Final collections

54-11 said :

schmeah said :

magiccar9 said :

Are TAMS including the pickup of rubbish blowing around the streets of the impacted suburbs that has come from overflowing bins being picked at by birds? Are the garbos getting out of their trucks to clean up that trash? No of course not!
I believe they should have been forced to do the extra catch-up collection runs out of personal time to make up for the little temper tantrum they threw.

OMG build a bridge you big baby.

Wow, what a bi, pithy, witty response. I’m almost impressed (not).[/quotemakeover
Yep I agree – build a bridge you big baby

magiccar9 said :

I believe they should have been forced to do the extra catch-up collection runs out of personal time to make up for the little temper tantrum they threw.

I wish you were a candidate in the up coming election. You could have the industrial relations portfolio in Rabbits government…

schmeah said :

magiccar9 said :

Are TAMS including the pickup of rubbish blowing around the streets of the impacted suburbs that has come from overflowing bins being picked at by birds? Are the garbos getting out of their trucks to clean up that trash? No of course not!
I believe they should have been forced to do the extra catch-up collection runs out of personal time to make up for the little temper tantrum they threw.

OMG build a bridge you big baby.

Wow, what a biting, pithy, witty response. I’m almost impressed (not).

BimboGeek said :

Well I’m sure the ACT gov got the message. Give the contract to the company that can actually deliver it because with no staff at the competition it’s going to be very messy for a very long time.

I’m hoping the new company isn’t meeting the conditions of the tender so they can be tossed out.

magiccar9 said :

schmeah said :

magiccar9 said :

Are TAMS including the pickup of rubbish blowing around the streets of the impacted suburbs that has come from overflowing bins being picked at by birds? Are the garbos getting out of their trucks to clean up that trash? No of course not!
I believe they should have been forced to do the extra catch-up collection runs out of personal time to make up for the little temper tantrum they threw.

OMG build a bridge you big baby.

Oh so you’re offering to come and clean up the mess are you? I’ll make sure to leave a pair of gloves out. Don’t forget about the rotting food scraps on the nature strip while you’re there.

OMG, build a bridge you big baby.

schmeah said :

magiccar9 said :

Are TAMS including the pickup of rubbish blowing around the streets of the impacted suburbs that has come from overflowing bins being picked at by birds? Are the garbos getting out of their trucks to clean up that trash? No of course not!
I believe they should have been forced to do the extra catch-up collection runs out of personal time to make up for the little temper tantrum they threw.

OMG build a bridge you big baby.

Oh so you’re offering to come and clean up the mess are you? I’ll make sure to leave a pair of gloves out. Don’t forget about the rotting food scraps on the nature strip while you’re there.

Well I’m sure the ACT gov got the message. Give the contract to the company that can actually deliver it because with no staff at the competition it’s going to be very messy for a very long time.

magiccar9 said :

Are TAMS including the pickup of rubbish blowing around the streets of the impacted suburbs that has come from overflowing bins being picked at by birds? Are the garbos getting out of their trucks to clean up that trash? No of course not!
I believe they should have been forced to do the extra catch-up collection runs out of personal time to make up for the little temper tantrum they threw.

OMG build a bridge you big baby.

BimboGeek said :

Is strike really the right word for it? If the government is stupid enough to give the contract to a company that has no staff and was only able to tender at a lower price by assuming they’d be able to hire the competition’s staff at a lower rate, you can’t really blame the staff who were fired for not wanting to walk into the exciting lower paying job offered to them.

(At least, that’s how it was explained in the previous post on the topic, perhaps I’ve misunderstood.)

No, I think you’ve got it just about right.

The dispute is very simple:

– The company currently servicing the contract employs drivers on four day weeks with a fifth day paid at overtime rates.
– The company that tendered and won the new contract proposes to employ the drivers on five day work weeks.

Although the strike action is aimed at the new company and the government, it affects the current company who really should not be subjected to industrial action as they are adhering to the EBA.

This wont be resolved quickly.