Do you support ASLEF (train drivers union) strikes?

117 M34 said:
They are doing the opposite. They are keeping the 50k level for the next few years so anyone currently on between 45 and 50k will find themselves being higher rate tax payers when they get pay rises.
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They've frozen all tax thresholds - apart from reducing the top tax threshold to £125,140 (just after Truss intended to abolish it). Everyone will pay more tax from April than they would have, before the Tories lost the plot.
 
Yes, i support them , any pay increases will be passed onto the customers in ticket price rises anyway and that has a knock on effect obviously to people who already pay absolutely ridiculous ticket prices.
What a shitshow UK Rail is all round
 
bluemoon32 said:
Yes, i support them , any pay increases will be passed onto the customers in ticket price rises anyway and that has a knock on effect obviously to people who already pay absolutely ridiculous ticket prices.
What a shitshow UK Rail is all round
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Ticket prices have been increased already. 6%.

We still have not been offered anything for over three years.

Summat wrong somewhere.
 
No. If you don't like your job move employer or change careers.
I feel sorry for the tens of thousands who won't be able to get into work and therefore lose a day's pay.
 
Kompany Car said:
The RMT yes, ASLEF less so. It’s purely about pay and not safety, the article infers a 14% increase which is a lot when you look at drivers pay. Most businesses have taken the approach of big pay rises for poorly paid staff with small rises for high paid. So if the call was for a graduated pay settlement then yes I would support but someone on £60k will not feel the impact of inflation anywhere near as much as someone on £30k.
I understand that a figure of around 5-6% has been offered in Wales/Scotland which seems reasonable considering the recent increase in rail fares.
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This is the ‘they earn too much so they don’t need a pay rise’ argument which, frankly, is nonsense. Most working people live to their means and are thus all affected by inflation and wage stagnation. This government has seen the biggest fall in living standards ever over the last 10 years. Wages are lower, in real terms, than any G7 country over the last 10 years, all in the name of austerity. It was so successful that we’re doing it again…….
Meanwhile, the collective wealth of billionaires in this country has risen from just over £200B to over £650B in ten years. Meanwhile, the government have 2 main objectives. One is to turn people who’ve got far more in common than not, against each other and persuade people that: “We can’t afford anything” whilst actually implementing: “we will to keep everything for ourselves” and, to be fair to them, they’ve done that brilliantly, as they usually do…..
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
This is the ‘they earn too much so they don’t need a pay rise’ argument which, frankly, is nonsense. Most working people live to their means and are thus all affected by inflation and wage stagnation. This government has seen the biggest fall in living standards ever over the last 10 years. Wages are lower, in real terms, than any G7 country over the last 10 years, all in the name of austerity. It was so successful that we’re doing it again…….
Meanwhile, the collective wealth of billionaires in this country has risen from just over £200B to over £650B in ten years. Meanwhile, the government have 2 main objectives. One is to turn people who’ve got far more in common than not, against each other and persuade people that: “We can’t afford anything” whilst actually implementing: “we will to keep everything for ourselves” and, to be fair to them, they’ve done that brilliantly, as they usually do…..
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I didn’t say that they earned too much did I ? What I said was those who earned the least should get the biggest rise. Those who earn more can stomach the impact of inflation and live with a smaller rise. It’s the same argument as why people on higher salaries should be taxed more than those on lower salaries.
The common misconception is that inflation affects everyone equally, it doesn’t, it disproportionately affects the poor.
Billionaires are a global issue, not UK specific and to deal with them requires a global solution.
 
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