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maybe they should be seperate. would the unions discuss those changes seperately? on face value Network Rail and TOC say the changes allow finance to more pay. theres a budget set after all, so more pay here means less something elsewhere.

yes, along with Southern, Southeastern, Northern, Scottish services and some others. careful though, there's also a DCO classification, which is DOO with a second staff on the train not involved in the train dispatch. DOO may be unacceptable to RMT, right up until they give in. it was...

wealth is the stuff we hold onto that has value, our homes, pensions, savings, businesses. its the product of labour we either saved or invested.

perhaps this is part of modernisation.

Network Rail does not run franchises, one big org for all the rail managment, maintenance, upgrade and signalling. no one has suggested train operator staff work between lines, as you point out they have different employeers.

its funny how this gets dragged into some form of class war. the employer is a nationalised organisation and a group of outsourcing business being paid couple % margin. this isnt a struggle between worker and capitalist. the capitalists only stake here is using the train, swapping to car or...

he's not as great as everyone makes out at interviews, just plays a straight bat. he has a simple mandate and sticks to it. poor journos trying to be clever and wrong foot him. BBC chap this morning kept to simple questions, he came across ordinary and misspoke a couple of times.