Yes, I'm sure ASLEF Train Drivers on £50k+ per year, in many locations having not seen a strike for over two decades, crying throughout their 36 hour 4 day week, hate their Union too for the reasons you mention...
and despite these excellent conditions ASLEF still wanted to strike (if they had only gone about it properly

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Yet you point to the buses as being infiltrated and 'ruined' by the unions - in my experience since deregulation in particular bus drivers generally have pretty poor wages, working conditions, morale and rosters having had the lot forced down by the so called bus bandits in the 90s so it seems to me they're long overdue some improvement.
Actually several I know well were fine prior to unions sneaking in and now instead the unions are forcing strike action by citing false dreams of massive unrealistic wage rises that if instigated will lead to further service cuts or a complete operator pull out and are totally unrealistic. Bus drivers joined the company and happily accepted their terms and now thanks to unions all of a sudden they want massively more.
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