Nonsense. ASLEF staff are mostly paid above the national average so there isn't much public support for a tax increase or a fares increase to pay them more. If they were amongst the least well paid in society it would be different.
Fares have risen every year since 2019. Drivers for several companies haven't had a payrise for 5 years. Guards, Signallers, Maintenence workers and Station staff settled their dispute over pay and conditions.
You do realise that fare increases and payrises therefore aren't linked.
Imagine in your job having to fund your own "payrise". Obviously I don't know what you do, but say you were on an 8 hour day with a 30 minute paid break. To get a 4% pay increase you now have to work 8 hours 15, and only have a 20 minute break.
The analogy may be simple, but changing terms and conditions for a pay increase is not a pay rise. Its a productivity change.
Rubbish. I'd like to see your stats on the strike's impact on the economy.
Well we have got this quote direct from the Rail Minister in 2023. I'd imagine that figure has grown quite considerably.
Huw Merriman insists the need for reform to working practices made the standoff necessary
www.theguardian.com
Rail strikes cost UK £1bn and settling would have been cheaper, minister admits