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Blame bosses for trains pain

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Vincent
Published date07 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Once again large swathes of the country's rail staff downed tools

So instead of the train taking the strain they did nothing but cause pain.

And it's happening over and over again. It's a sad time when rail staff striking becomes more reliable than the actual trains running on time.

You're fed up of the strikes. The train companies are fed up. The strikers are fed up. The Government is fed up.

And I am thoroughly fed up of the strikes too.

But I'm also fed up of the way the strikers are portrayed as bad guys. And how the unions are the root of all evil.

It's nonsense and it is a story peddled by those who have something to gain from not paying workers fairly or by making them redundant. The news was filled with headlines like, "Passengers face chaos after train drivers, on a median salary of £60,000, went on strike."

Like somehow a train driver is not deserving of such a salary.

Why not? A main reason why many other jobs aren't paid as well is because they haven't had unions backing them.

Or their unions have been crushed or watered down by politicians who have been lobbied by billionaires. Who are MPs to say £65k is too much? They are on a basic wage of £91,000 and wave through huge...

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