RMT announce Rail strikes are on for this week
 

https://news.sky.com/story/biggest-r...-fail-12637442

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I could not tell you what year I last used a train, far too expensive.

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The Government want this strike, anything in the news to divert attention from the shambles they've made of the country.
Nurses and Teachers will be the next targets. Anyone providing public services is the enemy of State Boris.

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So you don’t think £59,000 per year is a good salary for rail workers?

Any increase would put costs back on to the commuter and as Paul highlighted above, it’s already expensive.

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The alternative is that the Government gives in to every set of demands. Just think what the demands would be, if that happened?:shocked:

It seems absurd that a Union can call a strike, simply because they have built up a strike fund. There is little financial penalty for the strikers.

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I'm sure the thousands of rail workers who earn considerably less than £59,000 will agree with you.

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It’s the RMT that are on strike - train drivers (in ASLEF) earn that salary.

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You are amazing, Mr K. The rail unions call a strike on false pretences and say the government should get involved. The RMT has already said that it will not negotiate with a Conservative government. What is more, the appropriate people for the unions to negotiate with are the employers.

The NHS workers and teachers are now threatening to take strike action alongside the rail workers and you describe them as ‘the next targets’ as if they were the victims!

The funny thing is, many people think your posts are just jokey, but sometimes I think you really believe this stuff. :D

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Pretty daft of the wider Labour movement to fall into their trap then isn’t it … :rolleyes:

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Yeah that's the reason people voted to strike, with a far greater percentage of the vote than this government was returned with btw because they have built up a strike fund :rolleyes:

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My heart doesn’t bleed for them. They want to try working in the Healthcare industry as it is now, utterly decimated, far harder job for significantly less pay and we can’t strike for obvious reasons. :td:

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https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-call...g-with-shapps/

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If there was no strike fund, they would have to think twice, . If there was little money in the strike fund, would the unions be attempting anything?

If one side has no losses, then that is a one-sided battle.

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The government are not the employers.

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That’s a pretty brazen attempt to turn this into a 1970s style bust up between Tory ministers and Labour-affiliated unions. The stuff about the RIRG is irrelevant. The question is whether government ministers should intervene directly in pay bargaining, not whether ministers and union leaders do or do not meet face to face on principle.

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I've forgotten how public sector disputes used to get resolved. As Network Rail is publicly owned and funded, I imagine that the government may have to get involved if more cash is involved.