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(Al Jazeera)   British commoners are revolting. Also, they're on strike   (aljazeera.com) divider line
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Mantour [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 12:06:10 PM  
FTA: "
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who joined striking workers in London, called for a "fairer taxation system".
"This country cannot afford the levels of inequality we have," Corbyn told Al Jazeera."

This is a repeat from 1381.
 
jso2897
2023-02-01 1:25:01 PM  
Also, they stink on ice.
 
pastramithemosterotic
2023-02-01 1:27:31 PM  
Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:27:40 PM  
First France and now Britain.

Interesting, isn't it?
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:27:56 PM  

pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to


We're close.
 
ccsears [OhFark]
2023-02-01 1:29:45 PM  
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Wish I could see these guys live.  Now would be a perfect time.
 
SplittingAces
2023-02-01 1:30:13 PM  

Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.


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'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.
 
odinsposse
2023-02-01 1:30:14 PM  
Other workers also on strike range from museum employees and London bus drivers to coastguards and border officials manning passport control booths at airports.

More action, including by nurses and ambulance workers, is planned for the coming days and weeks.

Seems like it's totally normal business as usual and points to the UK doing completely fine. We're all fine. How are you?
 
oldfarthenry [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:30:20 PM  
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'Charles, their chanting something about Oliver Cromwell.'
'Oh, buggers! Tell Harry he can have his title back if we can pop across the pond for an extended visit.'
 
Shaggy_C
2023-02-01 1:30:33 PM  
Some locals in cars beeped their horns and raised a fist in solidarity as they drove past while others questioned teachers on their motives.

*beeeeep* "Get out of the road ya wankers!"
"Thanks! We do want to get back into school after we get a pay rise!"

*shaking fist in rage*
"Thanks for the solidarity!"
 
Nimbull
2023-02-01 1:33:10 PM  
Be nice if America did more of this.
 
oldfarthenry [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:33:37 PM  

oldfarthenry: [Fark user image 482x270]
'Charles, their chanting something about Oliver Cromwell.'
'Oh, buggers! Tell Harry he can have his title back if we can pop across the pond for an extended visit.'


'Charles, Piers Morgan buggered up my quote and typed "their" instead of "they're".'
'The arsehole has to learn proper Queen's KING'S English!'
 
Ragin' Asian [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:34:01 PM  

pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to


Except American workers (wage slaves) have been instilled with an ethic that if someone else is worse off, the meager bounty of the wage slave is just fine.
 
Schmerd1948 [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:37:38 PM  

Mantour: FTA: "
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who joined striking workers in London, called for a "fairer taxation system".
"This country cannot afford the levels of inequality we have," Corbyn told Al Jazeera."

This is a repeat from 1381.


Who you callin a peasant, mate?
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-02-01 1:37:49 PM  

Shaggy_C: Some locals in cars beeped their horns and raised a fist in solidarity as they drove past while others questioned teachers on their motives.

*beeeeep* "Get out of the road ya wankers!"
"Thanks! We do want to get back into school after we get a pay rise!"

*shaking fist in rage*
"Thanks for the solidarity!"


Fark user imageView Full Size
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:38:00 PM  

SplittingAces: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

[Fark user image image 425x355]

'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.


Then why did Biden come down hard on the rail workers?
 
Xai
2023-02-01 1:38:11 PM  
I just want to stress how absurd this all is. The government is literally PAYING to CAUSE these strikes.

Confused? you won't be.

So normally in a strike with a private company, the lack of workers doing the work costs the company money, the company will then make a decision based on the cost of the strike - sometimes like with starbucks they will think it's better to take on the workers, in the case of the UK and train drivers, the cost of them striking would far outweigh some kind of deal, so the company would negotiate and the longer a strike goes on, the more likely the company will be to come to a deal.

But not in the UK as the government is currently subsidising the company for lost revenue due to strike action - using taxpayers money - so the company now makes more money than a regular day since they don't have expenses but gain the subsidy from the government.

A rough estimate of the cost (which would be paid out of company profits) of a pay deal with train drivers, nationally, would be £29m

The current amount the government has paid out in these subsidies so faris £300m-£500m (quoted from the head of the rail delivery group which is the government body responsible for the subsidies) and all that money comes from the taxpayers.

Ultimately the goal of the train drivers is to keep going until the sums the government is spending on these subsidies becomes more common knowledge and pressure grows to stop being so evil and just come to a deal.
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-02-01 1:38:41 PM  

Weaver95: SplittingAces: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

[Fark user image image 425x355]

'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.

Then why did Biden come down hard on the rail workers?


Because he's an asshole?
 
BeesNuts
2023-02-01 1:39:40 PM  

SplittingAces: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

[Fark user image 425x355]

'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.


And as we all know, it's the end of history.
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:39:45 PM  

Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: SplittingAces: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

[Fark user image image 425x355]

'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.

Then why did Biden come down hard on the rail workers?

Because he's an asshole?


You just can't admit I'm right.
 
AmbassadorBooze
2023-02-01 1:40:17 PM  

Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.


