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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
Drivers have an entitlement to 2 days off in every 7. Drivers are not working days off. So if they roster a driver to work a day off they know there wont be a driver. If someone calls in sick there is no cover either, there is meant to be a spare driver.
There is a shortage of drivers in Dublin, thats the core problem, can't be denied they advertised internally about 3 weeks ago
You will find weekends and Monday to be the worst, mainly since given a choice weekends are where most people want a day off
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Am I reading this correctly - the drivers have a
choice of which days they have off? Under the sort of agreement suggested (2 days off out of seven), you would anticipate the days of would rotate around the week, with a slightly higher proportion on Saturday, and signifcantly higher on a Sunday. These days would be rostered. Some weeks these may run together to allow a longer weekend.
The implication of this post is that drivers are rostered 7 days, then choose which ones they have off. If that is the case, then whoever agreed that wants shooting - not even sacking. The union negotiators must have been laughing their socks off.... that is even better than the UK where spineless managenent allowed Sundays to become all voluntary working, with the inevitable result in the run up to Christmas, etc.
People who work in public transport have to accept that it is a 7 day a week business - if they want a cushy 9-5 M-F, do something else.
LC