As the pound falls in value (due to massive money printing by central bankers) if they get paid the same as last year it is an effective paycut.
All salaries and contracts should be linked to CPI/RPI.
Why are we even wasting time arguing with these workers?
So if they vote yes, that’s strikes on Christmas Eve then.
This government made it illegal to do a revenue strike, in several other countries, its still legal. Revenue strikes hit the owners/stakeholders where it hurts, in their bank balance.
They should strike for a week. They would get the attention of the government then.
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I’ve said this once and I’ll say it again replace all of them with robots.
Well if it didn’t work before what makes them think it will work now?
Isn’t the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?
I’m all for ground and station workers getting a fairer pay, they will be starting to fall below the breadline. I just can’t get my head around how much drivers are paid. For the skills and commitment it seems ludicrously high.
50-60k is not justifiable and hurts their overall cause imo.
I’m done with trains…. Had started to use them to get into London but prices and delays and now strikes. Nah I’ll just drive from now on
This will have no impact on trains, because the “service” is already shite.
If you’ve been striking 6 months of the year, every year for decades, you shouldn’t be surprised when people stop caring.
Only slightly related but I wish they would announce official strikes a bit early here, and make it clear when they will happen. My workplace is being unreasonable about making us work in the office despite constant train cancellations due to strike action or lack of train staff (due to staff refusing to work overtime), if we could show that trains will be cancelled all week we could work from home, but instead I’m in situations like being stuck at work cause all trains my way have been cancelled on my way home.
I was just looking at trains to go and see my sister for a week or so, and the prices are ridiculous. If I’m lucky, a 4.5hr trip (with a couple of changes) would be £50ish minimum (and barely any tickets are available at that price). Most are £75ish one way, going up as high as £160 for a single one way ticket (not even first class)! And on top of that, the route is disrupted so part of if is the good old rail replacement bus… Most trains I’ve been on are overfilled and potentially means I’d be standing for that cost for some of the journey.
For some of those times, it would genuinely be cheaper to get a train to Gatwick, fly to Manchester or Liverpool (with a change in France, Portugal or Ireland) , and get a train down to my sisters… Sure it would take way longer and be more annoying, but for a decent saving I’d pick that over the train…
Trains are supposed to be the ‘greener’ way to travel. But the UK trains are always so expensive and prices keep going up with little to no improvement in service.
I went on some trains in August and it they were the trip from hell. Overpacked train with no aircon during the heatwave. It was seriously like a sauna. Trains were delayed and cancelled, they didn’t have enough water for people and overall a horrible experience. Thankfully they had the money back/delay guarantee, so because it was delayed so badly I ended up being refunded.
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As the pound falls in value (due to massive money printing by central bankers) if they get paid the same as last year it is an effective paycut.
All salaries and contracts should be linked to CPI/RPI.
Why are we even wasting time arguing with these workers?
So if they vote yes, that’s strikes on Christmas Eve then.
This government made it illegal to do a revenue strike, in several other countries, its still legal. Revenue strikes hit the owners/stakeholders where it hurts, in their bank balance.
They should strike for a week. They would get the attention of the government then.
.
I’ve said this once and I’ll say it again replace all of them with robots.
Well if it didn’t work before what makes them think it will work now?
Isn’t the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?
I’m all for ground and station workers getting a fairer pay, they will be starting to fall below the breadline. I just can’t get my head around how much drivers are paid. For the skills and commitment it seems ludicrously high.
50-60k is not justifiable and hurts their overall cause imo.
I’m done with trains…. Had started to use them to get into London but prices and delays and now strikes. Nah I’ll just drive from now on
This will have no impact on trains, because the “service” is already shite.
If you’ve been striking 6 months of the year, every year for decades, you shouldn’t be surprised when people stop caring.
Only slightly related but I wish they would announce official strikes a bit early here, and make it clear when they will happen. My workplace is being unreasonable about making us work in the office despite constant train cancellations due to strike action or lack of train staff (due to staff refusing to work overtime), if we could show that trains will be cancelled all week we could work from home, but instead I’m in situations like being stuck at work cause all trains my way have been cancelled on my way home.
I was just looking at trains to go and see my sister for a week or so, and the prices are ridiculous. If I’m lucky, a 4.5hr trip (with a couple of changes) would be £50ish minimum (and barely any tickets are available at that price). Most are £75ish one way, going up as high as £160 for a single one way ticket (not even first class)! And on top of that, the route is disrupted so part of if is the good old rail replacement bus… Most trains I’ve been on are overfilled and potentially means I’d be standing for that cost for some of the journey.
For some of those times, it would genuinely be cheaper to get a train to Gatwick, fly to Manchester or Liverpool (with a change in France, Portugal or Ireland) , and get a train down to my sisters… Sure it would take way longer and be more annoying, but for a decent saving I’d pick that over the train…
Trains are supposed to be the ‘greener’ way to travel. But the UK trains are always so expensive and prices keep going up with little to no improvement in service.
I went on some trains in August and it they were the trip from hell. Overpacked train with no aircon during the heatwave. It was seriously like a sauna. Trains were delayed and cancelled, they didn’t have enough water for people and overall a horrible experience. Thankfully they had the money back/delay guarantee, so because it was delayed so badly I ended up being refunded.