nedchester
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Do you work in a industry that is effectively a 24/365 industry?
If your industry that you work in decided to bring in unsocial hours, Sunday work, to work all bank holidays, not have Easter or Christmas off would you stay or would you leave and with all of this not increase your salary? I believe in what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander.
Yes it does need to change, and change should be led from the top not the bottom, if i have a problem with my pay i cant get an answer on a Saturday, Sunday or after 20:00 hrs and most certainly not on a bank holiday which to me are normal days of work.
Like you have cynicism for the staff to be unavailable on these days, i am the cynic who believes the Guards are being shafted. It will always depend on your own personal viewpoint.
Yes. I work in the rail industry.
The change does need to come from the top but the unions also need to move as well. I wouldn't expect the basic pay to remain the same either. It is accepted there would still be grounds for limited overtime.
The point is that any 24/7 industry should not have to rely on volunteers. Imagine turning up at your local hospital and all the doctors and nurses aren't there because they didn't have enough volunteers? Imagine going on your holidays and the pilot hasn't volunteered to turn up (OK Ryan air might be different!)
Some jobs are 9-5 Monday to Friday but the rail industry is not.