The vacancies haven’t been filled, that’s why there are trains running about every day uncovered or covered by either a management grade forced to step in or one of the few non RMT members working a rest day while the rest of their colleagues are in dispute.
Because that’s exactly the way it comes across. Complaining about other people doing jobs, then mentioning how well paid they are and how you would happily do it for less only makes you look envious.
What makes you think i set the terms of the agreement? Go and ask someone from Abellio management about that.
You were told already to go and ask Abellio management about that. It shouldn’t be hard for you to understand.
You’ve been told already that the vacancies haven’t been filled. There are trains operating every day that have no TEs on board or have management grades covering them.
Your position seems to one of disbelief that management could have done something not in keeping with a deal?
That 'country' being England, as the Scottish and Welsh governments are retaining control of their own devolved railway operations, so anything GBR decides for working patterns in England would not make any difference in a dispute like this in Scotland.
ScotRail is the name of the franchise, and the staff there all work for ‘Abellio ScotRail’. That is with whom the RMT are in dispute. It’s not just a marketing exercise.
It's quite possible that they have recruited and trained enough staff, but a lot of them are unwell or isolating. AIR that their rosters would normally be filled by staff called in from their rest days?
There will undoubtedly be some pain involved in getting things normalised across the passenger TOCs but if its not dealt with it will become a long running sore so better to engage with the unions and bring them along.
Why hasn't the RMT stated the vacancies haven't been filled if that's the reason for the strike?
There are still vacancies on the TE rosters that I’ve seen. Shortages were always covered by RDW until scotrail removed the RDW enhancement.
As far as I remember the ballot was called because scotrail refused to give RMT members a pay rise for 2020 and removed the RDW enhancement and simply said there was no money for it and the RMT were rightly upset about it when there was money to continue paying drivers the enhancement. They claimed that the Scottish government/transport Scotland instructed that any pay increases must be self funded by the employees.
The vacancies which contributor 320320 refers to on more than one occasion are for TEs when this dispute started with conductors, the TEs then voting to take action at a later date. AFAIK conductor numbers are at the required level but don't know about TEs. There will always be a requirement for RDW to cover unexpected sickness etc in all grades. As 320320 will confirm it is not that many years ago that drivers' overtime was at the basic rate with no enhancement. This was regardless of whether the work covered was for their own depot or another.
Happily retired but still with a finger hovering on the pulseThe RMT/staff side didn't end the deal, how can 320320 answer on behalf of management?
As I've said before, disputes like this often come down to interpretation of poorly conceived/written deals. The operator don't seem to have been very forthcoming with pushing its side of the argument with evidence, which they surely could if it were an open and shut case.
What 'quite clearly says' that, a happily retired guy on the internet?
The £300 has been rejected
If anyone ever thought that Abellio were bad, just wait till TS/SG take over. Their experience in dealing with Prestwick Apt. and CMAL will definitely stand them in good stead. Do the rose tinted spectacle wearers really thing that the nationalised BR was that good. And do the Rail Unions think SG. will roll over to their demands? let's wait and see.
I imagine a lot of the people hankering for BR weren't actually around in those days. The unions were just as unhappy back then are they are today. The one difference was that BR tended to deal with disputes quite ruthlessly, hence why some of the most significant changes in working practices happened under BR, not post-privatisation.
This is why it seems so strange that the unions are hankering after the "good old days" of a nationalised railway. Working pay and conditions under BR were pretty lousy. One of the main reasons the railway pays so generously now is that the unions have managed to haggle separately with smaller operators exposed to higher commercial risk. It's one of the most significant unintended consequences of privatisation - it gave the unions more clout.
I imagine that an offer of a standard contract with pay bands will be the only solution eventually yes, including a replacement pension scheme with no further contributions to the railway pension scheme, and overtime at 1x rate in all cases in order to prevent disputes such as the current one. GBR wouldn't be imposing it on staff at ScotRail, Transport for Wales etc. but they may agree a new common framework. It would finally sweep away the whole mess of different terms and conditions and end poaching.
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Oh, good grief.Didn't see a new thread here so I thought here was the best place for this. Looks like engineers have now voted for strike action over pay and working conditions. 78% balloted voted for action which will take place in mid September.
ScotRail engineers vote for strike action after pay talks collapse
About 250 workers who maintain and repair trains backed strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.
