Don't Kill Bill
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Of course working conditions matter but personally I think the RMT are taking the piss. If their main gripe was about safety issues or fighting against redundancies then I'd be all for it but it's not. It's about giving pay rises to people who in most cases earn way above their station.
Below is an average of what some of them earn. For me the only people who more or less earn their wage is the maintenance workers. £33k for tickets please you think is under paid? I know the drivers aren't going on strike (where's the solidarity?) but they earn more than my wife and she's a specialised doctor. A little bit of reality check is needed here.
Rail travel assistants including ticket collectors, and guards – £33,310
On the other hand, when BA go on strike I'll be 100% behind them as I think their wages are well behind considering the work they do. As for front line workers who risk their lives every day or save lives everyday I'd give each one a medal and a start off wage of £40k which is still well behind what a drivers feckin mate earns. Nope don't have a lot of sympathy for the railworkers I'm afraid.
- Rail construction and maintenance workers – £34,998
- Rail transport workers including signallers and drivers’ assistants – £48,750
- Train and tram drivers – £59,189
- Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers – £46,753
We should put everyone on the Forevergiggs' wifes national pay scale and he can decide how much less than his wife they should be allowed to be paid. It is not like people take jobs based on the pay rate offered or anything like that. You can imagine the tension when her annual pay award letter drops on the mat and we are all waiting with baited breath to find out how much we can ask for this year.
Lets bore down into this for a minute before we commit , what do you mean by specialised doctor?
The BMA site has the following table is this the right one?
Scale value | Value £ |
---|---|
Min | 45,124 |
1 | 49,745 |
2 | 55,790 |
3 | 58,756 |
4 | 62,978 |
5 | 66,614 |
6 | 70,249 |
7 | 73,883 |
8 | 77,519 |