Thousands Of Jobs To Be Axed In Great Rail Shake-Up
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Times.
This is the sub-heading.
Most of the cuts are expected to be in back-office roles where staff are not members of the most active transport trade unions
Welcome to the Summer of Discontent.
The Anonymous Widower 
These Times links are paywalled.
Aslef are probably the worst, now they want priority for subsidised housing over homeless families despite earning £70kpa for driving a tube train in London.
The biggest problem ATM is the rail unions blocking attempts to remove guards from trains that don’t need them. Having ended up stranded after a series of calamities one evening of which the crucial one was a guard not turning up for their shift.
PS If you want a laugh have a look at the YouTube videos of the TRU works. Count the number of “workers” leaning on spades or just standing around (sometimes ith a clipboard as a ‘prop’) as opposed to the number actually doing something.
Comment by Mark Clayton | March 24, 2025 |