to take a note home to your parents. the note tells your parents that you are not to ride the buses on monday. and it s so important that you don t let anybody see this note. students, i m depending on you. -people were wondering if this was really going to work. everybody was doubtful. we thought that it would cause a lot of problems. i can remember the fear and the anxiety of people. -monday morning, which was the 5th of december, my dad came home about 7:00. boy, was he excited. i never will forget the buses are empty. the buses are empty. oh, they re as clean as jesus. wow, the buses are empty. we laughed. i said, we got to walk. we got to walk. we got to walk. we were so excited. -on the evening of december 5th, we had a meeting at the holt street baptist church.
there are. they theoretically collect and deliver parcels to your doorstep. we talked about it yesterday. honestly, literally hundreds of messages from viewers in ourinbox, hundreds of messages from viewers in our inbox, our social media. we have had more this morning. claire in somerset is waiting for a person sent using the next day service on the 15th of december. she contacted them and they said it would be ten days. since then, communications have gone dead. liam said it so frustrating. it s ok it has not gone smoothly, but we need to be able to communicate with them. brendan says, i never buy from firms who use evri. that highlights what we said earlier. the knock on effect for businesses who use them as a service. sara got in touch and i have to stress we have had a few of these. my career is amazing. he is usually early, never late, the best career we have ever had. it is quite literally a postcode lottery when it comes to evri drivers. evri
notice, several weeks ago since we gave that notice. and several weeks ago since we gave that notice, and the government met with me and notice, and the government met with me and my notice, and the government met with me and my officials on the 15th of december me and my officials on the 15th of december and nothing has happened since december and nothing has happened since so. december and nothing has happened since so. i december and nothing has happened since. so, lam december and nothing has happened since. so, i am as frustrated as many since. so, i am as frustrated as many other since. so, i am as frustrated as many other people about the way this is going many other people about the way this is going on many other people about the way this is going on. but the companies are not able is going on. but the companies are not able to is going on. but the companies are not able to make those proposals because not able to make those proposals because the govern
they ve done nothing since. they didn t even ask us to call off the strikes. they were perfectly content for them to go ahead and we have a government that does not get involved and keep saying they are facilitating discussions and when we go to the discussions, the employers tell me, directly that the government will not give them a mandate that can settle the dispute. i ve got the rebuttal from the government on the points that you made that they say that while there has not been a formal meeting involve ministers since the 15th of december the rail minister has been in regular contact with all parties pushing for a resolution, furthermore the action agreed at the meetings were for unions and employers, not her majesties government and they say it is wrong to say that the government, sorry, wrong to say that the government won t give a mandate to employers, they say they gave the employers a mandate in early december to agree a fair and reasonable deal. you have got your perspective
cost so that they can deliver more profit to the private sector operators have made profit all the way through the pandemic and every day we been on strike. how keen. hats day we been on strike. how keen. how keen are you day we been on strike. how keen. how keen are you to day we been on strike. how keen. firm-o keen are you to get a deal? to get a deal quickly? you make and very keen. i m available now. i m not understanding why the minister met me on december 15 and have done nothing since. they have not even asked her to call off the strikes. there are perfectly content for them to go ahead. got a government that does not get involved. they keep saying they are facilitating discussions and when we go to the discussions and when we go to the discussion of the employers tell me, directly, that the government give them a mandate that can settle the dispute. them a mandate that can settle the disute. ., , ., ., dispute. i ve got the rebuttal from the government dispute. i ve g