Luas Drivers wanting 60k a year.
Fuck off.
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Is that not at the very top of the scale and after all shift work allowances are put in? Their basic is a lot lower. Horrendous pr work from the union here.
I could be wrong on this, but I think they want parity with Irish Rail train drivers. Something like starting out on 40k a year and then progressing onto 60k after 10 years service.
More than 240 workers at the light rail network, including drivers, ticket inspectors and control office staff, want better pay and conditions.
Their demands include free GP care, and increases in bonus and overtime rates.
Currently, the Luas drivers’ pay ranges from €35,901 for a 39-hour week in year one to €42,247, when they are there for nine years.
Irish Rail drivers’ 10-year pay scale ranges from €43,717 to €55,239 for a 43-hour week.
But the Siptu document detailing the claim reveals the drivers want to earn from €41,895 to €64,993 by January next year.
The desired €64,993 wage is €9,754 higher than the top end of the Irish Rail pay scale.
Where’s that from? And does it include the shift allowance? They are rostered mon -sunday from about 4.45 am til around 1am I think. Not sure myself just heard some good arguments on the radio about it over the last few months and it seems the union overshot their ‘opening gambit’ as they call it and have been on the back foot ever since on it.
It has calculated that Luas drivers’ hourly pay is €20.83, with a bonus, compared with €22.04 at Irish Rail, with no bonus. But SIPTU says its members believe they are underpaid, particularly when compared with workers in Irish Rail.
Why the fuck should a tram driver be earning more than a guard or a nurse? It’s a menial job, which I reckon involves very little skill, I’ve even seen women “driving” them ffs.
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US markets about to open at a 2 year low. There was a bit of hope yesterday that Yellen would say something dovish but that quickly evaporated. The markets have concluded that central banks have shot their load. Difficult to see what could change momentum in the short term.
A good war
us economy has been run on Permanent war footing since the 50s
Potentially not that far off. The Sunni Shiite final conflict looks increasingly likely. If Aleppo falls to the Herbollah backed rebels, Saudi and Turkey could invade Syria and then it’s a short path to Russia/Iran vs Saudi/Turkey. Only one winner in that conflict as there would be zero popular support in the US to get involved.
Sterling has take a bit of a dive. I see you are getting €1.29 to a £1 now but before christmas it was €1.40+ @Tassotti.
Fuck it i’m sitting on a decent bit of sterling i should have cashed it in. Any chance it’ll get up around €1.40 again any time soon?
Sterling fell again today. Fucking thing will fall now consistently between now and the June Brexit referendum at least. @Tassotti you’d want to think of pulling the trigger on that £100k or so you’re sitting on.
That statement from Boris was a great help Id say
All the more reason to go over and buy a car so
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The odd thing about this is that noone knows what will actually happen to the value of sterling if a brexit comes to pass. It would fall initially, but if the skydoesnt cave in, and there are continued waves of immigration across the med, as is actually likely, it may strengthen substantially.
I’ll bide my own time. These things go in cycles
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@anon7035031 will be on to post stream of consciousness shite about the global fx rates later. Stay tuned.
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I’m absolutely seething with myself for changing my car a few weeks ago. Could have picked up a fantastic bargain if I’d waited. Mugged off good and proper.
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Hard to call BT. I need one of those cunting 7 seaters so I’ll have act soon and it’s just pure luck with timing.
You’ll be grand lad sure Tassotti will let you register it to his address for 6 months and you wont have to pay anything when you bring it back
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