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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:07 am 
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The taxi and private hire trade have given myself a living ( sometimes good and sometimes bad ) for the last 40 plus years , but it is changing dramatically ... do yourself a favour and retrain .... plumbers are making very good money now.

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stationtone wrote:
On the down side is that Operators/Drivers will not join Associations or unions yet still reap the rewards of there actions.The Dundee taxi trade has a continuous fight on there hands and yet so few are members of the union/Association.I suspect you have the same problem down your way. :)

The way I look at it is that I'm the best person to deal with what's best for me, no-one else.

So in my view those that don't contribute/help out are at the mercy of the likes of me that do.

And I would much rather it be that way than the other way around. :wink:

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:37 pm 
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stationtone wrote:
Sussex i am happy i have a beautiful wife and two wonderful daughters Rebecca 8 and Gemma 4 but i am finding it hard to provide for them in this current climate.

I have no other trade so i feel i am stuck in this Trade .I hope you would agree that there is a significant change in earnings in the last few years.

Apart from a down turn in earnings i suppose the job is not that bad :)


I have another 23 three years before i can retire (that's if i make it that long) so you can maybe see why i am not that optimistic :)


Stationtone,
Dont get to down, it was hard during the last recession when interest rates were at 15% and many went to the wall, which may happen to a few more yet if this one is anything to go by. I would think most are finding it tough at present including myself. Ya just have to reign back, cut down on the luxuries and stick it out..... The plus side may be that it might thin out the ranks of riff raff and those who don't take an interest in the trade.
We are beginning to see a few cracking up and faces here disappearing and they are the ones who treat the trade and its punters with disrespect, who got greedy and didn't put enough aside for rainy days..... :-| :wink:


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:58 pm 
stationtone wrote:
CC you are are one of the few that really cares about this job and you should be congratulated for that.We have Graeme Stephen of the DTA in Dundee who has been bullied and threatened yet still stands up for his members and sees this job as worth doing.

On the down side is that Operators/Drivers will not join Associations or unions yet still reap the rewards of there actions.The Dundee taxi trade has a continuous fight on there hands and yet so few are members of the union/Association.I suspect you have the same problem down your way. :)


You know what to do then don't you? He's only a phonecall away. :wink:


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