I, for one, and happy that someone driving a 400tonne vehicle, with 2000 people on board, at speeds of over 30mph, are well rested and well compensated for their job.
I wish we all had the support required to be paid a fair wage
I think they deserve that.
Good, they should be paid adequately given the responsibility of the job. No doubt some of the shitrags will still have a whinge about it though.
If anyone has a problem with this, start here:
When was the last time you told someone, a coworker, how much you earned? Would you be happy disclosing it, and why not?
Is this considered skilled labour? What qualifications does one need to be a driver?
The headline is deceptive. These strikes weren’t about the tube drivers (who are mostly represented by ASLEF anyway) but about all the London Underground staff. It’s unfortunate they’re not getting their reduced work week.
Automate them into oblivion
We should pay them £100k- no, £200k. In fact, let them set their own wage
Tell me I’m wrong, they will DEFINITELY strike next year too, because the tactic works to get higher pay
People need to stop asking why others get so much, and ask why they’re getting so little.
Strong unions.
Cue the “if you want better pay why don’t you unionise and strike??!”
Absolute bullshit as DFS floor workers striking is not the same as bringing London Underground to a stand still.
Good for them. Must be such a tough job, spending your entire day inside those dark, polluted tunnels. They deserve £80k
I don’t understand what it takes to be a tube driver, is it possible that it could be automated? Seems the higher the wage the faster the automation
Looking forward to fares rising again
Why stop at 80k? Why not 180k or even 1.8 million? These machines essentially drive themselves as evident from countless videos of drivers doomscrolling on shift
Cant wait for tubes to be fully automated. Never heard of one profession striking more than tube drivers.
doctors don’t get this kind of pay so yh
I think people would be more supportive for these ridiculous salaries if it wasn’t commuters paying for it.
Conversely, I suspect a lot of those blindly supporting it don’t live in London and won’t be paying for it.
And what do NHS workers get paid again?
CBTC and PEDs starting to look real nice…
i wish bus drivers had the same treatment!
Next up – strike for 100k
Nice but also – do something about every third person walking through the fucking ticket gate without paying.
YES I KNOW that’s not the drivers’ fault but it contributes to the cost of the system.
I think people are forgetting that the tube on most lines is partially automated now, most of it is GoA2, which means what they’re doing mostly is the doors, they start by themselves, stop by themselves, follow a route by themselves etc.
I get train drivers being paid well but they are less and less important and do less and less, yet get paid more and more for it, purely by virtue of the supply being intentionally bottlenecked. I don’t begrudge any of them individually, get what you can get, but it seems stupid that we constantly fund it.
People have to commute no matter how ridiculous the fare is. The underground air quality is shocking and seats are dirty af, I wish they could care about the passengers as much as their employees.
It would be nice if teachers could swap out their union negotiators, for the train unions negotiators.
Keeping us moving is an important job, but teaching all those annoying kids to be better adults needs more support.
Good on them
One of the few unions that hasn’t been destroyed and remains strong, also has a wage that keeps up with modern life.
It’s too low, they should be getting a million each. And we should all be getting a million. Imagine a world where we all got paid a million every year. If I only I had a union to fight my evil corporate boss like their union fights a publicly funded transport body.
Yayy
Good for them
Will see how long it takes before they strike once 80k for driving a train isn’t enough.
Must be nice I could even get my minimum wage job to pay me properly and my union was useless still waiting 2 months on for the pay they owe me.
Man fucking being angry and tired of this country
Good on them, they looked after their interest as a collective and have a good wage as a result.
£80k is not nearly enough considering the serious health conditions these drivers are put through. Years of inhaling the dirt from the Underground tunnels will take its toll on the lungs.
Don’t be upset they have a powerful union that get them good pay and conditions – be upset we don’t ALL have that.
Lots of people on this comment section have been tricked into being mad at tube drivers for their own depressed wages instead of decades of austerity and worker exploitation by capitalism.
Actually crazy they’re gonna be getting £80k for pushing a few buttons and being late 7% of the time at current numbers.
