dk1
Veteran Member
Yes a few. The rosters where prepared last Friday so there was always an option the action would be called off and a full service resumed. Same goes for this Saturday.you had people in on rest days?
Yes a few. The rosters where prepared last Friday so there was always an option the action would be called off and a full service resumed. Same goes for this Saturday.you had people in on rest days?
They'd have to in case strike was called off.you had people in on rest days?
That was my thought too.you had people in on rest days?
I had lunch there recently and can recommend the Cheese & Chili Toastie followed by Lemon & Mascapone Cheese cake and a cup of tea.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-61877805
Many such businesses are already struggling because of a shortage of staff, meaning they cannot cater for the same number of guests as usual.
Any railway union member planning a trip to the Highlands would be well advised not to mention his trade!
I can associate with your situation, I for one have been there (many times) & I’m sure the majority here will confirm the same…..the workplace in addition to everything else can be one of the most stressful environments in many industries if you let it beI’m just finding my 30s far too stressful at the moment. Everything just seems to be going wrong.
Lies, damned lies and so on.Greater Anglia are doing OK it seems:
Average annual punctuality for the whole of the Greater Anglia network is now at 94.57 per cent.
Punctuality on Greater Anglia’s intercity services between Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester and London have reached an all-time high of 94.2 per cent of trains arriving on time on average throughout the year.
Meanwhile average annual punctuality for other services on the Great Eastern Main Line between Ipswich/Colchester/Clacton/Walton/Harwich and London Liverpool Street is at 94.6 per cent, with 94.8 per cent of trains on the Southend Victoria line running on time throughout the year.
On the West Anglia line between Cambridge/Bishops Stortford/Hertford East and London Liverpool Street, 94.2 per cent of trains have been on time over the last year.
Trains on the Greater Anglia’s regional services have also achieved very high annual punctuality. The top five routes are Norwich to Great Yarmouth with 98.2 per of trains on time throughout the year; Norwich to Sheringham at 97.5 per cent, Norwich to Lowestoft, 97.4 per cent; Marks Tey to Sudbury, 97.2 per cent and Norwich to Cambridge 95.9 per cent.
You don't know what a DTM is???
I know. We have some PRATs as well.I also didn't know what a DTM was. I had an inkling but that was all. We used to have SDMs but they got moved to KICC and become RMs. We also have CIMs, PEDMs, LTSCs, TSM, and OCMs Its all very confusing
Has to be run through dft now. And who runs that?Can Rail bosses, and T.O.C’s, decide to take a financial hit, and agree deal, Without going to the government? Or does the government have final say, on any pay deal? Just asking, as Rail bosses and RMT, are due to hold talks tomorrow.
Now you know why Shapps is like his boss. Tells lies faster than a horse can gallopGems, ok thought as much, just checking. I’d say, there is little hope of the Rail bosses achieving anything then, as government, wont budge on what they are prepared to offer.
No. Every penny of expenditure has to be signed off by the DfT. The 'franchise' agreements have terms stipulating in particular that any new employment terms or response to industrial action must be agreed by them.Can Rail bosses, and T.O.C’s, decide to take a financial hit, and agree deal, Without going to the government? Or does the government have final say, on any pay deal? Just asking, as Rail bosses and RMT, are due to hold talks tomorrow.
What you were saying regarding pay increases getting less the more you earn is fundamentally wrong!The high rate of inflation is disproportionately affecting lower earners because they tend to have less disposable income, and it is unavoidable costs (such as petrol/gas/food) that are rising the most. So a 4% increase, say, but with a minimum increase of £1-2k, would be a fair way of compensating people for the effect that inflation is having on their ability to buy goods and services.
95% of National Rail drivers are part of ASLEF, who are not striking yet at most TOCs (although they are balloting now). The disruption has been caused by RMT members going on strike - notably, these comprise a vast percentage of signallers. So the lines that are open are generally being staffed by non-RMT signallers, or contingency staff.
