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the whole notion of the rail franchise is you run the service for a fee, with additional fees if you reach certain targets. and many have failed, trousering the primary fees (yes for a small profit) and giving back the franchise as a lost cause. the question i keep thinking is why these...

Network rail might be represented in RDG, they have a seperate dispute. example, the Christmas strikes are covering Network Rail workers, not the train companies - signalmen and engineering will be off but stations would be open, trains would be manned (unable to travel). they've been playing...

thing is the RMT is running disputes with nationalised Network Rail and Scotrail, alongside the private run train companies. so why isnt iit fair to highlight the role of RMT, who balloted for strikes before any negotiations even started? they wanted industrial action (even said so), have it...

TSSA union have cancelled their strikes and put the lastest offer to members with recommendation to accept. this is the Network Rail dispute not the one with TOC. https://www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-events/tssa-news/tssa-to-put-network-rail-offer-to-members interesting the lack of many T&C changes.

your link offers an answer, because its small number group affected offering legal aid, costing £74m.

say that like its a bad thing. why would we want some career politician with a PPE from oxbridge, in post for 2 years before off to another, to run the railways. best leave it to people who know what they are doing. the Network Rail model is obvious solve, seperate arms length org. in theory...

traditionally it is the employer that sets hours and pay, though see it can be confusing with the rail. major part of the dispute is with nationalised Network Rail, where is the shareholder interest there? we're recylcing the same old debate from last strikes on Southern, the trains have OBS...

a job with shift pattern including weekends, late and early starts would probably have that reflected in a higher basic rate compared to more regular patterns. odd thing is we pay lower fares for the weekend, despite apparently higher wage cost, wonder how many would like a resolution that...

interesting term "union assist", as if they should the ones deciding what is and isnt used. which is the point really. i should have qualified the previous remark they block any change that alters jobs.

the £800m number comes from a couple of companies global operations, including disposal of businesses abroad. do you know the actual dividends from UK operations? last time i looked operators made more from bus operations than rail.

they should be holding out for more pay for the changes. they shouldnt be blanket blocking all change. jobs will go, new jobs created. cant reasonably expect new tech or work practices that are more efficent, different locations or roles to require the same existing staff contracts. we the...

ticket office is great when it works, often shut, only the ticket machine available (much more reliable than in the past btw). there are jobs that are literally redundant, they need to change, transfer role from one contract to another, but blocked. DOO is good example use of technology being...

that company will be nationally owned National Rail, and customers will be hurt by the rescheduled engineering work. thanks for maximising the disruption.

are you? there's 3 seperate distputes going on, drivers, train staff, national rail. one common theme, union resistance to change. sure, investment from the public purse. and what do the unions say to that? dont want to change any working practices, keep everything the same. how's investment...

only one that looks unreasonable is closure of all ticket office, which i also dont believe is true. i particularly like adoption of new technology put there, as if learning new tools and advancing skills is an imposition. it also shows a union literally stuck in the past.

so they'll get moved to another weekend or two. RMT dont care about passengers or the service though.