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Southern did it, the RMT accepted it was legal and changed the strikes to single days. It’s a good offer. RMT should work on the details and get it sewn up. Better than risking the franchise being scrapped and no guarantees when the government or TfL take over with their bottomless pockets.

24 hour strikes over two days. When the RMT tried this long ago on Southern, the guards were docked two days pay for striking on one shift. This could get more expensive than the South West guards realise. Maybe the RMT are planning to call it off anyway and blame the big bad company for being...

Does ASLEF fancy risking a million pound loss in court to find out what a judge thinks it means? It may not be fair but it’s the way it is.

SWR just need the new trains to come in and show the drivers how to use the cameras. ASLEF can bluster a bit but there is not a chance they will go on strike and risk financial ruin or the new anti-strike laws. They might get their agreement there has to be a (non-doors etc) guard on board to...

SWR have never proposed to make any guards redundant or do DOO. They just want them to step up from sitting in the cabs all day long reading the paper and just getting up to do the doors. And what’s wrong with that? It’s an open goal for ASLEF and the RMT to stitch up a pay rise and a legal...

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