{"id":21706,"date":"2017-11-24T02:05:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T02:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21706"},"modified":"2017-11-24T02:05:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T02:05:47","slug":"examiner-strike-action-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21706","title":{"rendered":"Examiner "Strike" Action – December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FossilVarious alerts from DVSA over the last week. These are summarised here<\/a>. Not so much a “strike” but a “work to rule”.<\/p>\n

It’s the same advice as usual. Not all examiners are union members, and not all those who are will necessarily be involved. Turn up for your test as normal, get a free rearranged date if it doesn’t go ahead. They also include advice to consider changing your test now to avoid problems – which sounds more ominous.<\/p>\n

The action is scheduled to start 23 November 2017 and no end date is given.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From what DVSA has said, the action is primarily a continuation of that we experienced over a year ago, but with the added complication of the new driving test due to become active on 4 December. The union is apparently “trying to link the dispute with health and safety risks” associated with the new test.<\/p>\n

As I have written elsewhere, I have no issue with the additions<\/strong> to the new test per se<\/em>. However, I have huge issues with the removal<\/strong> of the turn in the road and corner reverse manoeuvres. The new manoeuvres are so simple that my cat could do them, and they in no way represent a like-for-like replacement. But they are not dangerous.<\/p>\n

As I’ve said before, the PCS union is a fossil, and thank God that only a small number of examiners are thick enough to belong to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Various alerts from DVSA over the last week. These are summarised here. Not so much a “strike” but a “work to rule”. It’s the same advice as usual. Not all examiners are union members, and not all those who are will necessarily be involved. Turn up for your test as normal, get a free rearranged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[81,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driving-test-related","category-dvsa-related"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t