Page 27 - Working Practices News Today

Back at work but the first week of a struggle to work for many. we have seen the start of a 48 hour walk—out by members of the rmt union, you can see some of them behind me, that means about only a fifth of the normal service will actually be running in parts of the network will be shut down altogether. that right comes to an end, but theres date is the turn of aslef train drivers to walk out on strike, so that will cause just as much disruption, walk out on strike, so that will causejust as m...

Practices, which the unions say they cant accept. the strikes are unnecessary. theyre not helping and they dont motivate us to make an offer that we otherwise wouldnt. it doesnt drive us to achieve a different outcome than we would achieve through normal negotiation. and i think its really damaging the future prospects of the industry, and therefore for our employees. meanwhile, the government has made it clear it believes changes to the way the railways are run have to form part of any deal. th...

But the industrial action continues. i spoke to commuters at basingstoke station in hampshire this morning. i actually usually get the train from alton, so i have actually had to get, like, a cab here, with no train running. obviously, if i can get to work, i dont get paid, so... - i am getting the train to farnborough, and my friends are picking me up from there. because there arent any trains? yeah, no trains. but i support the strikes. so how did we get here? well, the rail industry faces pre...

To support people getting off the roads. we think everybodys understanding why the strike is going on. - but, yes, we should not get affected by this. - joining a chilly picket line early this morning, the head of the rmt made it clear where he thinks the blame lies. all the parties involved know what needs to be done to get a settlement. but the government is blocking that settlement and doing nothing about this dispute. and that needs to change. so, i hope mark harper and huw merriman, the min...

We think everybodys understanding why the strike is going on. - but, yes, we should not get affected by this. i joining a chilly picket line early this morning, the head of the rmt made it clear where he thinks the blame lies. all the parties involved know what needs to be done to get a settlement. but the government is blocking that settlement and doing nothing about this dispute, and that needs to change. so, i hope mark harper and huw merriman, the ministers responsible, can move that forward...

A deal on reforming some of the outdated working practices in the industry — for example, to make sure that we have a proper seven—day railway operation — and there is a fair and reasonable pay offer on the table and a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for a reasonable period. more talks are planned. but if a solution is to be found, compromises will be needed, and at the moment, the signals aren�*t promising. if you want more analysis from outside source a good place to find it is...

Us ripping up all of our contracts of employment and our conditions and our members are not prepared to do that. there is no such thing as a clean, no strings attached pay deal available in the railways in any of the companies in this dispute. so on the companies in this dispute. so on the thing of — the companies in this dispute. so on the thing of tearing _ the companies in this dispute. so on the thing of tearing up _ the companies in this dispute. so on the thing of tearing up the _ the th...

The future prospects of the industry, and therefore for our employees. meanwhile, the government has made it clear it believes changes to the way the railways are run have to form part of any deal. the two sides need to hammer out a deal on reforming some of the outdated working practices in the industry, for example to make sure that we have a proper seven—day railway operation. and there is a fair and reasonable payoff on the table. and a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for a reasona...

That settlement and doing nothing about this dispute, and that needs to change. so, i hope mark harper and huw merriman, the ministers responsible, can move that forward. we think we are going to get a meeting with them next week, but they seem content for the action to go ahead and have done nothing over the past six or seven weeks to move it forward. the unions want more money for their members to help them cope with the rising cost of living. 0ffers have been discussed, but rail firms say ext...

A different outcome than we would achieve through normal negotiation, and i think it�*s really damaging the future prospects of the industry and therefore for our employees. meanwhile, the government has made it clear it believes changes to the way the railways are run have to form part of any deal. the two sides need to hammer out a deal on reforming some of the outdated working practices in the industry — for example, to make sure that we have a proper seven—day railway operation — and...