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just a point, what is the position on reserved seats, before covid i used the trains often, and 7 out of 10 journeys no seat reservations were indicated, so what happens if someone comes and says "this is my reserved seat". On a lightly used service there were options, but if its full, what...

and when thats all happened , and there's no more need of o/t or rest day working, will everyone then be happy?

Annetts Key wrote ", However, earlier this year it became clear that, that’s not what the company wanted to do. Hence, the union asked the members via the reps for feedback. The members were not happy, hence the union balloted for industrial action to show the company the resolve of the members...

this above paragraph is part of my reply, but i pressed the wrong button- a age thingy... Also my pension, i had to pay tax on then and now, and a family and mortgage was not easy, but i'm still here and thankful that i don't have to claim any benefits. Finally has a service industry the...

regarding staff losing money you said " ultimately a few hundred pounds here or there is little in the grand scheme of things" you must be on a good wage to say that... Yes i'm ex railstaff and the "beneficial Ts&Cs i'm now enjoying", are staff travel cards, which i recieved in lieu of...

and one from earlier "Ultimately a few hundred pounds here or there is little in the grand scheme of things. do you work on the railway? customer services perhaps... strewth.

that may have been true a few years ago, people were use to traveling by train, but this generation couldn't care less about the railways, they all have cars or most of them do, its more convenient. My daughter is the same, its all car, on a recent holiday she went on a train whilst there and...

Ultimately a few hundred pounds here or there is little in the grand scheme of things. as the man on the street earning a lot less than some rail staff would say, it would mean a great deal to me, smaller unions could not even dream of 8% and no compulsory redundancies, and not every one can...

so if the RMT do get their 10% then they are the one section of society, others will see that as a norm to go for, plus claiming a benefit could in a lot of cases entitle you to other help/benefits... The bog standard pension is £141.85p a week, thats 39yrs for a full one, i paid tax +NI on...

i'd really like to help out, but unfortunately my age is against me but the will is still there...

ar10642 i'm sorry for my posts, your comments about pensioners hit a raw nerve...

we lost 5% this year, " and as for "whilst getting no increase ourselves." don't be a defeatist you are on strike arn't you... and getting all that strike pay, you wont know what to do with it all.

and i thank them, same as the pensioners i payed out for no doubt thanked me, but be assured i will hang on as long as i can so you can pay more for longer... no man is a island... and there will come a day...

strictly from my pensioner point of view, in your case i hope you do and that the pension age goes up, so when the strike ends, you work long and hard to pay our pensions... disgusted pensioner.

a new line maybe needed, expensive to build but once installed just basic maintenance needed, no onboard staff, so no wages, or risk of problems in service... the Port Island line Kobe Japan, now being built in France for test phase in 2023, revenue service with drivers 2024, and driverless in...

as i mentioned in a earlier post, tech. is advancing in leaps and bounds, you can buy tickets from a number of apps, so why keep booking offices?. S&T is tech. now and go more so in the near future, so if there is a little box somewhere out in the sticks where a lone signalman is pulling levers...

its tech-progress, banks are shutting their branches, shops are shutting, because its cheaper to be online... everything or nearly everything is done by phone, i even have phone consultations with my doctor. Driverless cars, buses, trams, and dare i say trains, some are here others work in...

this is why we have secret ballots, and not a show of hands...

i'm now just an outsider looking in, so as a passenger, if you get a 10% rise, the job losses will inevitably come, so asking for that sort of figure and no redundancies, really cancel each other out. Plus you run the great risk of losing the public support...

unless things union wise have changed these past years, but i started as a apprentice at 15yrs old, i then went into the works to learn different parts of my trade, when i was 17yrs old my turn to learn machine shop working on lathes etc. i went onto a lathe job, the first question my new...