Oh yeah, right.  If we in the US strike, Biden, or whoever is in charge will declare the strike illegal and have the military put us back to work.  Look at what he did with the rail workers.  He barred them from striking, because the world engine must turn.  And he had the government negotiate the contract for them.  And made terms that favored the overmasters caste.  Because politicians love sucking off the overmasters.

Ain't gonna be a strike.  Because the world engine MUST turn!
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-02-01 1:41:06 PM  

Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: SplittingAces: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

[Fark user image image 425x355]

'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.

Then why did Biden come down hard on the rail workers?

Because he's an asshole?

You just can't admit I'm right.


We did this yesterday.  Nothing changed, but you still expect US workers to do something that hasn't been done in a hundred years.
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:41:34 PM  

AmbassadorBooze: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Oh yeah, right.  If we in the US strike, Biden, or whoever is in charge will declare the strike illegal and have the military put us back to work.  Look at what he did with the rail workers.  He barred them from striking, because the world engine must turn.  And he had the government negotiate the contract for them.  And made terms that favored the overmasters caste.  Because politicians love sucking off the overmasters.

Ain't gonna be a strike.  Because the world engine MUST turn!


Thing is...we still might get that rail workers strike.

It's definitely not a settled issue and a strike is still possible.
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:42:09 PM  

Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: SplittingAces: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

[Fark user image image 425x355]

'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.

Then why did Biden come down hard on the rail workers?

Because he's an asshole?

You just can't admit I'm right.

We did this yesterday.  Nothing changed, but you still expect US workers to do something that hasn't been done in a hundred years.


Meh.
You wanna be wrong that's on you.
 
AmbassadorBooze
2023-02-01 1:43:39 PM  

Weaver95: AmbassadorBooze: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Oh yeah, right.  If we in the US strike, Biden, or whoever is in charge will declare the strike illegal and have the military put us back to work.  Look at what he did with the rail workers.  He barred them from striking, because the world engine must turn.  And he had the government negotiate the contract for them.  And made terms that favored the overmasters caste.  Because politicians love sucking off the overmasters.

Ain't gonna be a strike.  Because the world engine MUST turn!

Thing is...we still might get that rail workers strike.

It's definitely not a settled issue and a strike is still possible.


Oh, what politician is gonna let the world engine stop turning?

Biden would rather have the military execute rail workers one by one than let the world engine stop.

Who do we vote for that will allow the world engine to stop?
 
SirGunslinger
2023-02-01 1:45:10 PM  

Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: SplittingAces: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

[Fark user image image 425x355]

'Muricans by and large are apathetic, lazy and ignorant.

Then why did Biden come down hard on the rail workers?

Because he's an asshole?

You just can't admit I'm right.

We did this yesterday.  Nothing changed, but you still expect US workers to do something that hasn't been done in a hundred years.

Meh.
You wanna be wrong that's on you.


You two arguing is like being a Falcons fan watching a Saints vs. Cowboys game. Who do I root for, an injury?
 
halfjack
2023-02-01 1:45:33 PM  

Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.


Wait, who? The railway workers? If not then who is striking over what? The rock I live under must be bigger than I thought.
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:46:07 PM  

AmbassadorBooze: Oh, what politician is gonna let the world engine stop turning?


The GOP. They've told us they're gonna.

When they do, that's when you'll see national strikes across America.
 
Diagonal [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:46:26 PM  
Came for to see

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but had to do it myself.
 
Bag of Hammers
2023-02-01 1:47:53 PM  
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

B-B-But he's history's greatest monster!
 
Incog_Neeto
2023-02-01 1:48:40 PM  

Nimbull: Be nice if America did more of this.


Biden would just sign a law saying your strike was over.
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-02-01 1:49:41 PM  

halfjack: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Wait, who? The railway workers? If not then who is striking over what? The rock I live under must be bigger than I thought.


The only details that have been provided is that he was on a conference call with the CEO and the CEO said something about keeping an eye on the labor situation.  Everything else is top secret.
 
andrewagill [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:49:59 PM  
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Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:50:05 PM  

Incog_Neeto: Nimbull: Be nice if America did more of this.

Biden would just sign a law saying your strike was over.


How would he enforce it tho?
 
misanthropicsob [OhFark]
2023-02-01 1:50:23 PM  

Bag of Hammers: Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

B-B-But he's history's greatest monster!


If only he had been in a position of power to do something about it.
 
AmbassadorBooze
2023-02-01 1:50:48 PM  

Weaver95: AmbassadorBooze: Oh, what politician is gonna let the world engine stop turning?

The GOP. They've told us they're gonna.

When they do, that's when you'll see national strikes across America.


Oh, the party that wants Gilead so they can have slaves?

They don't want the world engine to stop.  They want the workers to be poorer as they are forced to turn the world engine.  Name one GOP politician that wants their economic power to end.  Now name the ones that only want poor people's power to end.  The GOP will unleash the military against the poors faster than Biden.

So, who in power will let the world engine stop?
 
HotWingConspiracy
2023-02-01 1:50:56 PM  

Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.


