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Money and they should be grateful for the salaries and the excellent pensions that they get compared to nurses and teachers and people like that. i agree with the strikes because a lot of the time i use assistance a lot like to get on and off the train, things like that. and obviously train guards, things like that are essential to make sure that im able to get off the train safely. things like that. help me get out of the station, into station, things like that. grant schapps the transport secr...

Happening in society. and i dont know how i feel about the actual strike. i think people have to do what they have to do. it doesnt really bother me. i dont get the trains every singlej day, so it dont really bother me. it is what it is. i dont know. the train arrived only two minutes late, but i think that wasnt affected by the strikes. and then i got in on time and it was all good. i think that its wrong. i think theyre already on good money and they should be grateful for the salaries and the...

Inflation, they are under real pressure. but the right cost increases notjust pressure. but the right cost increases not just from pressure. but the right cost increases notjust from labour but energy and interest rates and that is suppressing demand at a time when they getting labour demand for increased wages and that is driving down corporate profit margins at the moment. . . ~ corporate profit margins at the moment. . ~ , moment. looking at the allies, the are moment. looking at the allies, ...

2010, but since then, i have been involved in numerous negotiations about changes to working practices. do you think more modernisation is needed though, steve, given the changes that have been brought about because of the pandemic? passenger numbers obviously not what they were pre—pandemic, so do you think more modernisation is needed? pre—pandemic and throughout the pandemic, we have kept the railways running. 0ur pandemic, we have kept the railways running. our members have been there. t...

Including signallers, are taking part in the action. the rmt union is locked in a dispute aboutjobs, pay and conditions, but industry bosses say they must also agree to modernise working practices to attract passengers back to the railway. the government is preparing to publish its proposed change to the law, which would let businesses bring in skilled agency workers to stand in for staff who are on strike. joining me now is steve smart from rmt union. steve, hello to you. once the mood on the p...

Glastonbury and at tess headingley which starts today. the second day of strike action is going to after further talks between rail bosses and the to reach a settlement. the union said the stumbling block was network rail not withdrawing a letter it would start a formal consultation into modernisation plans involving redundancies. the rmt blamed the government. went grant shapps talks about modernisation, what he means is cutting peoples wages and sacking people out of the industry. i have a dif...

Contract, so ifi do not work, i do contract, so if i do not work, i do not teach. — contract, so if i do not work, i do not teach, i do not get any pay. like _ not teach, i do not get any pay. like everyone else, she wants to know how long this is all going to last. this has become an increasingly fractious and bitter dispute with both sides blaming each other. but negotiations between the rmt union and the rail companies are back on again today.— back on again today. there are some ideas be...

Agencies to do the work, it will want to change in behaviour from the taliban. long term the needs are immense, short term they are acute with people digging through rubble to try and find people.— to try and find people. caroline, thank yom _ its another day of disruption on the railways in england, scotland and wales as workers walk out for the second time this week. just one in five trains are running, and around half the rail network is closed — leaving some areas with no services at all...

And around half the rail network is closed. tens of thousands of rail staff are taking action in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, with another walkout planned for saturday. industry bosses says working practices need to be modernised. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has more. striking railway workers made their voices heard on picket lines like this one in leeds, while many of britains stations again fell silent. headingley, just down from where englands test match against new ze...

To the other agenda items, which includes the stuff that the company wants to pursue about changes to working practices. meanwhile, the government has announced plans are under way to change the law so employers can use agency staff to cover staffing gaps during strikes. the business secretary insisted this would be safe. the employers will always have to maintain the highest safety standards. there is no question of them lowering standards, bringing in agency workers. all were doing is creating...