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The good news is, that it seems to have upset Walter Mitty from Harrow.

Again.

Theres everything wrong with it, its obviously not true, its LTDA spin made up to keep their members in line, if you want to see the RMT statement, go to RMT London website.

The LTDA have a bit of a problem at the moment knocking other organisations, and if you phone Noddy up to find out why he will tell you to eff off.

He's so busy trying to get Rickshaws licenced its a wonder he still has time to slag off RMT

The RMT site?

No thanks, that's the folks whose 'officials' run Minicabs on the side and want to restrict the hours of the 97% of London taxi drivers who have nothing to do with the Railway Union.

You know the ones, the 'yellow eyed' ones.

If the RMT wish to respond, I'd suggest they get their 700 members to have a whip round and produce a trade paper.

They could call it 'Communism at the Oak'

It could be sponsored by Aeroflot for cheap holidays to North Korea.

What are you on about?

In addition to this, the truth regarding the RMT London taxi branch position on
the DFT consultation on working hours is explained by committee member Paul Bond
in an easy to understand fashion,



• The Working Time Directive (WTD) and The Drivers Hours Regulations (DHR) are
two entirely different legislative instruments and one (WTD) give EU member
states various legal enactment tasks around maximum EMPLOYED WORKERS HOURS
COMPELLABILTY currently the UK has an 'opt out' in that people can sign away
their rights, quite rightly the Trade Union Movement (RMT, UNITE, etc.) campaign
to stop this as people are being pressured by unscrupulous employers.

The truly self employed (that's us) remain unaffected.

• The Drivers Hours Regulations (DHR) are already long enshrined law and deal
with truck drivers etc. and the Dept. for Transport routinely review them and of
course the RMT's stance is that they are there for good reasons of safety.

The RMT has also said that IF the DfT (the UK government) decide to look into
the taxi trade around the matter of Drivers Hours in the Taxi Trade then a full
consultation with drivers etc. must take place.

Nothing is currently proposed and the RMT has made its view clear in advance.

Were other trade bodies even aware of the DfT's possible review?

Other Trade Organisations would be better advised campaigning to win work back
by:

Not wanting Pedicabs Registered,
Stopping Satellite Offices or being a part of an organisation that books
PHV's and maybe when purporting to 'represent' the taxi trade speak up when
minicab bays or ranks (e.g. Sutton) are being muted at TfL meetings! Maybe we
could all do less hours by CHOICE then!

Oh dear GBC, are you one of Noddies Yes men?

Are you one of soapbox Bobs henchmen with a white stick?

Welcome to the forum Mark.

How much is a Mars Bar?

Yes, very interesting.

Now tell us all what the RMT have acheived in their first year of representing the trade in London.

We're not interested in what faults you've found, or some far off grand socialist vision dreampt up by the three communists who run the branch, just simply what the RMT have acheived over the last year.

Go for it.

It's not hard.

Simple really.

Just a list of results.

Acheived results.

A bit of trade disunity, answer a queston with a question

Just to humour you a bit and answer another question and not dodge them, the RMT exposed the killer on the knowledge and organised the first demo at penton steet, they did this while the LTDA were trying to get Rickshaws licenced.

What do you think of Comcab putting taxicard work into minicabs via Capitalcall?

If youve got the ear at the LTDA, tell me whats going on at Sutton Police station? The police want a minicab rank and the LTDA took along a marshal for them to advise on how to run it. It sounds like another Kingston where the drivers were sold down the river and find themselves ranking up next to scum, all down to the LTDA not standing up for the drivers properly, they just bent over and took it up their fat arses

GBC, give us a list of the LTDAs achievements

A very enlightened move.

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Taxicard is a Taxi account, but comcab have decided to make more money by getting scabs to do some of the work. Rest assured the scabs wont get the full fare!

If anyone wants full details go to TfL website and look at capital call, its running in Wimbledon where there is a blanket ban on new taxi driver recruitment.

LTDA wont comment, they own 20%! they just want the money.

BTW Sussex, Isnt there a scab forum you could go to? Im impressed you can speak english, did you learn it in Somalia?

PMSL I just nearly fell off my chair

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!