btajim - mcfc wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:02 pm
I’m 42. I’ve worked for over 20 years and never once joined a union. I’ve not felt the need to.
I use trains regularly. It’s a poor service. They’re overpriced, uncomfortable, overcrowded. Staff can be anything from anonymous to indifferent. Why should they receive a pay rise?
I'm 58, worked for rather longer than you, have enjoyed Union membership, started as a trainee and worked my way up to the Boardroom at my first firm.
My experience of the Unions with which I had regular contact was positive, on both sides of the table. As a member I was well represented , as a Director I had no issue sitting down with outside officials. To a man and woman, they were well trained, professional and courteous.
Take this dispute. The RMT have diligently published every ballot result on their website, it' there for the public to look at : the Union have been given, on a decent , and legal turnout, a clear mandate for industrial action.
As for their service, it varies, over the years I've had some poor, some excellent, currently, were i live it's a fabulous service, well invested in new rolling stock, smart, modern stations and a fair price.
Inter City is a less positive experience, those trains tend to be over crowded, but it's a similar experience on the continent.
The pricing policy on IC also leaves much to be desired, but none of those things are the responsibility of the frontline workers who are the ones on strike today.
I get it's inconveinient, it's meant to be.The boss of the Railways is on £600,000 a year.
Do you think he has handled this situation well ?