Isn’t the average wage around the 60k mark? Though many get significantly more due to over time?
When are we going to accept this isn’t working and make the railway companies publicly owned?
Why does a train driver warrant such high pay? I’m all for supporting rises for the lowest paid but i do not agree that train drivers should be included in significant increases in pay at the rates they already earn.
Train drivers trying to jump on the bandwagon.
Teachers, rail staff and nurses are severely underpaid, train drivers aren’t.
I’m a train driver and I thought that we wouldn’t strike but work to rule, meaning no overtime or doing favours. This would put a lot of pressure on the system without causing mass panic and stress amongst the public.
Will support strikes as a general rule as always fall on the side of Labour but i will say that I think this one will be harder to sell into the public and get them onside unlike Mick Lynch did with other staff. £60k as a salary is a massive number to most of the country and you’d have to be deluded to think the messaging won’t be span basically pumping that figure out nonstop by those who oppose the strikes
Weyy. More of us always welcome. Where’s the teachers ? Get balloting. Even the posties are ahead of yous.
I’m a train driver and I thought we wouldn’t strike but…….
Too many bootlickers in here.
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They are paid more than most professionals already
Solidarity forever. Demand for what you deserve
ASLEF (the train driver’s union) claim they have 21,000+ members, so I assume there are something like a bit more than that number of train drivers in the UK. They do indeed have salary averaging about £60k, and they are asking for an increase in line with the cost of living. I don’t think it is unreasonable for train drivers to earn this much. They are experienced and highly trained, and drive vehicles moving 1000 people at a time.
For comparison, there are in the region of the same number of commercial pilots, and they are apparently averaging about £70k salaries. There are 625,000 teachers in the UK; 135,000 police officers; 300,000 doctors; over 500,000 nurses; all employees that deserve a payrise and likely need it more than train drivers. However that does not mean the train drivers don’t deserve one too and nor will giving them it mean the others can’t get one.
Good. Whole country needs a general strike.
No hate,but the CEO’s and the ones who’re profiting from their work don’t use public transport at all. Arriva just finished 4 week strike last week and nothing’s changed.
God, people on here moaning that train drivers are already paid well without considering that it’s Because their union fights like hell for them… and it works. Look at pilots. Used to be as prestigious as being a doctor, they earn barely more than minimum wage. ASLEF pushes and pushes and it gets results. This idea that unions have to balance with the public good… no that’s the governments jobs. The union is there to get the best for their members. No one would ever expect any other public-facing entity to consider everyone who isn’t a member so why should unions?
On one hand I’m happy they’re doing something about feeling undervalued
But I do feel kinda weird that people earning nearly 4x the minimum wage are striking over pay, the previous train strikes were for workers who were literally given barely enough money to eat and sleep in a dark room by them selfs, not people earning enough to have a literal life
I can’t few but shake this will undermine any strike for the people who realistically need it the most
Good. More strikes. Bring the country to a standstill. And anyone here who makes the ‘train drivers already earn 50k and shouldn’t be greedy’ should be fucking fuming that someone has decided their life is worth 19k a year and be raising hell against the actual rich elites to get compensated better.
Is this purely about wage or are working conditions under the hammer as well??
Also fuck Grant Snappz cause you know he is all about the low paid workers and not them rich train driver tf.
Starting to think the public sector company I work for mugged us with the 3% maximum pay rise depending on circumstances… I got 1.25% and wasn’t able to even use the word strike
Puff piece designed to focus blame onto drivers and not the railway companies
I don’t think this is a particularly great look considering a point was made in the strikes a few weeks back that it was specifically NOT drivers striking. And now they are.
Hmm. I’d have voted for pay personally
It’s about safety and working conditions and a little bit about pay.
Ok, it’s mostly about pay. What were the other things?
When the Tories went on strike recently they readily applauded so I expect the train workers to have the same support in parliament. /s
Good, hope they get what they deserve.
I just really hope this isn’t the August Bank Holiday.
What happens when the whole country gets a pay rise? More tax and inflation. They already get paid way above the national average so this is just a complete joke
How much are other train drivers and other public figures paid around Europe in comparison?
This will inconvenience the hell out of me…
That being said IM CHEERING YOU ON let’s show them we all need to be paid more!! A successful strike whomever by brings a precedent that wage growth now needs to meet this new standard!
A victory lifts us all up!
If you’re mad about the fact people who live and pay taxes in this country don’t want a real terms paycut. While their bosses are taking money out of this country and subsidising things like french rail fares you’ve got your priorities wrong.