Uh-oh, looks like Moonbeam has been huffing the cauldron fumes again.
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:50:57 PM  

Jeebus Saves: halfjack: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Wait, who? The railway workers? If not then who is striking over what? The rock I live under must be bigger than I thought.

The only details that have been provided is that he was on a conference call with the CEO and the CEO said something about keeping an eye on the labor situation.  Everything else is top secret.


I'm sorry, but it's not my job to explain basic stuff to you.

If you can't keep up, that's on you.
 
shpritz
2023-02-01 1:51:27 PM  

pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to


Do something to who?
 
Eunice's Social Calendar [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:51:50 PM  

Diagonal: Came for to see

[Fark user image 227x222]

but had to do it myself.


Thanks!  I also like "the citizens are demanding the right to bear arms"   "ok...so rip off their sleeves."
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:52:02 PM  

AmbassadorBooze: Weaver95: AmbassadorBooze: Oh, what politician is gonna let the world engine stop turning?

The GOP. They've told us they're gonna.

When they do, that's when you'll see national strikes across America.

Oh, the party that wants Gilead so they can have slaves?

They don't want the world engine to stop.  They want the workers to be poorer as they are forced to turn the world engine.  Name one GOP politician that wants their economic power to end.  Now name the ones that only want poor people's power to end.  The GOP will unleash the military against the poors faster than Biden.

So, who in power will let the world engine stop?


Ok, well you have fun making up my side of the conversation. I guess I'm not actually needed here.
 
Vercengetorix
2023-02-01 1:56:24 PM  
What nonsense is this "world engine" stuff?
 
Sexy Jesus [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:57:03 PM  

Vercengetorix: What nonsense is this "world engine" stuff?


Ask Caesar.
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-02-01 1:57:51 PM  

Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: halfjack: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Wait, who? The railway workers? If not then who is striking over what? The rock I live under must be bigger than I thought.

The only details that have been provided is that he was on a conference call with the CEO and the CEO said something about keeping an eye on the labor situation.  Everything else is top secret.

I'm sorry, but it's not my job to explain basic stuff to you.

If you can't keep up, that's on you.


Details like who is planning this general strike is not "explaining basic stuff".
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:57:53 PM  

Vercengetorix: What nonsense is this "world engine" stuff?


Got me.

But apparently the GOP telling us that they're going to shut down the economy means they're NOT going to shut down the economy.
Or something. I've lost track.
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 1:59:08 PM  

Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: halfjack: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Wait, who? The railway workers? If not then who is striking over what? The rock I live under must be bigger than I thought.

The only details that have been provided is that he was on a conference call with the CEO and the CEO said something about keeping an eye on the labor situation.  Everything else is top secret.

I'm sorry, but it's not my job to explain basic stuff to you.

If you can't keep up, that's on you.

Details like who is planning this general strike is not "explaining basic stuff".


It's ok, you just keep making up my side of the conversation.

Not like you're paying attention anyway.
 
Teddy Brosevelt
2023-02-01 2:01:55 PM  
workers striking: good
striking workers hungry: bad
bringing british food to striking workers: possibly a war crime?
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-02-01 2:02:10 PM  

Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: halfjack: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Wait, who? The railway workers? If not then who is striking over what? The rock I live under must be bigger than I thought.

The only details that have been provided is that he was on a conference call with the CEO and the CEO said something about keeping an eye on the labor situation.  Everything else is top secret.

I'm sorry, but it's not my job to explain basic stuff to you.

If you can't keep up, that's on you.

Details like who is planning this general strike is not "explaining basic stuff".

It's ok, you just keep making up my side of the conversation.

Not like you're paying attention anyway.


Actually, I'm asking you to give your side of the conversation.  And your response is to say you don't want to.
 
SirGunslinger
2023-02-01 2:02:29 PM  

Weaver95: Incog_Neeto: Nimbull: Be nice if America did more of this.

Biden would just sign a law saying your strike was over.

How would he enforce it tho?


Last time it was damn near outright war between Pinkertons, US Military, and workers all over the US throughout most of the back half of the 19th century and good part of the 20th. It became such a bloodbath that workers rights got put into law.

I'm not sure that Biden would go that far, but Republicans certainly would. I mean they already want to do the regularly scheduled Pogromming on minorities, LGBT, and Jews; workers would just be blood on the baby.
 
Weaver95
2023-02-01 2:03:57 PM  

Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: Weaver95: Jeebus Saves: halfjack: Weaver95: pastramithemosterotic: Britain and France are both striking

Maybe the US should do something to

We're close.

Wait, who? The railway workers? If not then who is striking over what? The rock I live under must be bigger than I thought.

The only details that have been provided is that he was on a conference call with the CEO and the CEO said something about keeping an eye on the labor situation.  Everything else is top secret.

I'm sorry, but it's not my job to explain basic stuff to you.

If you can't keep up, that's on you.

Details like who is planning this general strike is not "explaining basic stuff".

It's ok, you just keep making up my side of the conversation.

Not like you're paying attention anyway.

Actually, I'm asking you to give your side of the conversation.  And your response is to say you don't want to.


I don't believe you ask in good faith.
🤷‍♀
 
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