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our immigration numbers go up. it needs to be in an orderly process that's fair to those people. and i saw this as a member of congress, they put in their application, wanting to come to america, wanting to build a better life for america, only to be told year after year after year, not now, you have to wait, not now, we don't have room for you here. not now. and that's the problem. if we don't do this in an orderly way. it's got to be humanitarian, orderly, and fair. and right now, mike, it's none of those three things. >> no, and it hasn't been for quite some time, joe. you know, you've hit the nub of the problem, but the root of the problem is that this administration and past administrations, let's skip over, you know, the trump presidency because that was -- that was viciously mean. >> horrible. yes, ma'am. >> but back to the obama
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but what sort of compromise are your members prepared to make non—profit to get this dealt with, to stop these strikes, which are causing disruption?— these strikes, which are causing disrution? , , �* disruption? this isn't about profit, the way that _ disruption? this isn't about profit, the way that the _ disruption? this isn't about profit, the way that the railways - disruption? this isn't about profit, the way that the railways operate l disruption? this isn't about profit, l the way that the railways operate is very different today than it was two years ago. lots of your viewers will be familiar with the sort of profit share proposals of the old franchisor system, that went with the pandemic, and actually, train operators are paid a small fixed fee for running the railways. so, the impact on profits is not part of the equation. what is part of the equation. what is part of the equation is whether, through the revenue that the railway gets, through the taxpayer support it gets, we need to make sure that the reforms will pay for the pay rise that we give our colleagues, and that we give our colleagues, and thatis that we give our colleagues, and that is the nub of the conversations that is the nub of the conversations that we're having at the moment. we 'ust that we're having at the moment. we just heard from the tssa that they came at it in a different way, instead of stating what they wanted,
industry fast what was the nub of your argument, that you think finally brought this matter to a close? the nub of the argument would be thejob close? the nub of the argument would be the job security, that is one of the crucial things that anyone, our members, any workers up and down the country want to know, is, will they have a job next year, the year after? and will they be able to provide the level of service they want to the public as well, which is very crucial. but also the fact that the pay is going to be backdated and we have looked after as much as we can the lowest—paid members, some of our members are barely above minimum wage, and for them to get a 7% pay rise or mall, which is equivalent for some to nearly £2000 backdated, that kind of clinched the fact that our reps thought, through negotiation and strike action, this was a reasonable enough offer that it was fair for our members to have a say, and they voted overwhelmingly by 85% to accept. ifilirirz�*v
the industry is not taking any more from the taxpayer than we actually need. there is a role for government, and that role is making sure that they are happy with the budgets that we set from a train operator perspective. that comes slightly late in the day. this isn't about profit. the ray the railways operate is very different to how it was two years ago. lots of your viewers will be familiar with the profit share proposals of the old franchise system. that went with the pandemic, and actually, train operators are paid as fixed fee. profit is not part of the equation. what is part of the equation is, through the revenue that the railway gets, through the tax payer of... we need to make sure that the reforms will pay for the pay rise that we give our colleagues. that is the nub of the conversations we are having.
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happening in this case. but the concern is that they would be less likely to cooperate than they would be less likely to answer questions. obviously, the former president is paying for your lawyers as incentive to you. you know, both of these folks have stayed around him. have stayed in his good graces and yet are viewed as really key witnesses by the department of justice. i think the nub of it is that a lot of these folks former president wants to keep close in the department of justice also is very determined to have their cooperation. >> and kash patel is set for a grand jury. what does kash patel have in terms of knowledge? you talk about nouta and moving the boxes, what is the value? >> the value is that patel made a lot of public statements of interest to the doj about why the former president wanted some of those documents. in one interview with breitbart, made a lot of comments that were
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