As I have inside contact into
> that sector, I know well that there are differences between the operators
> and it's up to the operators to sort themselves out. For somebody looking
> for job though, like any sector, it's a matter of shopping around until you
> find a situation that you like. Now's the time to do that, while labour is
> in demand.
>
> I spent a number of years working in government (in addition to the
> private sector), and I found it pretty horrible and the cause was the same
> - management. It's the species, not the sector, but you're more likely to
> find good managers in the private sector. One thing I found is that you
> were never thanked for your work in the government sector. You were in the
> private sector.
>
> Another off-subject topic.
>
> Tony P
>
> On Monday, 20 March 2023 at 17:15:27 UTC+11peterm...@... wrote:
>
>> From a 2 museum members who Applied to Trandev busses, they were treated
>> like *SHIT* and bullied out cause they were not fool hardy and capable of
>> every bit of crap thrown at them. If they do that to many of their
>> recruits they will find they don't get any. Since then once member has got
>> a job with a Wollongong bus company and is loving it, the other member is
>> now driving L2/L3 trams and ironically found it a completely different
>> recruitment attitude in the trams of transdev over the busses. Transdev
>> Busses have some what shot themselves in the foot. and I have hard of other
>> similar cases across all companies in Sydney.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On Monday, 20 March 2023 at 13:32:52 UTC+11 Tony Galloway wrote:
>>
>>> You know I don’t support the ALP, so give up on the whataboutery.
>>>
>>> As for Michael Costa, I worked for Railcorp while that piece of shit was
>>> transport minister, so don’t expect that to cut any mustard either. The
>>> last labor government was a failure, which is why it lost that election,
>>> but that doesn’t negate any of the criticisms I have of this government.
>>> Also, the perpetrators of the worst transport policies, to be specific, of
>>> the last labor government, Carr, Costa, Iemma, Tripodi, Obeid etc, are no
>>> longer there.
>>>
>>> I don’t think either of the major parties will have a majority in the
>>> next parliament, but one things guaranteed, the next premier will not be
>>> Perrottet. Fred Nile’s party has disappeared, the other right wing whack
>>> jobs likely to support the coalition are unelectable, and despite optional
>>> preferential voting the Teals and independents look like hammering the
>>> liberals on the north shore and northern beaches, and maybe the eastern
>>> suburbs too. The Greens will hold what they have and are likely to get
>>> more. The nationals are likely to be hit in the bush because they are the
>>> creatures of the mining and river raping irrigation lobbies. Nothing says
>>> “national party” like that Darling river fish kill. There is no guarantee
>>> Minns will hold his seat - no tragedy there - so the next premier is by no
>>> means certain.
>>>
>>> As for labor party policies being cut and pasted from Victoria - so what?
>>>
>>> They obviously worked there, so it’s hardly surprising that the
>>> intellectual midgets in Sussex St would look for something easy to copy.
>>>
>>> And the telegraph “uncovered” this did they?
>>>
>>> Golly!
>>>
>>> The hun and the oz “uncovered” Dictator Dan using opinion polls to
>>> follow what the real public attitude was to his policies, hardly
>>> surprising, but apparently “outrageous” to a media organisation trying to
>>> push an opposing bullshit agenda.
>>>
>>> Funny how the merde-ox rags can “uncover” this stuff, like the Order Of
>>> Lenin supposedly awarded to Manning Clark, but can totally evade reporting
>>> on the atrocities committed by the last federal government with Robodebt
>>> and “uncovered” by the royal commission.
>>>
>>> 2,030 suicides attributable to illegal Robodebt monstering and
>>> harassment (according to Centrelink's assessment), but no-one at the
>>> telegraph or hun or oz or any Rupert rag could find that.
>>>
>>> I suppose that’s another way to understand “un-covering”.
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20 Mar 2023, at 12:31, TP histor...@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> If things go badly on Saturday, we'll be back to this:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fnational%2Fcosta-push-to-derail-hills-link-20070925-gdr6rm.html
>>>
>>> Labor has form, which hasn't changed since the 1950s.
