Railways, Underground and Unions

[SaintHacker]

Asleef?

Is this an in joke on the railways?
I thought it was ASLEF

Just a small typo?

 

[Beezerk]

Found lynch to come across very well, puts news readers and MPs in their place with just the facts and doesn't talk in riddles.

Rather refreshing

Plus a fine example setter.. got the job and cut his wages from 120k to 84k, fair play

Nah, he refused to answer a direct question earlier then did the classic deflection and accuse the interviewer of being a right wing sympathiser.
Guy is a piece of work.

 

[RichA]

Nah, he refused to answer a direct question earlier then did the classic deflection and accuse the interviewer of being a right wing sympathiser.
Guy is a piece of work.

I take it you haven't heard the National Rail chief exec speaking. I was fairly neutral on the issue until I heard him interviewed on the radio this afternoon. He sounded like a comedy caricature of a political hatchet man. They all deserve each other (the leaders of the 2 sides that is, not the staff).

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Nah, he refused to answer a direct question earlier then did the classic deflection and accuse the interviewer of being a right wing sympathiser.
Guy is a piece of work.

Not really, madley didn't let him answer the question

 

[Deleted member 29109]

It was a classic case of when two idiots meet.

 

[Dando]

Found lynch to come across very well, puts news readers and MPs in their place with just the facts and doesn't talk in riddles.

Rather refreshing

Plus a fine example setter.. got the job and cut his wages from 120k to 84k, fair play

£84k?
They pay his NI and tax so he “earns” more than £84k

 

[Deleted member 21784]

£84k?
They pay his NI and tax so he “earns” more than £84k

All employers pay nin for employees and pensions as quoted in the rag

Fact is he was on 120k , not including the add ons now he's on 84k not including add ons

Many our leaders could follow suit?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Nah, he refused to answer a direct question earlier then did the classic deflection and accuse the interviewer of being a right wing sympathiser.
Guy is a piece of work.

As did the minister when asked whether he had blocked an offer the employers were to make (that’s just a factual observation and is apolitical in respect of the merits or otherwise of whether he blocked it or not). And that’s a much more important question than how much the strikes are costing individual members of the RMT - one question the BBC was putting to Lynch…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1602580202449768449

 

[Dando]

All employers pay nin for employees and pensions as quoted in the rag

Fact is he was on 120k , not including the add ons now he's on 84k not including add ons

Many our leaders could follow suit?

So he’s on more than 84k?

 

[Deleted member 21784]

So he’s on more than 84k?

Tell his mortgage provider that? When you apply for a mortgage what do they ask, your base salary or your complete cost of employment to your company?

Same with the taxman . He won't be doing self assessment form

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

So he’s on more than 84k?

If his salary agreement is £120k then that is pretty consistent with the average salary of a director of a UK corporate.

I’ll add that at £84k…

https://www.reed.co.uk/average-salary/average-director-salary

 

[Dando]

£120k is pretty much the average salary of a director of a UK corporate

how many of those can hold the country to ransom?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

how many of those can hold the country to ransom?

What’s that got to do with how much he’s paid. And he’s not holding the country to ransom. He is engaged in an industrial dispute with a continuing significant mandate provided by his members.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

how many of those can hold the country to ransom?

Think your are laying the Blame in entirely the wrong place

Nurses
Firefighters
Ambulance drivers
Rail workers

To name but a few taking part in action or voting on

Only one single collective of people are holding the pay talks back, why are they not holding the country to ransom?

The nurses have said they will suspend strikes if ministers agree to talk to them , they refuse

I don't see the rmt as the complete issue . They are doing what they need to do for their members, protect rights and protect jobs

Otherwise what's the point of a union?

Without unions we wouldn't have

Sickpay
Weekends
Mat pay
Paternity pay
Mat leave

They can't be all bad

 

[patricks148]

This is getting political thread suspended.