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Mick Hildreth (07814 032002)
GMB PDB P39 Southern Region Branch Secretary
mick.hildreth@gmbtaxis.org.uk
www.gmbpdb.org.uk

Do we get a brief synopsis?

Regards

JD

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It would appear that pressure from the newly established GMB branch has got the council to rethink their suggestion of a silly age limit.

Lets hope the Leeds GMB use their national officers wisely thus ensuring the silly policy is binned.

All of this without a strike I have you know.

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IDFIMH

Yet

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Thats right GMB been in Leeds 2 minutes and solving all our problems, nothing to do with anybody else in the trade then.

This was a closed council meeting that the public and GMB were thanked for their attendance and that was it, nobody but the actual committee members spoke in the meeting so how the GMB have made the council rethink I don't know.

Don't the minutes say different?

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IDFIMH

Yes they do, I apologise I was miss informed by other representatives at the meeting.

This is what the GMB said :-

Mr Bill Chard, GMB Leeds Private Hire Association in summing up his
members concerns said there was a lot of drivers concerned about losing their livelihood, it was very important that proper consultation takes place
before any decision was taken.

If thats all it takes for the council to change there decisions, we can all sit back and leave it to the GMB then.

Nothing to do with what the trade was doing before the GMB got involved.

And by the way, it was the private hire forum members that came up with the idea, nothing to do with the hackney carriage trade.

From what I can work out the GMB want to go forward with the rest of the trade, and not take over.

I very much doubt the GMB is the panacea to all the Leeds trade's woes, but they will help.

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IDFIMH

I suspect that was the bosses.

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IDFIMH

It was the 4 biggest companies who guess what

RENT PLATED PRIVATE HIRE CARS OUT FOR £150 A WEEK PLUS £100 A WEEK BASE RENT.

£250 per week for a PHV......and people talk about HC plate barons

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I bet they wont be joining the GMB then.

Big smile therefore on the face of Mr (nuke em) Flanagan.

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IDFIMH

That's the going rate if the only thing the driver has to do is put fuel in the car. If they have to get their own insurance and replace tyres etc then it's less. All the same it's not cheap it's just less hassle

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

SORRY SUSSEX BUT I'M AT A LOSS HERE WITH THE ABOVE POST WHEN YOU SEEM TO BE SAYING THE OPPOSITE IN ANOTHER POST UNLESS I AM READING IT WRONG ?

QUOTE: IN COUNCIL RULES WILL KILL OFF DALES TAXI TRADE

Surely if their trade is being flooded by new drivers then the way forward is to increase standards, and by having a knowledge and English test punters will benefit.

And the trade, in time, will reap those benefits.

It's a Brighton thing.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!