Once Again The Enemy Within Make Problems...

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63715658
The unions, the ultimate 5C. How much is Mick Lynch on? The train drivers are already on at least 60k. Pure greed from the communists.

[perseverer]

20.03 is probably the most accurate post in the thread so far

[Togo]

//When Scargill got his backside handed to him on a plate by Thatcher, a superior strategist, he allowed his members to be in penury while he still collected his full salary.//

Scargill started off with a big union and a small house and ended up with big house and a small union. All the union leaders do. Some even end up controlling hotels worth £billions. Guess how they are now filling them up.

[tonyav]

Well done Unite.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-63717712

[Togo]

Is that the local Metro link that is owned by the Local Authority av?

[bobbinwales]

mmm- so fares may rise by a similar amount to pay for it or are there efficiency savings linked in??

[Togo]

And/Or raise the Council Tax to cover it Bobbin. Nothing to lose when the money easy come by.

[tiggerblue10]

The only time I used my Union membership was when I put in a grievance against my then manager many years ago. They provided support and helped me with my case.

I'm continuing with my membership in case I need them in future. They have their uses although I am fed up of strike action as most are. It has a huge knock on affect whichever service it is that's striking.

[perseverer]

If the Birmingham metro drivers annual salary is now up to about £27000 per annum, that translates to about £14.80 an hour based on a 35 hour week. They'll soon be millionaires at that rate.

[Atheist]

"Once again the enemy within..." try to stir up discord, rather than show any kind of understanding or empathy or even rational discussion about other people's situations and problems. Me, Me, Me. I worked hard, and I'm clever...... Why can't they be like me?

[Deskdiary]

https://www.cashfloat.co.uk/blog/personal-finance/train-driver-salary/

Nicely cherry picked there perseverer.

I can do the same.

The average salary of a Virgin train driver )and granted I don’t know if they’re part of the strike action) is £74k. That’s average.

With overtime I suspect it’s £100k. For driving a train!

[Atheist]

I think there's more people on a train than on a plane. Train driver is not a silly kid's game; it's a skilled and onerous job. Do you begrudge airline pilots their wages? And would you be happy if they were under-appreciated and underpaid? Or perhaps you never travel by train?

[THECORBYLOON]

DD, where did the annual salaries given in that link come from? If there's no sources quoted, they're meaningless.

[perseverer]

I picked that particular cherry as you call it because it related to what had been posted just before and which seemed to be getting disparaging comment

[New Judge]

//DD, where did the annual salaries given in that link come from? If there's no sources quoted, they're meaningless.//

It's even more confusing because the Virgin Rail franchise was ended in December 2019. Its services were taken over by Avanti West Coast.

[perseverer]

NJ it is quoted in the link DD. Whatever that proves. It also does not make it clear if it includes overtime.

[perseverer]

..... sorry, the link DD gave.

[New Judge]

//NJ it is quoted in the link DD.//

Yes I know. I'm not really questioning what it does or does not prove. It quotes salaries of Virgin train drivers in both 2020 and 2022, but Virgin Trains stopped operating in December 2019.

[Deskdiary]

that a totally false equivalency untitled.

[JDavis]

TTT,
Then living in the real world hasn't given you much insight then. You seem to see the world in black and white.

[Zacs-Master]

Ta for BA, Tora.