Union power

[Phil]

Never been a member of a union myself, but I do think sometimes they are necessary to stop employers taking the piss. It's sad to have to say that, but we see it often enough. It's about balance. Employers should look after their employees, and unions & employees should not feel the need to go all militant in their methods to get what they are entitled to. But unfortunately, we have this thing called human nature... :\

I agree. I've been in a Union all my working career. They handled our outsourcing/insourcing well where we could have lost out even more than we did. I've been on strike twice in 29 years, the last time was 1992 or thereabouts. The last ballot for industrial action 2 or 3 years ago about cuts/pensions got a resounding no.

Dont forget, its the workers that have to vote for a strike, not just the Union leaders saying lets strike.

Do other European cities have ticket offices for all stations on their underground/trams? I cant recall seeing an office in Koln or Vienna, you just stick your money in the machine. A simplified pricing structure would help. Vienna has 1 city zone for the majority of the city.