>>>
>>> Victorians should be pleased - the Telegraph uncovered NSW Labor copying
>>> and pasting Dan Andrews' election policies onto the NSW Labor website, just
>>> changing the names and localities to NSW ones. Absolutely no policy of
>>> their own, just slogans.
>>>
>>> Tony P
>>>
>>> On Monday, 20 March 2023 at 10:19:57 UTC+11 Tony Galloway wrote:
>>>
>>>> Of course, shit wages and shit working conditions, overlaid with shit
>>>> management perpetrated by overpaid parasitic privatised deadshit straw
>>>> bosses, has nothing to do with it. Many who do take on these shit jobs
>>>> don’t remain because they are shit jobs managed by brain dead thugs
>>>> deliberately engaged to make driving buses an even more miserable
>>>> occupation than it is already. And with relatively low unemployment they
>>>> don’t have to put up with it.
>>>>
>>>> Metro is nothing but a rort to sluice money into the greed troughs of
>>>> corrupt construction companies and corrupt property developers, as seen at
>>>> the Hills council where Perrottet’s corrupt brothers were involved in a
>>>> bribery driven liberal party branch stack to load up the council with
>>>> docile developers’ prostitutes installed to do the bidding of corrupt
>>>> clowns like Jean Nassif and his corrupt company Toplace, builder of high
>>>> rise buildings unfit for occupation. This is what you get with a malignant
>>>> economic ideology that believes limitless “growth”, eg, trashing the
>>>> environment, can go on forever, by politicians bought and sold like
>>>> Darlinghurst Wall rent boys.
>>>>
>>>> A brief history of Liberal Party scandals | The Saturday Paper
>>>> https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2023/03/18/brief-history-liberal-party-scandals#mtr
>>>>
>>>> It wouldn’t matter if this government had the best transport policies
>>>> ever - it hasn’t - all the other atrocities of corruption, malfeasance,
>>>> incompetence and environmental ecocide perpetrated by these criminal
>>>> sociopaths, including a fire-bombing murder attempt on a vocal opponent,
>>>> Jordan Shanks, shows it is congenitally unfit for any public office :
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWZkANkNYo4&ab_channel=friendlyjordies
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRAU4Z9Meb0&ab_channel=friendlyjordies
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrJeumZROdU&ab_channel=friendlyjordies
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fogLmItSZns&ab_channel=friendlyjordies
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>>> On 19 Mar 2023, at 13:24, TP histor...@...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As mentioned in an earlier post:
>>>>
>>>> *Buses*
>>>>
>>>> Greater Sydney 5,500
>>>> Greater Melbourne 2,700
>>>> Greater Brisbane 1,750+
>>>> Perth 1,692
>>>> Adelaide 1,034
>>>> Canberra 460
>>>> Hobart 167
>>>> Darwin 79
>>>>
>>>> Sydney's labour pool is the same size as Melbourne's, but Sydney has to
>>>> find twice as many bus drivers as Melbourne at a time of virtually full
>>>> employment.
>>>>
>>>> Why is Sydney so dependent on buses? The current reason is that, during
>>>> the last ten years, Sydney's bus services have become much, much better in
>>>> terms of their frequency and coverage. Now by far the best in Australia,
>>>> even better than Perth's - but very labour and vehicle intensive as a
>>>> result.
>>>>
>>>> The other longer-term reason is that every Labor government since the
>>>> 1950s has shown a preference for buses as a "quick and easy" (though
>>>> manifestly inadequate) solution for public transport. The current Labor
>>>> Party is still at it, promising buses instead of metro (even though they
>>>> have only about 5% of the capacity, even more ludicrous than when they
>>>> replaced the trams) and offering motorway toll relief, thus encouraging
>>>> more people to drive.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure their "task force" they propose to establish to find more
>>>> drivers will be very successful. Are they going to send press gangs out
>>>> into the streets to take them by force?
