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GMB AND RMT PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS JOIN FORCES TO DEMAND FOR A PUBLIC ENQUIRY ON THE RUNNING OF THE PUBLIC CARRIAGE OFFICE (PCO)

London’s Hackney Cab drivers and Private Hire drivers are joining forces in their demand for an inquiry into the running of the Public Carriage Office (PCO) which regulates the London’s mini cabs cabbies and black cabs. Both sets of drivers are unhappy with the PCO’s structure and position on many issues concerning the industry in the Capital .

Terry Flanagan, GMB National Organiser of professional drivers said, ”Both sides of the London Passenger Trade, mini cabs and black cabs, joining together on the vital issues of the running and standards of the PCO will be a much stronger force than from just one which would be attacked as been biased towards one side or another.”

Eddie Lambert, Chair of the RMT London Taxis’ Branch said, “By coming together on these specific issues we are letting the PCO know we are not going to be ignored by them and we will force them to address the flawed way that they operate. We will challenge the entire PCO operation as it is currently structured. Public Safety is too important to be used as a political play thing and we are a demanding a PCO that is genuinely fit for purpose.”

They are shareholders, Comfort Delgro run Com Cab, not the LTDA.

The LTDA make money from lots of investments, that why we have a full time staff and nice offices that are there for the 8700 members. You know the ones, the ones that will soon outnumber your rabble by 8000.

I'll refer you to my earlier answer.

A dozen anonymous posts by people hiding behind usernames mean's little. Anyone can make up stories like that.

If they don't like a circuit, leave. But they don't do they? Instead they spend their lives venting their spleens on computer forums, but do Jack Sheeite about anything.

Eh 'Disgruntled'?

Apparantly the Rickshaw, Minicab, and Tout Union are serving us with some form of legal papers.

We're still waiting.

Do hurry along.

Bob swear? Well he did mention you were a bunch of mislead, ill informed communist cnuts, so I'll give you that one.

The RMT, the enemy within soldiers on.

Enjoy.

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I'm never desperate Dissy, I drive a cab, just like you.

The big difference is that I just get on with it, you think the worlds out to get you, and everything is down to Com Cab and the LTDA.

If you're trying to tell me the RMT was'nt built on a Communist platform, why does Bob Crow pen articles for Marxist Review? The guys a commited socialist, just like Eddie Lambert, lefter than left.

You'd be as well toddling off back to the RMT forum, no ones that interested on here about inter association differences in London, even I'm getting bored with it now.

I guess that's what happens when you delete posts and stop people with other view points posting, you've now ended up with a forum where few post and those that do spend their time patting each other on the back telling each other how nasty the LTDA / LCDC / Unite / DAC / Com Cab / Radio Taxis / The PCO / Westminster Council / Martin Low / Bob Oddy / Steve Wright / GBC are.

Did I miss anyone?

How did the big demo at Taxi House go?

Do you still work days Dissy?

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Just like to express my opinion on the dispute between GBC and Disgruntled. Both seem to represent or be represented by differing bodies but are both London taxi drivers. In my experiance of being part of a Union then these bodies are quite happy taking your subs but when it comes to actually doing anything on your behalf then for them it's just a massive headache. We used to take unofficial action and the union stance was always that we must go back to work as we were breaking the law. The point is it's the members that pay the money who have the power to call the shots and not the officials taking the subs and smoking cigars. Sometimes and most of the time workers have to take a chance and call the bluff by taking direct action for things to get moving. As taxi drivers and being self employed then if a person is prevented from working for one reason or another then what can a union do? You can all stop working on a certain shift but people will always defy this and come out and work. All over the country HC and PH seem to be enemys mainly because quite rightly HC believe PH trade is killing their trade but I bet every PH or minicab driver would agree that it is and it's also killing their own. Instead of paying subs to unions and waiting for them to stop sitting on their fingers then all Taxi drivers regardless of what they drive should work together using direct action. Imagine the media frenzy if every driver on a certain day hit Town halls and buissness area's with slow moving protests about the crux of the matter that LA's and council's are making an absoloute massive revenue's while each side of the trade are buzy bitching at each other.

Oh you did and you know you did.

You said something along the lines of 'Did you really expect me to leave that there?' when the doddery old man from the Sudbury Council estate posted one of his vile attacks, brave guy.

Thats why you're so angry, you have no say in what gets posted over here, and millions of people can read them as theres no silly registration process in order to view.

Love it.

Only the ones you haven't banned for daring to challenge the Railway Unions communist policies.

By the way, RMT isn't spelt LTDF.

You're quite right Dagger. There's no dispute though, Dissy just likes a barny as he's got rid of all the opposing posters on the RMT forum.

I'm a member of the Licensed taxi Drivers Association. We only represent London Taxi drivers, hence the name. 100% London taxi orientated with no distractions. We don't do demo's very often, the subject has to be worthy of bringing London to a standstill.

Dissys a Railway Union man, but he's also been in others.
The RMT are political and were built up on socialist values, and contribute to political parties through political levy’s.
They claim to be the second biggest trade body in London, but refuse to discuss numbers, but every time a demonstration is called, which seems to be on a weekly basis, about a dozen drivers turn up.

We'll fight them on the beaches

Not with 12 overweight blokes you won't.