Re: industrial action by cityrail train guards - 22 july

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
37AD0521.8E3E7B45@ozemail.com.au">news:37AD0521.8E3E7B45@ozemail.com.au...
> zambuck@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > In article <37AAFEB9.B71F294F@ozemail.com.au>,
> >   trainman@ozemail.com.au wrote:
> >
> > > The guards job will not be changed until at least 2003.  I can see DOO
> > during off
> > > peaks with 4 car trains, but not during peak times.
> > >
> > >
> > > David Johnson
> > > trainman@ozemail.com.au
> > > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
> > >
> > > I heard something similar, with the tangara as DOO due to the coupling
> > procedure and the older type will remain coupled as 8cars for peak hours
> > and specials.  Yet the issue of safety or a proactive system in health
> > and safety remains let out of the equation.  The fight on lowering
> > standards to be 'competitive'  (to what?) is killing jobs
> > paul hayes, (public transport workers rank & file)
>
> The question is, what is the RTBU doing to save our jobs?
>
> --
> David Johnson
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
>
>
David,

I agree, however there is an onus on the members to contribute!!!

The Melbourne system operates fine without guards, (well its no worse than
with them).

For the record, I am not advicating the removal of guards, thats something
for management in NSW to decide.

What I am suggesting is: The Melbourne guards were their own worst enemies,
they point blank refused to accept that they would have to need other
responsibilities to shore up their jobs.

They refused to sell or check tickets, they refused to roam (I must admit I
wouldn't like to do that in the Off Peak evenings), in the end they refused
to take responsibility for parcels, the list goes on.

If Sydney is to defy the odds they will need to study the mistakes of
others, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane?? are all DOO. The last thing
I, as a worker like to see is that other workers loose their jobs, but in
these days of so called global economics the main drive by management (both
Government and Private) is to cut costs, you have got to sell yourself to
justify your job. Promises and other statements that guards will be around
for 10 or 20 years are rubbish if you can't justify your right to be there.

That bet of a $1000 sounds almost inviting<g>

Bob.