>>>>
>>>> It would have helped, of course, if the CSELR operation hadn't been so
>>>> slow, giving the Labor MPs in SE Sydney plenty of ammunition to demand more
>>>> buses. CSELR should have taken many buses off the road and curtailed them
>>>> from running into the city, but now we have a half-arsed situation with
>>>> buses still running alongside trams into the city, in order to appease the
>>>> voters in the SE. If Labor gets in, I'm sure that this bus operation will
>>>> only increase.
>>>>
>>>> The Coalition did a great thing bringing trams back, but unfortunately
>>>> they were let down by the lucrative gravy train known as "modern light
>>>> rail", its crappy trams, gizmo "solutions" and its know-all newbie
>>>> "experts" and operators.
>>>>
>>>> Tony P
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, 19 March 2023 at 12:02:47 UTC+11 Greg Sutherland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/where-sydney-s-bus-driver-shortage-is-causing-the-most-delays-and-cancellations-20230316-p5csm0.html
>>>>>
>>>> Bus services across Sydney have been plagued with delays and
>>>>> cancellations, leading to long queues of frustrated commuters after a
>>>>> shortage of drivers led to cuts to services.
>>>>>
>>>>> The eastern suburbs, inner west and north shore are the hardest hit by
>>>>> the driver shortage. One in 10 B-Line buses to the northern beaches have
>>>>> also been cancelled during the morning peak
>>>>> https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-public-transport-cancelled-bline-bus-services-leaving-northern-sydney-passengers-stranded/ed30aef6-e8ff-48da-8cc4-64a23d50b915
>>>>> in the past six months.
>>>>> [image: A reduction in bus services triggered by a shortage of drivers
>>>>> has caused disruption to commuters across Sydney.]
>>>>>
>>>>> A reduction in bus services triggered by a shortage of drivers has
>>>>> caused disruption to commuters across Sydney.Credit:Louise Kennerley
>>>>>
>>>>> Lane Cove Council has established a reporting system for late and
>>>>> cancelled buses after complaints from teachers and parents about children
>>>>> being late for school.
>>>>>
>>>> The driver shortages prompted the NSW government to make temporary
>>>>> service changes in January by cutting bus services
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/brace-for-chaos-bus-union-warns-thousands-of-sydney-services-will-be-axed-from-monday-20230129-p5cg7q.htmlacross
>>>>> Sydney.
>>>>>
>>>> The NSW government blames the lack of drivers on Australia’s low
>>>>> unemployment rate, but the bus union and Labor say privatisation has led to
>>>>> a deterioration in bus services.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday morning last week, every third bus scheduled to arrive at
>>>>> Lane Cove interchange heading towards the city was cancelled or extremely
>>>>> delayed. On real-time tracking apps, Transport for NSW advises buses “may
>>>>> operate a reduced service level”.
>>>>> [image: Bus services in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, inner west, north
>>>>> shore and northern beaches are the hardest hit by the driver shortage.]
>>>>>
>>>>> Bus services in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, inner west, north shore and
>>>>> northern beaches are the hardest hit by the driver shortage.Credit:Louise
>>>>> Kennerley
>>>>>
>>>>> Jane Weller’s 12-year-old daughter now walks 20 minutes from their
>>>>> Lane Cove home, past their closest bus stop, so she can fit on a service to
>>>>> Riverside Girls High. Weller said the bus disruption had been a frustrating
>>>>> way for her daughter to start high school.
>>>>>
>>>>> “In the first week, the [over capacity] bus passed the children at the
>>>>> bus stop without explanation. It changed its route destination to ‘not in
>>>>> service’,” she said.
>>>>>
>>>> Advertisement
>>>>>
>>>>> “We were only alerted to the issue when we walked to the bus stop
>>>>> ourselves to catch the city bus and found our daughter still waiting.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Lane Cove councillor Rochelle Flood said many parents were now driving
>>>>> their children to school every day because they could not rely on the bus.
