Train strikes: Drivers could make fresh pay demands six months after latest offer, says Aslef chief

[Penge Eagle]

For the average train driver, the current deal on offer would raise salaries from £60,000 to £69,000, with an immediate payment of £6,000 in backdated wages. 🙄 More strikes on the cards?

Train drivers could make fresh pay demands six months after offer, says Aslef chief

Aslef chief confident train drivers will accept a new pay deal but warned it still represents a ‘pay cut’

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[Dubai Eagle]

I just read a clickbait article saying that the train drivers union are miffed that some mangers got £2000 bonus for keeping the trains running during strike action so the union members are going to go on strike again for 22 days ( spread over a number of weekends) to make up for it -

If its true, whatever sympathy any of the general public might have had for them will surely diminish & it makes the Government of the day look ridiculous for the deal that they negotiated with them.

 

[Spiderman]

For those that voted Labour but have never lived through a Labour Government, welcome!

 

[Runningman]

Welcome to the sxxt show, where unions run the country.

 

[cryrst]

Well at least they negotiated ha ha.
It wasn’t just the money that meant the tories told these to f*** off. Trying to get more bang for your buck with cutting out Spanish practice and all that goes with it.
Clearly labour caved in within 2 seconds and will now have strikes continuing.
Well done 2 TK you knob head.

 

[georgenorman]

The unions tend to strike more when there is a Labour government, they see them as an easier touch. Similarly they strike more in public services and nationalised industries for the same reason and because, unlike private employers, they can't go bankrupt and close down.

 

[cryrst]

The unions tend to strike more when there is a Labour government, they see them as an easier touch. Similarly they strike more in public services and nationalised industries for the same reason and because, unlike private employers, they can't go bankrupt and close down.

Labour must know that the railways have more than one union. They will always want the same and create chaos to get it.