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I, for one, and happy that someone driving a 400tonne vehicle, with 2000 people on board, at speeds of over 30mph, are well rested and well compensated for their job.
I wish we all had the support required to be paid a fair wage
I think they deserve that.
Good, they should be paid adequately given the responsibility of the job. No doubt some of the shitrags will still have a whinge about it though.
If anyone has a problem with this, start here:
When was the last time you told someone, a coworker, how much you earned? Would you be happy disclosing it, and why not?
Is this considered skilled labour? What qualifications does one need to be a driver?
The headline is deceptive. These strikes weren’t about the tube drivers (who are mostly represented by ASLEF anyway) but about all the London Underground staff. It’s unfortunate they’re not getting their reduced work week.
Automate them into oblivion
We should pay them £100k- no, £200k. In fact, let them set their own wage
Tell me I’m wrong, they will DEFINITELY strike next year too, because the tactic works to get higher pay
People need to stop asking why others get so much, and ask why they’re getting so little.
Strong unions.
Cue the “if you want better pay why don’t you unionise and strike??!”
Absolute bullshit as DFS floor workers striking is not the same as bringing London Underground to a stand still.
Good for them. Must be such a tough job, spending your entire day inside those dark, polluted tunnels. They deserve £80k
I don’t understand what it takes to be a tube driver, is it possible that it could be automated? Seems the higher the wage the faster the automation
Looking forward to fares rising again
Why stop at 80k? Why not 180k or even 1.8 million? These machines essentially drive themselves as evident from countless videos of drivers doomscrolling on shift
Cant wait for tubes to be fully automated. Never heard of one profession striking more than tube drivers.
doctors don’t get this kind of pay so yh
I think people would be more supportive for these ridiculous salaries if it wasn’t commuters paying for it.
Conversely, I suspect a lot of those blindly supporting it don’t live in London and won’t be paying for it.
And what do NHS workers get paid again?
CBTC and PEDs starting to look real nice…
i wish bus drivers had the same treatment!
Next up – strike for 100k
Nice but also – do something about every third person walking through the fucking ticket gate without paying.
YES I KNOW that’s not the drivers’ fault but it contributes to the cost of the system.
I think people are forgetting that the tube on most lines is partially automated now, most of it is GoA2, which means what they’re doing mostly is the doors, they start by themselves, stop by themselves, follow a route by themselves etc.
I get train drivers being paid well but they are less and less important and do less and less, yet get paid more and more for it, purely by virtue of the supply being intentionally bottlenecked. I don’t begrudge any of them individually, get what you can get, but it seems stupid that we constantly fund it.
People have to commute no matter how ridiculous the fare is. The underground air quality is shocking and seats are dirty af, I wish they could care about the passengers as much as their employees.
It would be nice if teachers could swap out their union negotiators, for the train unions negotiators.
Keeping us moving is an important job, but teaching all those annoying kids to be better adults needs more support.
Good on them
One of the few unions that hasn’t been destroyed and remains strong, also has a wage that keeps up with modern life.
It’s too low, they should be getting a million each. And we should all be getting a million. Imagine a world where we all got paid a million every year. If I only I had a union to fight my evil corporate boss like their union fights a publicly funded transport body.
Yayy
Good for them
Will see how long it takes before they strike once 80k for driving a train isn’t enough.
Must be nice I could even get my minimum wage job to pay me properly and my union was useless still waiting 2 months on for the pay they owe me.
Man fucking being angry and tired of this country
Good on them, they looked after their interest as a collective and have a good wage as a result.
£80k is not nearly enough considering the serious health conditions these drivers are put through. Years of inhaling the dirt from the Underground tunnels will take its toll on the lungs.
Don’t be upset they have a powerful union that get them good pay and conditions – be upset we don’t ALL have that.
Lots of people on this comment section have been tricked into being mad at tube drivers for their own depressed wages instead of decades of austerity and worker exploitation by capitalism.
Actually crazy they’re gonna be getting £80k for pushing a few buttons and being late 7% of the time at current numbers.
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