If the company you're working for goes bankrupt, it means they don't have the money to pay the bills. Everyone loses their job, the place gets asset-stripped, it's game over for all concerned.
I thought that this was established wisdom - I mean, everyone knows how businesses function, surely?
Apparently not the Tube workers. Members of the RMT union have staged a 72 hour walkout because - get this - they want assurances that they will keep their jobs and pensions.
Right. So the company has folded, and they're inconveniencing everyone else in London, to demand that they keep their pensions and jobs.
Even more bizarre - they've been given assurances that they will keep their jobs and pensions. The other unions are happy with this - yet the RMT decided to stage a 72 hour walkout anyway.
Why? What on earth do they hope to achieve? They've already got what they've asked for, and now they've decided to inconvenience everyone who works and lives in London.
The RMT come across as nothing more than a bunch of obnoxious militants who want to flex some muscle and show their power. The last thing we need is a return to the 70s, where nothing got done because unions were more concerned with pushing around their employers than actually doing the work they were paid to do.
We can see what happened to the British car industry thanks to that.
The problem with Tube strikes is that, if you work or live in London, you're being held to ransom. Sadly, there's no other way to get around as quickly, unless you've got a motorbike or you cycle.
Luckily, where I'm working they have changed rooms and showes for cyclists. Despite the hassle of having to man-handle my bike onto an over-crowded commuter train, I've rediscovered the joy of cycling through rush hour traffic.
Plus I get to save on my Tube fare as well.
Maybe this is how they plan to improve the Tube service - by driving people away from it?
Could work ;-)
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