Not really sure what your point is ,these are completely seperate disputes . It sounds like you have not got over the DOO strikes on southern .
To be fair there has already been significant industrial action at London Underground and TransPennine Express, and it is overwhelmingly likely that further action via disputes at Aslef and TSSA will be called. In other words, both the scope and scale of action are likely to be very large.
I suspect this is true for a quite different reason than you would like to portray.
Imagine if everyone had this attitude throughout history? We'd still be working 7 day weeks with no breaks for pennies.
Not threatening? Are you for real? The whole point of the ballot and getting the vote for strike action is to act as a threat.
Hmmmm. York station car park today says otherwise. Very nearly full. Passengers are not being driven away because of anything railway related. It's just that quite a lot found new ways to work after Covid. You just feel that you have to justify your rant, because you don't want railway staff to be well paid, and that's basically what it boils down to. Because you can't have something, then neither should the rest.
It's not the railways fault you choose to live 100 miles from work. Just WFH, apparently it's all the rage these days, people don't need railways looking at some of the posts on here.
I disagree entirely. Maybe in some places but where I am it is pretty cordial in general from the bottom to the top and that includes between union reps and managers.
It does indeed vary from TOC to TOC. I worked at two TOCs, both of whom had good relationships with their staff. I was once balloted at Virgin West Coast for strike action (in an office job) and abstained from the vote. At CrossCountry, during my time the relationship between management and staff was quite good. There were some Sunday working disputes but that was just part of the usual to-ing and fro-ing of industrial relations. A little tension is good, unions are a necessary evil and it is possible for both management and union to abuse the power they have.
Couldn’t agree more. Our union/management relations are good & constructive the majority of the time & where superb throughout the pandemic particularly on training.
I'll tell you what it ISN'T; somewhere employee rights must be ignored at the behest of bitter people outwith it purely because it might inconvenience them for a few days. This is remarkably melodramatic.
Normally I would use TPE to get to Manchester Airport, the service is fast and really good. However, unless the industrial action ceases, I simply can't rely on it can I?
A lot of the anti-union comments are also from people who, in the course of their work, can't be killed or end up killing somebody. It is a vital part of the puzzle in understanding why unions are so heavily embedded in the railway.
