And why should I not?
Seeing as this inevitably turns into a RMT bashing thread. It's clear the money is there. The railway is supposed to be a family not an us and them game.
While I can't comment on whether the money is there or not, I've got to say that I'm in support of action. I'm also fully in agreement with what you say there at the end, it's the same problem in my own industry.
Whether or not the general view on the forum is that the RMT are nuts (for want of a better word), if the RMT members feel strongly enough about it to vote yes, then so be it. The voice of the railway employees must be heard and acknowledged! OK, so any action may not get the result they want, but the voices need to speak up. It is, at the end of it all it is as the saying goes 'you can't fix something you don't know is broken'.
Finally, it's comforting to know the RMT and ASLEF are an active and present force. Not all unions are like that, for example when I was a member of GMB years ago it wasn't really all that useful. If there was a problem, it wasn't felt like GMB would do anything about it. Paying out for it every month was a waste of valuable resources! Now RMT and ASLEF, if they were looking after my industry, I'd be happy to pay the membership fee every month!
I haven't been here long, but Railforumers really seem to hate unions that are just trying to get their workers livable conditions and fair pay?
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Please don't tar us all with the same brush, a lot of the forum seem to be of that opinion but certainly by no means all of us! As you can see in my reply to someone else, I'm certainly in favour of RMT's proposed action if it means their members get what they deserve
Good gravy I want to get on with making a board raising my concerns and go join the RMT members, it would give me a good reason to use my loud voice!