Strikes,Facts Figures Updates

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26th Aug.115000 Royal Mail workers,2000 Crown Post Office workers and dmin and supply chain staff
27th Aug.-Workers at Crown P.O.
30th Aug.40000BT workers and P.O.admin and supply.
31st Aug. Over 150000 Royal Mail and BT workers together
8/9 September Workers at Royal Mail.
 
Greenmachine said:
Bin collection strike goes on.
No agreement reached.
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I think for many residents the strike won't have an immediate impact as bins are emptied once a fortnight. For those that have communal bins the problem is outside their home with overflowing bins but that's pretty much the norm in some areas and the council didn't do much to address it before the strike!

In some ways I'm glad to see up town* in such a mess, particularly during the Festival. I hope the council and councillors are squirming with embarrassment. They normally prioritise the town centre during the Festival and let the rest of the city wallow in its own mess. Fuck um!

*'Up town. Not top ranking! See new thread 😁
 
Jack said:
I think for many residents the strike won't have an immediate impact as bins are emptied once a fortnight. For those that have communal bins the problem is outside their home with overflowing bins but that's pretty much the norm in some areas and the council didn't do much to address it before the strike!

In some ways I'm glad to see up town* in such a mess, particularly during the Festival. I hope the council and councillors are squirming with embarrassment. They normally prioritise the town centre during the Festival and let the rest of the city wallow in its own mess. Fuck um!

*'Up town. Not top ranking! See new thread 😁
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There is a good bit of schadenfreude regarding the town centre.
 
The Bin workers strike is a national strike as you'll find out on Friday.The SNP govt should stump up the money to Cosla.Meanwhile Labour are not only sitting on their hands they are enabling scabbing along with the Liberals and Greens.Shame on the lot of them,we all know inflation is going to be running at 18% next year.So we will face this all again next year unless workers win-permanently.
 
moathibby said:
The Bin workers strike is a national strike as you'll find out on Friday.The SNP govt should stump up the money to Cosla.Meanwhile Labour are not only sitting on their hands they are enabling scabbing along with the Liberals and Greens.Shame on the lot of them,we all know inflation is going to be running at 18% next year.So we will face this all again next year unless workers win-permanently.
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The problem is governments where already mitigating for the lost of funds that could be handed out due to Brexit, then covid came along.....country's fucked, its a third world country, I'm sick of hearing up the town is a mess everywhere, the whole cities a feckin mess with litter.
 
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Alot of the supermarkets I'm going into in Leith seem to be having big stock issues aswell is there a reason for it?
 
bigmanandy said:
Alot of the supermarkets I'm going into in Leith seem to be having big stock issues aswell is there a reason for it?
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If you're meaning Lidl in the Kirkgate maybe they're running down stock prior to their closing for ages for a refit.

Having said that I do our regular shop in Lidl on Easter Road. They've not had sardines for months and they've been out of the orange juice I like for a couple of weeks. There's generally quite a few things they don't have for weeks on end.
 
Jack said:
If you're meaning Lidl in the Kirkgate maybe they're running down stock prior to their closing for ages for a refit.

Having said that I do our regular shop in Lidl on Easter Road. They've not had sardines for months and they've been out of the orange juice I like for a couple of weeks. There's generally quite a few things they don't have for weeks on end.
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In fairness Jack, they’ll no take up much room on the shelves will they? 😂
 
moathibby said:
Which'lll be why the store shelves are missing products.
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I doubt stuff would or wouldn't make it to the shelves in these 3 days. I heard someone say somewhere that this strike will have an effect on Christmas!
 
UK sardines have a protected status.Without knowing where we get our sardines-small pilchards from It's hard to say what the problem could be.Too easy just to say 'Brexit'.
 
moathibby said:
UK sardines have a protected status.Without knowing where we get our sardines-small pilchards from It's hard to say what the problem could be.Too easy just to say 'Brexit'.
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I don't care if I've got happy british sardines or unhappy European sardines! I just want them in my lunchtime toastie sometime soon 😁
 
Jack said:
I don't care if I've got happy british sardines or unhappy European sardines! I just want them in my lunchtime toastie sometime soon 😁
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I could lend you an unused rod I got from Aldi-also an unused wet suit.
 
Jack said:
If you're meaning Lidl in the Kirkgate maybe they're running down stock prior to their closing for ages for a refit.

Having said that I do our regular shop in Lidl on Easter Road. They've not had sardines for months and they've been out of the orange juice I like for a couple of weeks. There's generally quite a few things they don't have for weeks on end.
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The one in Glenrothes was completely out of canoes last week :52:
 
Jack said:
If you're meaning Lidl in the Kirkgate maybe they're running down stock prior to their closing for ages for a refit.

Having said that I do our regular shop in Lidl on Easter Road. They've not had sardines for months and they've been out of the orange juice I like for a couple of weeks. There's generally quite a few things they don't have for weeks on end.
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Yeah I knew about Lidl but was more on about Tesco and Aldi nearby, they've both had stock issues for months now, been a bit of a nightmare.
 
Beagle said:
Nae harpoon? What kind of fishing do you do?
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None! It was an impulse buy.I thought 'that rod looks cheap I could try fishing again' I last did when I was about 9,I caught an eel.The rod has sat in my bedroom,i've got weights and hooks and line and stuff,I just haven't got round to doing anything.
 
What to do with all these overflowing bins and solve the rodent problem?

Set them on fire!

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