GalaxyDog
Member
"Why are the RMT doing this?"
It's simple - at the last minute, now that the government have averted more planned strikes and also managed to reserve the Coronation from being affected by strikes - they've thrown a hand grenade into the proposed agreement that simply was not there before.
The solution previously offered was a two step agreement.
Step 1)was the 5% / £1750 payrise, which also included being backpaid to March 2022. This would help people with cost of living, increased bills etc. Furthermore, it was tabled initially as with very few strings attached and no attacks on working conditions. The only real condition was, by accepting this, the RMT and delegates would enter into the "negotiating framework for 'Workforce Changes'. That was it, plain and simple. A simple and amenable resolution.
Step 2)would be the negotiations over "workforce changes" and mainly be focused on Ts and Cs, of which we suspect many would be watered down into a compromise.
However, it would seem that the Step 1)offer was changed yesterday from few strings attached, to, suddenly, "if you accept step 1) you must agree the dispute is over and you cannot call strike action over step 2)'s outcomes."
Which, in a roundabout and devious way is essentially stripping us of the right to fight against the dreadful Ts and Cs which is why we rejected the poor December offer. [A lot of RMT would have accepted 4+4% if Ts and Cs were left alone.]
Just need to say for those at the back.
Also, it's Eurovision. Not the end of the world. People seem to forget that ther RMT have already cancelled/suspended/altered strike action to allow the public to travel on no less than three important occasions during the dispute [Royal mourning and the Queue, Remembrance week so veterans could attend the Royal British Legion commemorations for two examples...] If there's diplomatic fallout, hopefully it will highlight just how shoddily and treacherously the Tory government has pillaged this country into the ground.
Afterall, when doctors, nurses and teachers are going on strike, and your so called government is having to resort to threatening to sack striking nurses....
It's simple - at the last minute, now that the government have averted more planned strikes and also managed to reserve the Coronation from being affected by strikes - they've thrown a hand grenade into the proposed agreement that simply was not there before.
The solution previously offered was a two step agreement.
Step 1)was the 5% / £1750 payrise, which also included being backpaid to March 2022. This would help people with cost of living, increased bills etc. Furthermore, it was tabled initially as with very few strings attached and no attacks on working conditions. The only real condition was, by accepting this, the RMT and delegates would enter into the "negotiating framework for 'Workforce Changes'. That was it, plain and simple. A simple and amenable resolution.
Step 2)would be the negotiations over "workforce changes" and mainly be focused on Ts and Cs, of which we suspect many would be watered down into a compromise.
However, it would seem that the Step 1)offer was changed yesterday from few strings attached, to, suddenly, "if you accept step 1) you must agree the dispute is over and you cannot call strike action over step 2)'s outcomes."
Which, in a roundabout and devious way is essentially stripping us of the right to fight against the dreadful Ts and Cs which is why we rejected the poor December offer. [A lot of RMT would have accepted 4+4% if Ts and Cs were left alone.]
Just need to say for those at the back.
Also, it's Eurovision. Not the end of the world. People seem to forget that ther RMT have already cancelled/suspended/altered strike action to allow the public to travel on no less than three important occasions during the dispute [Royal mourning and the Queue, Remembrance week so veterans could attend the Royal British Legion commemorations for two examples...] If there's diplomatic fallout, hopefully it will highlight just how shoddily and treacherously the Tory government has pillaged this country into the ground.
Afterall, when doctors, nurses and teachers are going on strike, and your so called government is having to resort to threatening to sack striking nurses....
