Nonsense and bad economics. Their bargaining power owes everything to the importance of the railway rather than their abilities and capabilities. Rail chiefs are already talking about driver-less trains, as they have in Copenhagen.
That the network didn't grind to a halt was down to core of...
FOR! And in a big way.
Over here, a recent Deutsche Bahn strike cost the German economy over £500 million in one week, with more of that on the way. They wanted MORE pay and wanted to work LESS! Thievery. £500 million/week is absolutely ruinous, and combined with strike action plaguing...