>>>>>
>>>>> A Transport for NSW spokeswoman said the reduction in bus services had
>>>>> led to an increase in “negative comments” to operators and on social media.
>>>>>
>>>>> “Adjusted timetables enable operators to offer more reliably
>>>>> predictable route services, rather than cancelling services ad hoc, giving
>>>>> greater certainty to commuters when planning their trip,” she said.
>>>>>
>>>>> The spokeswoman blamed Australia’s low unemployment rate of 3.5 per
>>>>> cent for the driver shortage, which has led to more than 500 vacancies out
>>>>> of a workforce of about 7000. It is expected to continue throughout 2023 –
>>>>> despite efforts to recruit drivers with free public transport and
>>>>> subsidised training.
>>>>>
>>>>> The ongoing bus service cuts add to the frustrations caused by Sydney’s
>>>>> train meltdown earlier this month
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/no-trains-are-moving-all-sydney-trains-down-ahead-of-afternoon-peak-20230308-p5cqgq.html,
>>>>> which led to the entire rail network grinding to a halt.
>>>>> Related Article
>>>>> [image: Commuters at Martin Place station when Sydney’s rail network
>>>>> was brought to a standstill on Wednesday.]
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/for-sydney-commuters-it-s-nearly-impossible-to-travel-off-peak-20230309-p5cqpi.html
>>>>> Public transport
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/topic/sydney-public-transport-62q
>>>>> For Sydney commuters, it’s nearly impossible to travel ‘off peak’
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/for-sydney-commuters-it-s-nearly-impossible-to-travel-off-peak-20230309-p5cqpi.html
>>>>>
>>>>> The Rail, Tram and Bus Union NSW’s tram and bus division secretary
>>>>> David Babineau said the state government had axed thousands of trips from
>>>>> the timetable because it could not deliver a quality service to commuters.
>>>>>
>>>>> “We’re seeing incredibly large queues at bus stops and bus drivers are
>>>>> being abused because of the government’s decision to axe services,” he said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Babineau said the privatisation of buses was worsening driver
>>>>> shortages: “In addition to all the other issues caused by privatisation,
>>>>> they’re now struggling to attract and retain bus drivers, which means
>>>>> operators are axing hundreds of services every day.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Lola Sharp has been late for many appointments since new timetables
>>>>> were introduced at the end of January, waiting up to half an hour for buses
>>>>> from Coogee that generally run at 10-minute intervals.
>>>>> Related Article
>>>>> [image: Composite - Photographs made around the Sydney CBD to
>>>>> accompany a story about women’s safety in the CBD. Photographed Thursday
>>>>> 2nd March 2023. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 230302. Prince
>>>>> Alfred Park. Natalie Ward MP speaks at a press conference in front of the
>>>>> NSW Law Courts on Sunday, January 29, 2023. Photo by Cole Bennetts.]
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/why-90-per-cent-of-women-in-sydney-don-t-feel-safe-at-night-20230228-p5co8m.html
>>>>> ExclusiveNight-time economy
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/topic/night-time-economy-1ng1
>>>>> Why 90 per cent of women in Sydney don’t feel safe at night
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/why-90-per-cent-of-women-in-sydney-don-t-feel-safe-at-night-20230228-p5co8m.html
>>>>>
>>>>> “On questioning bus drivers, some have said ‘There is no timetable’,”
>>>>> she said. “Others have said ‘We just do as we are told’. Others have just
>>>>> shrugged.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Sharp also expressed annoyance that her bus service terminates at
>>>>> Museum station instead of Circular Quay: “As an elderly person, I can do
>>>>> without accessing [and] exiting two buses instead of one.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Orla Burke usually catches a bus from Bronte to Bondi Junction where
>>>>> she transfers to a train into the city.
