Winter of Discontent (202)2

Mottie said:
So, it’s now okay for you to attribute disorders to people you have never met? Doesn’t that break many of the site rules? I’ll report it just in case and I’ll let everyone know how I get on.
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Just to report back as I said I would. JohnD's offending post that broke the rules diagnosing me as an ADD sufferer has been edited and removed by a moderator. Thanks Mods. (y)
 
gone said:

MSN

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Pressure was growing on Mick Lynch today to accept a pay deal as it emerged that 250 signallers and track engineers earn at least £100,000.

Industry figures reveal that the workers, who are represented by Mr Lynch's RMT union, took home the bumper pay packets in the year to September.

Another 650 at Network Rail earned more than £80,000. And a quarter of track maintenance staff are on £60,000-plus – more than double the £27,055 given to a newly qualified nurse.

Obtained by the Mail under the Freedom of Information Act, the figures show that average earnings for a signaller were just under £56,000 and £50,000 for track maintenance staff. They include base salary, overtime, rest day working and allowances for unsociable hours.

Around 80 per cent of the 20,000 or so track maintenance workers and signallers at Network Rail are members of the RMT.

MPs last night said the findings made 'a mockery' of Mr Lynch's claims that his members were on the breadline.

They said the figures also undermined his claims that his strikes, which are costing the economy billions, are not about class war or trying to bring down the Government.

Mr Lynch has rejected a 9 per cent pay offer from Network Rail, a deal that has been accepted by the TSSA union.

It is worth double digits over two years for the lowest paid.

Unite, which represents electrical control room operators, backed a similar deal this week and has withdrawn strike action. But the RMT wants rises in line with inflation, currently around 11 per cent.

Tory MP Peter Bone said: 'Most people would consider these earnings pretty high. People are beginning to realise that this is just a politically motivated strike because Mr Lynch also rather likes being in the media.

'If the average wage is £50,000 for the people he represents, when the average wage in the country is £30,000-odd, then clearly his members are doing much better than the average worker and it's unfair to ask them to pay for inflation-level pay demands.'
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That's a bit of a poke in the eye.

Dear Mick, why the Flying F should your slightly-skilled drivers earn a ton more than nurses, or plods, or teachers.......?
 
Mottie said:
Settling would have been cheaper? Would it ****! It would have opened the floodgates for every union to ask for more.
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Worth pointing out that UK train drivers are the highest paid in Europe. Not one of the highest, but the highest, and by some considerable margin.

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The public sector represents around 20% of the UK workforce, given they also mostly have double the pension contributions of the private sector tax free, settling pay rises at higher than industry norms will likely contribute to around 2% long term inflation.

who pays?
 
How much has been "spaffed" to Tory chums?

6% pay rise across the board, will cost £20Bn now and another £10bn a year when they retire.
 
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