RMT union vote for a national rail strike
Discussion
loafer123 said:
This.
Unions…always playing the victim…
Yeah, that’ll be it.Unions…always playing the victim…
Defending their hard fought rights, speaking up for those working three jobs, claiming benefits and still using food banks. The scummy bds that they are.
Tell me, if no one is interested why do so many of you still post in the thread?
legzr1 said:
Well, the flashing greens’ sole reason for being was to allow 140mph running.
I’ve been a passenger on a few services hauled by 91s that attained the speed. A couple of times the conductor actually made announcements of such, proud of making up the six minute delay at the last station stop.
Why it seems to have died is a strange one.
It was proven to work and even today trains travelling over the line still receive flashing greens (or did 5 years ago).
The infrastructure is there, the trains are there and I’ve personally witnessed it all working smoothly on an ordinary KX-ED service.
Didn't HMRI - on the basis of the trials with the five-aspect signalling - later decree that there wasn't enough time at 125+mph for a driver to sight and interpret a lineside signal (especially if the visibility was sub-optimal) and so introduced the requirement for in-cab signalling for scheduled 125+mph running. I’ve been a passenger on a few services hauled by 91s that attained the speed. A couple of times the conductor actually made announcements of such, proud of making up the six minute delay at the last station stop.
Why it seems to have died is a strange one.
It was proven to work and even today trains travelling over the line still receive flashing greens (or did 5 years ago).
The infrastructure is there, the trains are there and I’ve personally witnessed it all working smoothly on an ordinary KX-ED service.
legzr1 said:
loafer123 said:
This.
Unions…always playing the victim…
Yeah, that’ll be it.Unions…always playing the victim…
Defending their hard fought rights, speaking up for those working three jobs, claiming benefits and still using food banks. The scummy bds that they are.
Tell me, if no one is interested why do so many of you still post in the thread?
2xChevrons said:
Didn't HMRI - on the basis of the trials with the five-aspect signalling - later decree that there wasn't enough time at 125+mph for a driver to sight and interpret a lineside signal (especially if the visibility was sub-optimal) and so introduced the requirement for in-cab signalling for scheduled 125+mph running.
I don’t know but that sounds feasible.Strangely, three aspect SIMBIDS was introduced for 125 mph running without too much issue.
Vasco said:
legzr1 said:
loafer123 said:
This.
Unions…always playing the victim…
Yeah, that’ll be it.Unions…always playing the victim…
Defending their hard fought rights, speaking up for those working three jobs, claiming benefits and still using food banks. The scummy bds that they are.
Tell me, if no one is interested why do so many of you still post in the thread?
As always more hypocrisy than a hypocrisy shop on BOGOF day.
FiF said:
Plus it's a bit rich the likes of Alistair Campbell and fellow travellers complaining when it was he and others who really went to town brow beating the media.
As always more hypocrisy than a hypocrisy shop on BOGOF day.
Still, I’d love to be a fly on the wall of the Tory rags, all conflicted and seething at the moment.As always more hypocrisy than a hypocrisy shop on BOGOF day.
cirian75 said:
Noticing that Mick Lynch is not on the TV or radio any more.
Tories can't be having an intelligent smart working class man showing up their dimwitted Eton elitist twerps who's only real skill is lying.
Just so your tinfoil hat doesn't get too itchy, there's no reason for Lynchy to be on the TV at the moment. No further strikes have been called and I presume numerous meetings behind closed doors are taking place to try to resolve the situation.Tories can't be having an intelligent smart working class man showing up their dimwitted Eton elitist twerps who's only real skill is lying.
Cobnapint said:
cirian75 said:
Noticing that Mick Lynch is not on the TV or radio any more.
Tories can't be having an intelligent smart working class man showing up their dimwitted Eton elitist twerps who's only real skill is lying.
