Recent content by Captain Chaos

As I heard then. For GWR, the basic adjustment will be done for next week's pay and the overtime and Sundays affected etc will be in January, so yes, it is being done over 2 periods. With the bulk affected for next week.

Not entirely what I've heard. GWR payroll is next week. I believe they've been working on the assumption it was going to pass anyway. However I believe the backdated pay in December will be on basic salary ranges only and Jan will have the affected overtime adjustments and Sunday adjustments. I...

Sorry to step in on this, do XC usually run anything Manchester to Reading on ASLEF strike days? Or Avanti to Euston?

Indeed. I went to see To Kill a Mockingbird on Saturday and was discussing this with the Ushers. They were, despite being impacted, rather supportive of the strikes and hopeful of a positive outcome soon. A functioning and useful railway system is quite critical to the nighttime economy of London.

Internal vacancy list gets published on Fridays only I believe so it's possible they may have put it up today Externally and it will be released Internally on Friday? I've never known an external only for drivers jobs apart from the ever present Qualified already posts anyway as it's usually a...

A thought: isn't it theoretically possible under this deal that Sundays could be loaded onto the Part time jobs and included as part of their hours instead and thus taking away Sunday work entirely from current staff and thus pay? They have a strange and consistent emphasis on this whenever...

With regards to route learning as a component, I recently signed 2 routes as a Guard. I haven't had to route learn for 17 years. I am a very quick learner. Could I have signed it sooner? Absolutely. Can I see why the system is designed how it is currently? Completely. Even though I am fast at...

I'm a Guard. Do I want the best deal for myself? Absolutely? Do I also want the best for the other grades? Of course. This is what being in a union kinda is, isn't it? We stand as a collective for the overall benefit of all.

Not even a joke. That's exactly where the Reading AMT staff ended up going to after having worked there for years. Wonder if there was a change of management or new contracts imposed that caused it all? Makes you wonder...

SSP? Oh dear. Never a good sign that! I remember there used to be 2 at Reading but one closed when the station got redone and they refused an outlet and the other never reopened after lockdown, but the writing was on the wall a long time before that tbh. Shame, I liked stopping off at the Oxford...

The whole negotiation is a shambles. "Agree to these reforms before we talk about pay." There is nothing stopping them from saying "Thanks for agreeing. You get nothing. We can't afford it." Just look at how they treat other public sector workers and its obvious why this tactic is being resisted...

I'm a little confused by the RDG statement above regarding the outline of a credible deal and real progress. If this is the case, then why is it that it is alleged, and I do stress alleged, according to what RMT members have been advised, that they cancelled the scheduled meeting regarding it...

Most of its pushed into "the next election cycle as well". Funny that. Wonder why that is?

Interesting to note that the CWU and Royal Mail have also declared the same thing yesterday as well. There's obviously something in the water about all this and I very much doubt the "union tactic" angle. This is all I'm going to say on the matter however. This thread comes across a little odd...

I've met Portillo once when working a train on the North Downs. He seemed really genuine and doesn't come across as the sort of person who is feigning interest in the subject. Found him to be a really nice bloke to be fair.