>>>>>
>>>>> But unreliable buses and inaccurate timetables have forced Burke to
>>>>> ask a neighbour to walk her children to school, so she can leave at 8am to
>>>>> ensure she is on time for her meetings.
>>>>> Related Article
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-year-of-late-trains-is-your-line-the-least-reliable-in-sydney-20221208-p5c4n5.html
>>>>> Trains https://www.smh.com.au/topic/trains-jas
>>>>> A year of late trains: Is your line the least reliable in Sydney?
>>>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-year-of-late-trains-is-your-line-the-least-reliable-in-sydney-20221208-p5c4n5.html
>>>>>
>>>>> “It is possible to make a 9am meeting if everything runs to time,” she
>>>>> said. “However it’s currently not feasible to have 9am meetings as I’m
>>>>> frequently late, which makes me look unreliable.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Labor transport spokeswoman Jo Haylen also blamed privatisation for
>>>>> the deterioration of bus services.
>>>>>
>>>>> “[A cancelled service] forces passengers back onto our roads and
>>>>> reduces confidence in our public transport system.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Haylen said a Labor government would set up a taskforce to address the
>>>>> driver shortage, and work to return services cut due to bus privatisation.
>>>>>
>>>>> “This is about putting the needs of passengers at the centre of our
>>>>> bus network after years of Liberal neglect,” she said.
>>>>>
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>>>>> The Real Rob Morrison
>>>>> 5 hours ago
>>>>> Offer more money and they will sign up. Supply and demand.
>>>>> Simon Raven
>>>>> 5 hours ago
>>>>> Been like this for months, buses cancelled at short notice and even
>>>>> Google etc can't keep up with what's happening in real time. While
>>>>> Transport NSW says, "please check with Trip Planner before you travel" but
>>>>> even that doesn't tell you what's happening at the actual bus stops. And
>>>>> even Trip Planner says it might not be accurate and to ... check Trip
>>>>> Planner! Not uncommon to wait for 30mins for a bus that's meant to run
>>>>> every 10mins in the Eastern Suburbs. Shocking. Oh, and a note to the MP who
>>>>> said at the last state election he'd reinstate the 378's old route from
>>>>> Bronte to the city: you didn't.
>>>>> Glenn
>>>>> 5 hours ago
>>>>> They would not pay me enough to be a bus or taxi driver in Sydney
>>>>> today. The place is a complete mess with overpopulation.
>>>>> Gds Gds
>>>>> 5 hours ago
>>>>> Who knew that in times of low employment you would have trouble
>>>>> filling jobs that are low paid and stressful. The same with teachers,
>>>>> nurses, Aged Care, Child Care, etc. Then the Government has the temerity to
>>>>> say they can’t increase the wages because of cost. If you don’t pay the
>>>>> bucks you don’t get the staff. What do they intend to do, Shanghai people
>>>>> and force them to work in these jobs?
>>>>> Gds Gds
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> Low unemployment.
>>>>> Phill
>>>>> 5 hours ago
>>>>> Exactly what everyone said would happen when the LNP sold off the
>>>>> 'Regions'.
>>>>> AllWomenUnite
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> Hey, You have discovered why we need another million migrants in
>>>>> Australia.
>>>>> Plain stupidity.
>>>>> Migrants work cheaper than Australians.
>>>>> DJG
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> Driver shortages are a huge issue for buses, but the situation would
>>>>> be worse under govt ownership where wage growth is capped at 2%. At least
>>>>> private operators can offer sign on incentives and pay more to attract
>>>>> drivers. Unions and Labor should focus their anger elsewhere.
>>>>> Jono Nolan
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> The job is very stressful. Doing it close to 9 hours a day driving
>>>>> back and forth on Sydney's aggressive roads is very draining. You see the
>>>>> worst in human behaviour on the roads.
>>>>> Uncomfortable Truth
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> Sydney is full. I visited friends in Sydney on Thursday from the North
>>>>> Coast. At 11am it was like the peak hour of five years ago. It took me 75
>>>>> minutes to go from Wahroonga to my destination. And I will not use toll
>>>>> roads. I cannot afford it on my pension income. And judging by the cars on
>>>>> my well known route, lots of others don't either.