Just so your tinfoil hat doesn't get too itchy, there's no reason for Lynchy to be on the TV at the moment. No further strikes have been called and I presume numerous meetings behind closed doors are taking place to try to resolve the situation.Tories can't be having an intelligent smart working class man showing up their dimwitted Eton elitist twerps who's only real skill is lying.
legzr1 said:
The threat of CR dropped.
Tim Shoveller NR reports good progress in talks.
Mick Lynch reports seeing no need for further strikes.
Who’d have thought?
If only we had vocal PH members handling the negotiations it would have been so much better.
Interesting.Tim Shoveller NR reports good progress in talks.
Mick Lynch reports seeing no need for further strikes.
Who’d have thought?
If only we had vocal PH members handling the negotiations it would have been so much better.
Positive comments from both Shoveller amd Lynch were reported earlier. At the time, Shoveller said that a pragmatic decision was that a formal letter of possible job losses had been set aside *for the time being* to help negotiations (obvious and sensible approach).
That is not dropping CR.
I presume you must know of a more recent statement ?
rjfp1962 said:
Good plan.......let's think......poorly paid, don't want to change any T&Cs, whingeing all the way to the bank......Am I doing this right ? - or have they more credibility than the RMT ?
Vasco said:
rjfp1962 said:
Good plan.......let's think......poorly paid, don't want to change any T&Cs, whingeing all the way to the bank......Am I doing this right ? - or have they more credibility than the RMT ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62125059
BBC said:
ScotRail drivers will see their pay climb by 5% and also get more money for rest day and Sunday working, driving instructor and maternity pay along with a policy of no compulsory redundancies for the next five years.
The nationalised train operator said 2.2% of the increase would be funded by Transport Scotland with the remaining 2.8% coming from ScotRail's funds.
ScotRail came back into public ownership for the first time in 25 years in April, after previous operator Abellio had its franchise ended early over criticism of the quality of the service.
The nationalised train operator said 2.2% of the increase would be funded by Transport Scotland with the remaining 2.8% coming from ScotRail's funds.
ScotRail came back into public ownership for the first time in 25 years in April, after previous operator Abellio had its franchise ended early over criticism of the quality of the service.
matchmaker said:
Vasco said:
rjfp1962 said:
Good plan.......let's think......poorly paid, don't want to change any T&Cs, whingeing all the way to the bank......Am I doing this right ? - or have they more credibility than the RMT ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62125059
BBC said:
ScotRail drivers will see their pay climb by 5% and also get more money for rest day and Sunday working, driving instructor and maternity pay along with a policy of no compulsory redundancies for the next five years.
The nationalised train operator said 2.2% of the increase would be funded by Transport Scotland with the remaining 2.8% coming from ScotRail's funds.
ScotRail came back into public ownership for the first time in 25 years in April, after previous operator Abellio had its franchise ended early over criticism of the quality of the service.
The nationalised train operator said 2.2% of the increase would be funded by Transport Scotland with the remaining 2.8% coming from ScotRail's funds.
ScotRail came back into public ownership for the first time in 25 years in April, after previous operator Abellio had its franchise ended early over criticism of the quality of the service.
I suspect ScotRail is fked for the foreseeable, but now more expensively.
rjfp1962 said:
I could get behind the network rail staff, but not this lot.I've had a 2.2% pay increase this year, much like anyone else who was lucky enough to get one at all.
Has it been said anywhere how much they want? Something daft like 10% no doubt.
Pebbles167 said:
rjfp1962 said:
I could get behind the network rail staff, but not this lot.I've had a 2.2% pay increase this year, much like anyone else who was lucky enough to get one at all.
Has it been said anywhere how much they want? Something daft like 10% no doubt.
matchmaker said:
Pebbles167 said:
rjfp1962 said:
I could get behind the network rail staff, but not this lot.I've had a 2.2% pay increase this year, much like anyone else who was lucky enough to get one at all.
Has it been said anywhere how much they want? Something daft like 10% no doubt.
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