The concept of cash compensation for delays is well established in every other part of the transport industry and it would be very disappointing to see a retrograde step in this regard. Vouchers for inconvenience are, to many people, the ultimate fob-off.
Yes but you only pay 40% of the extra your higher real terms percentage gives you.What you were saying regarding pay increases getting less the more you earn is fundamentally wrong!
You are saying that if you earn more then any increase you get should be less (% age wise) than someone else.
For christs sake we already pay more tax than someone on a lesser wage!
In the days leading up to this strike, people here were falling over themselves to condemn the strike for disrupting vast swathes of working people. Now I'm seeing people claim that it hasn't disrupted people, which proves the railway is irrelevant and therefore the strike has failed. Which is it?
Absolutely fine. I'm not on strike either because I dropped out of the RMT years ago. But the government are still liars, and me being the fair minded type will try and see both sides of the coin.Gems, im still against the strike, and wont budge on this, I think Mick Lynch is as bad as Shapps, and led the union members, down a dark and
dangerous hole, over this strike, they will shoot themselves massively in the foot, and will alienate the public massively too.
Yes. Because your personal inflation rate will be likely to be a lot lower than that of someone on half your pay.What you were saying regarding pay increases getting less the more you earn is fundamentally wrong!
You are saying that if you earn more then any increase you get should be less (% age wise) than someone else.
Your marginal rate is 10% higher, yes. Whilst no doubt a little painful, you can't expect pay increases to be so high as to result in the same income after inflation and tax. That would mean near 20% pay increases for higher rate earners - which I think even the unions would admit is a non-starter.For christs sake we already pay more tax than someone on a lesser wage!
talks of 15% pay rises are lunacy.
In the context of soaring inflation and with a ton of productivity clauses added in, it's really poor.
Whilst the proposed change is quite detrimental, it only applies to what you accrue going forwards, and doesn't affect you at all if you are 'protected' (i.e. joined the industry before 5 November 1993).I think the timing is wrong also. But when is a time ever right? But the point is this, even I am worried about a pension grab. I have paid into that for well over 20 years, and now this bunch of spivs want to destroy it just so they can make up for their mishandling of the economy. So yeah. I disagree to a point, but even I am swinging like a pendulum over that issue. I will never rule out ever joining in the fun.
Didn't that productivity clause have an extra five hours a week. Am I doing my math wrong , as I was thinking say a lower grade signaller is on 30k and gets 3%. That is £900 a year and that works out at £3.50 an hour for each of the extra five hours.Are you the lunatic then? I don't think anybody expects that'll be given.
Utterly ridiculous. Anybody who thinks that those productivity clauses have been fairly priced are only indicative of how badly the wider population have been conditioned into accepting bonfires of T&Cs...
One of the biggest assaults on the working class was the endless attacks on pensions. Pensions are my red line in the sand.Whilst the proposed change is quite detrimental, it only applies to what you accrue going forwards, and doesn't affect you at all if you are 'protected' (i.e. joined the industry before 5 November 1993).
Sounds like something out of the letters page of the Tory Telegraph.The days of an ever-expanding railway are over. If the unions are not careful, this strike will hasten a big contraction of the system and services and could in a worse case scenario bring about its virtual demise.
The NUM now has fewer than 100 members to represent a workforce of near zero. This could easily be the future of our railways, with the only stations with any sort of service being on our voluntee-run heritage lines.
The pre-COVID world has gone and is as much a part of history as the Victorian age. The railway network needs a drastic programme of cost-reductions using as much technology as possible to reduce costs and reflect the cold economic reality of the new world.
It doesn’t matter if you ‘only pay 40%’ more on ……………..Yes but you only pay 40% of the extra your higher real terms percentage gives you.
Sounds like something out of the letters page of the Tory Telegraph.
To be precise, Sturgeon's financial deficit is £3.5 billion. On top of that she has just been told that she needs to find another £1.5 billion to upgrade the CalMac fleet which is subject to at least one major breakdown each week.Apparently there is already a significant black hole in wee crankie finances. This isn't going to improve matters.