Recent content by Pollo

I have to agree on this point and not just at EUS. A lot of the non Driver staff at VT and probably most other TOCs seem to be resentful/ envious of Drivers and truly believe that they should have the same salary. As one said to me driving a train is easy how do you get paid that? I said being a...

Watch this space only a two week agreement !!! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Would be interesting if you could expand on your small inside knowledge of VT and explain that the toxic relationship your talking about includes Drivers? The original post was about drivers, not...

Talks adjourned until 28 July which is 4 days into the RDW ban.

ASLEF have withdrawn Rest Day Working(RDW) agreement on VT effective from 25 July. This is over VTs failure to provide a satisfactory offer over pay and T&Cs. This could/will probably lead to numerous cancellations over their entire network as VT have been relying heavily on RDW for several months.

What TOC do you work for?

Except the Drivers don't have the route knowledge to Stirling/ Dunblane

The movement from spare can be a sore one. Max shift hours are 10 but proposal is to 8hr 45m max as per spare turn length. Current RD's min 104 per year. If Sundays are to be part of the working week then it's 156 per year.

I'm afraid you've heard wrong. Latest offer( £5k to £7K) was thrown out at CC level before it even went to the Drivers. Tell me what specific terms and conditions are you talking about. Then we can compare them to other TOCs.

Virgin Drivers Sundays are still outside the working week. Working a Sunday is extra.