High Dyke
Established Member
It may not get any closer to resolving it. Then again when the BBC are reporting that.Ignoring the rights and wrongs, another strike, whats this going to acheive? The current government is flapping around like a dying fish out of water, with an election this year, so they will roll out all the old cliches but nothing will change. The strike will not get any closer to resolving the issues.
What they fail to say is that money is paid to TOCs, whether they run a service or not. I appreciate there are more issues than pay in this ongoing dispute.The Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, said it wanted to resolve the dispute, but argued Aslef's leadership "need to recognise that hard-pressed taxpayers are continuing to contribute an extra £54m a week just to keep services running post-Covid.
Absolutely this. The taxpayer doesn't get a say in this. So double standards from MP's, regardless of their political viewpoint. Of course, they would argue that an MP's pay is set by an independent pay body.Meanwhile, MP’s get a 5.5% rise next month. No changes to terms and conditions and no protracted negotiations
And yes, the wife and I will be affected by the industrial action announced, in regards to travel plans.