Don’t know about you... but when I’m sitting on a train travelling at 125mph, I’d like to think that it was being driven by a highly trained professional who earned enough money so he was eating properly and not stressing about how he was going to pay the mortgage next month 🤷♂️
@RaggedTP Sweetheart, it's the RMT on strike and not ASLEF (ie railworkers and not drivers)
@RaggedTP I totally agree with that sentiment, but the train drivers aren’t asking for more pay. The strike is about pay, conditions and job security for support workers
@RaggedTP Agreed and that all staff in the chain are in the same position - billions on Track & Trace - we can make sure those that keep us on the Tracks are also suitably rewarded so they do not have to deal with the stress
@RaggedTP Well if that's the metric, then I think we're there already. I speak as a retired registered nurse who never came close to a train-driver's wage.