>>>>> PMoftheMonth
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> Why would you work for them? The new employment agreements are stingy.
>>>>> Bus drivers don’t even get a free travel pass any more! And what is the
>>>>> real cost saving in not giving them one anyway?
>>>>> Johnathan
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> It’s not just Bus drivers, staff shortages are everywhere in Sydney
>>>>> And the PM is promising 100.000 new jobs
>>>>> Good luck with that
>>>>> Mrs Smith
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> Every time I head to the office in the city, it's like playing the bus
>>>>> roulette. Trip planner doesn't provide live info on more than half of the
>>>>> buses and it's up to luck if the bus turns up or delayed substantially. WFH
>>>>> is the way instead of wasting hours a week on unpredictable buses. The big
>>>>> bosses asking people to go back to office must experience the frustration
>>>>> and poor productivity of the workers.
>>>>> Mermaid
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> Ferry connecting bus cancelled at last minute 2 out 3 times recently
>>>>> meaning 30 min wait or steep uphill walk in the heat. City light rail was
>>>>> also cancelled on one of those days. Completely unreliable.
>>>>> Brian
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> So the LIbs employment strategy for bus drivers relies on high
>>>>> unemployment? It's all a con when it comes to Dom.
>>>>> Gary Squirrel
>>>>> 4 hours ago
>>>>> When the B-Line was privatised, workers were put on new split shift
>>>>> rosters of four hours on, four hours off, four hours on again. It’s not a
>>>>> worker friendly arrangement even if you do live. close to home, and is
>>>>> unsustainable if you don’t and have to add a commute at either end of your
>>>>> effectively 12 hour shift. As a result, all the older bus drivers simply
>>>>> quit, and and surprisingly they’re having difficulties recruiting new
>>>>> drivers.
>>>>> Mangocola
>>>>> 3 hours ago
>>>>> Busways was down at my local shopping centre during business hours
>>>>> doing a recruitment drive for bus drivers. I said to them that they're
>>>>> looking in the wrong place - only pensioners and those who have past
>>>>> working age and would never qualify for a heavy vehicle licence pass
>>>>> through here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Additionally, Transit Systems was spotted in NZ and Pacific Island
>>>>> countries taking out bus driver advertisements in local papers.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's that desperate, thanks to privatisation.
>>>>> Astro
>>>>> 3 hours ago
>>>>> Driving buses is a horrible job, I nearly hand in my resignation every
>>>>> day.
>>>>>
>>>>> A lot of drivers left to retire and their positions weren't taken by
>>>>> younger people because they know it's a terrible job and they all want to
>>>>> earn big bucks in IT and finance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Passengers affected by the cancellations need to realise that by
>>>>> abusing the driver of the next service that comes along they are
>>>>> potentially abetting the resignation decision of that driver... to cause
>>>>> even more shortages! Just call 131500 and lodge your complaint instead.
>>>>> Nic76
>>>>> 3 hours ago
>>>>> All these entities (public transport, post, etc) are paying more and
>>>>> more people more and more money to sit in front of computers and figure out
>>>>> ways to cut money. They look at spreadsheets, crunch numbers and come to
>>>>> the conclusion that it’s the people doing these services that are the
>>>>> problem, not them.
>>>>> Caleb
>>>>> 3 hours ago
>>>>> There's this concept called a market for labour where businesses have
>>>>> to learn to put up wages to attract staff rather than rely on an endless
>>>>> flow of migrants to keep wages suppressed.
>>>>> Mandelbrot
>>>>> 3 hours ago
>>>>> Why do they still call it public transport when all the buses have
>>>>> been sold off to private companies, its now just a series of unreliable
>>>>> local private bus services like we had half a century ago?
>>>>>
>>>>> Advertisement
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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