Re: Pendennis Castle

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

I don't care who makes the decision. The UK is the best place for a british loco. As most
people have already said, the Pilbara is not the place for it. The Didcot Railway Centre
is.

chris@enet21.com.au wrote:

> how would you like years of work go down the drain by some decision made by some
> directors in far off London.
> The way the story goes some directors of Rio Tinto were invited to uk group's line and
> were asked then after they had been for a train ride (no doubt a few beers also) to
> donate to locomotive. Check the news in their webpage.
>
> http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/
>
> I doubt if they even consulted Pilbara Railways Historical Society or Hamersley Iron's
> Australian office. If you want to look at   the Pilbara society webpage
> go there
>
> http://www.holiday-wa.net/loco.htm
>
> Regards
> Chris
> (and send those letters in to the mua)
>
> James Brook wrote:
>
> > You lot are really pathetic. You don't care what happens to the loco. All you want
> > is some sort of pathetic "victory" against Rio Tinto simply because you don't like
> > them. Its this sort of behaviour that really shows how pathetic some of your unions
> > really are. You really ask for non-union contracts when this is the sort of crap you
> > carry on with. As someone else said in this thread, the loco will probably never run
> > again if it remains in the Pilbara.
> >
> > chris@enet21.com.au wrote:
> >
> > > Yes! Yes! Rio Tinto are a pack of assholes.....
> > >
> > > from exploting the poor in 3rd world countries (with their association with
> > > Freeport and the Indonseian military killing local landholders who protest about
> > > the damage caused to their land) to union bashing in Australia.
> > >
> > > If you want to prevent a Pommie mob from "pissing" on the years of unpaid labour
> > > and given by Hamersley Iron employees in maintaining this locomotive ....Please
> > > direct your emails of complaint to the Maritime Union of Austraila (Western
> > > Australian Branch) who judging from their love of Rio Tinto will probably
> > > blackban (forever) the loading of it onto the ship. They are the  only blokes
> > > who have the guts to take on a muliti national (sorry - transnational) company
> > > of this size.
> > >
> > > Rio Tinto have not only alienated most of  their entire workforce in Australia
> > > they have also "pissed off"  alot of other mining and engineering companies.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > Rod Gayford wrote:
> > >
> > > > The point is that a foreign company that has exploited Australian workers
> > > > for years and has been in the vanguard of the conservative reactionary
> > > > forces attempting to destroy collective bargaining in this country has
> > > > chosen to donate this locomotive to a UK based group and to my mind that
> > > > says "stuff you Aussies" we will show you where our loyalties lay. Well, if
> > > > all us gutless Aussies just want to lie back and be pissed over by this
> > > > group then let it go. For me, I am contacting the Maritime unions and any
> > > > other industrial union to have a black ban placed on its export. I bet
> > > > Hamersley will back down once this gets in the papers and shows them up for
> > > > what they are. I suppose I should not be surprised at the intelligence of a
> > > > section of rail fans in Australia as they have been tipping money into that
> > > > far northern NSW scrap yard for years.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Rod Gayford (also workplace delegate CPSU)
> >
> > --
> > - James Brook -
> >
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