johncrossley
Established Member
How do the TOC use the staff turning up for work when there are few or no trains?
I was wondering that too,How do the TOC use the staff turning up for work when there are few or no trains?
I would surmise it pays them to sit around all day because it has no incentive to maximise income as DfT are backstopping their costs. Anyhow shouldn't be any excuses for cancellations from lack of train crew.How do the TOC use the staff turning up for work when there are few or no trains?
They won't. And so the RMT has ensured a huge deal of disruption without staff losing any pay, and whilst getting positive press out of it.
I understand a lot of XC drivers are being sent on the Birmingham resignalling brief on the now cancelled RMT strike days. Not sure if they will be rescheduled now the strikes are off.Don't they still have to turn up to the depots? Maybe they can do CPD, online training etc. ? When I worked in consultancy, those are the kinds of things we filled our unproductive time with.
As said, being a self contained operation makes things easier for the former to add services where possible.Merseyrail has restored a half-hour service on all lines today, although with a late start.
Chester PSB is open, but other operators, even TfW which is also not in dispute, are not operating any services through Chester.
Exactly the sort of pathetic, juvenile behaviour that angers staff and is done purely to show staff who is boss. It's a primary reason along with pay that I voted for and will continue to vote for strike action.A friend who is a guard for GA messaged me to say he booked on as normal this morning and then got sent home. He thought it was ridiculous.
I understand a lot of XC drivers are being sent on the Birmingham resignalling brief on the now cancelled RMT strike days. Not sure if they will be rescheduled now the strikes are off.
How do the TOC use the staff turning up for work when there are few or no trains?
32! Well that's one way to utilise drivers on an RMT strike day.No they weren't. I did mine this morning. 32 of us booked to do it today
A friend who is a guard for GA messaged me to say he booked on as normal this morning and then got sent home. He thought it was ridiculous.
The I'm making is he rightly thought it a farce that GA weren't even attempting to start a service when staff were available. I agree about the point of sitting around the depotIt would have been even more ridiculous to pointlessly sit around in the depot for hours, when known not to be needed.
The I'm making is he right thought it a farce that GA weren't even attempting to start a service when staff were available. I agree about the point of sitting around the depot
32! Well that's one way to utilise drivers on an RMT strike day.
Whilst it might seem like a good loophole from the outside , calling strikes off at short notice is not universally popular among the membership especially for no good reason . Remember the eventual aim of a trades dispute is to reach a resolution and actions which seek to unnecessarilly antagonize will only make matters worse .Do staff get paid as normal with these late notice strike changes?
If the do, seems like a good 'loophole' would be for the unions to call strike action then cancel it at last minute, ensuring that trains don't run due to planning constraints, but union members get paid as normal.
But the cause of this is not due to the TOCs, but the unions calling off the strike at the last minute?Exactly the sort of pathetic, juvenile behaviour that angers staff and is done purely to show staff who is boss. It's a primary reason along with pay that I voted for and will continue to vote for strike action.
No it's dragging staff in, knowing full well they won't have any work, for no business purpose whatsoever.But the cause of this is not due to the TOCs, but the unions calling off the strike at the last minute?
A friend who is a guard for GA messaged me to say he booked on as normal this morning and then got sent home.
Exactly the sort of pathetic, juvenile behaviour that angers staff and is done purely to show staff who is boss.