It’s all coming together, and the RMT are walking right in.
SWR have proven able to contain strikes without a Southern style political meltdown.
Direct award/OLR ‘due to industrial action ruining income’, with instruction to impose DCO
PPM struggling
New trains coming up.
Drivers awaiting a pay rise so perfect to smuggle in a bit of bribery
‘The only way this can be fixed is with new trains operated in the most efficient and safe way [insert safety expert data]. The RMT are dinosaurs impeding passenger improvements, we are guaranteeing a second member of staff who will be able to concentrate on passenger care - which is what the passengers really want’
Show enough resolve to break the union even in the southern Tory heartlands and will guards fancy the fight elsewhere?
SWR have proven able to contain strikes without a Southern style political meltdown.
Direct award/OLR ‘due to industrial action ruining income’, with instruction to impose DCO
PPM struggling
New trains coming up.
Drivers awaiting a pay rise so perfect to smuggle in a bit of bribery
‘The only way this can be fixed is with new trains operated in the most efficient and safe way [insert safety expert data]. The RMT are dinosaurs impeding passenger improvements, we are guaranteeing a second member of staff who will be able to concentrate on passenger care - which is what the passengers really want’
Show enough resolve to break the union even in the southern Tory heartlands and will guards fancy the fight elsewhere?