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Isn’t the average wage around the 60k mark? Though many get significantly more due to over time?
When are we going to accept this isn’t working and make the railway companies publicly owned?
Why does a train driver warrant such high pay? I’m all for supporting rises for the lowest paid but i do not agree that train drivers should be included in significant increases in pay at the rates they already earn.
Train drivers trying to jump on the bandwagon.
Teachers, rail staff and nurses are severely underpaid, train drivers aren’t.
I’m a train driver and I thought that we wouldn’t strike but work to rule, meaning no overtime or doing favours. This would put a lot of pressure on the system without causing mass panic and stress amongst the public.
Will support strikes as a general rule as always fall on the side of Labour but i will say that I think this one will be harder to sell into the public and get them onside unlike Mick Lynch did with other staff. £60k as a salary is a massive number to most of the country and you’d have to be deluded to think the messaging won’t be span basically pumping that figure out nonstop by those who oppose the strikes
Weyy. More of us always welcome. Where’s the teachers ? Get balloting. Even the posties are ahead of yous.
I’m a train driver and I thought we wouldn’t strike but…….
Too many bootlickers in here.
[removed]
They are paid more than most professionals already
Solidarity forever. Demand for what you deserve
ASLEF (the train driver’s union) claim they have 21,000+ members, so I assume there are something like a bit more than that number of train drivers in the UK. They do indeed have salary averaging about £60k, and they are asking for an increase in line with the cost of living. I don’t think it is unreasonable for train drivers to earn this much. They are experienced and highly trained, and drive vehicles moving 1000 people at a time.
For comparison, there are in the region of the same number of commercial pilots, and they are apparently averaging about £70k salaries. There are 625,000 teachers in the UK; 135,000 police officers; 300,000 doctors; over 500,000 nurses; all employees that deserve a payrise and likely need it more than train drivers. However that does not mean the train drivers don’t deserve one too and nor will giving them it mean the others can’t get one.
Good. Whole country needs a general strike.
No hate,but the CEO’s and the ones who’re profiting from their work don’t use public transport at all. Arriva just finished 4 week strike last week and nothing’s changed.
God, people on here moaning that train drivers are already paid well without considering that it’s Because their union fights like hell for them… and it works. Look at pilots. Used to be as prestigious as being a doctor, they earn barely more than minimum wage. ASLEF pushes and pushes and it gets results. This idea that unions have to balance with the public good… no that’s the governments jobs. The union is there to get the best for their members. No one would ever expect any other public-facing entity to consider everyone who isn’t a member so why should unions?
On one hand I’m happy they’re doing something about feeling undervalued
But I do feel kinda weird that people earning nearly 4x the minimum wage are striking over pay, the previous train strikes were for workers who were literally given barely enough money to eat and sleep in a dark room by them selfs, not people earning enough to have a literal life
I can’t few but shake this will undermine any strike for the people who realistically need it the most
Good. More strikes. Bring the country to a standstill. And anyone here who makes the ‘train drivers already earn 50k and shouldn’t be greedy’ should be fucking fuming that someone has decided their life is worth 19k a year and be raising hell against the actual rich elites to get compensated better.
Is this purely about wage or are working conditions under the hammer as well??
Also fuck Grant Snappz cause you know he is all about the low paid workers and not them rich train driver tf.
Starting to think the public sector company I work for mugged us with the 3% maximum pay rise depending on circumstances… I got 1.25% and wasn’t able to even use the word strike
Puff piece designed to focus blame onto drivers and not the railway companies
I don’t think this is a particularly great look considering a point was made in the strikes a few weeks back that it was specifically NOT drivers striking. And now they are.
Hmm. I’d have voted for pay personally
It’s about safety and working conditions and a little bit about pay.
Ok, it’s mostly about pay. What were the other things?
When the Tories went on strike recently they readily applauded so I expect the train workers to have the same support in parliament. /s
Good, hope they get what they deserve.
I just really hope this isn’t the August Bank Holiday.
What happens when the whole country gets a pay rise? More tax and inflation. They already get paid way above the national average so this is just a complete joke
How much are other train drivers and other public figures paid around Europe in comparison?
This will inconvenience the hell out of me…
That being said IM CHEERING YOU ON let’s show them we all need to be paid more!! A successful strike whomever by brings a precedent that wage growth now needs to meet this new standard!
A victory lifts us all up!
If you’re mad about the fact people who live and pay taxes in this country don’t want a real terms paycut. While their bosses are taking money out of this country and subsidising things like french rail fares you’ve got your priorities wrong.