The Government think they're doing a grand job

[sadkingbilly]

I earn very little, the company of which I am a major shareholder and director of on the other hand is doing very nicely, thank you.

[Zigenare]

Have you seen how much they are paid compared to drivers in EU countries?

Are train drivers underpaid? Here's how much they earn around Europe | Euronews


Or how much relative to lorry drivers who do a much harder job?

Salary: Train Driver in United Kingdom 2024 | Glassdoor
How much does a lorry driver make? (with different types) | Indeed.com UK

That is because train drivers work for very large organisations and are mostly attached to a large union base that has and will bring the country to its knees if its demands aren't met.

Truck drivers? They have a tendency to work for smaller companies, are not organised enough and with the influx of cheaper less arsey foreign drivers before brexit have diluted the cohesiveness and solidarity amongst their number.

Divide and conquer has been tried before with the railways - it didn't work.

[Zigenare]

Not sure what your point is… different jobs get paid different amounts

Have you seen how much contractors earn compared to other people?

I earn very little, the company of which I am a major shareholder and director of on the other hand is doing very nicely, thank you.

[SussexSeagull]

Amuses me that a group of people who will fight tooth and nail for and extra £10 a day criticise others for trying to increase their income.

[Andy2022]

Have you seen how much they are paid compared to drivers in EU countries?

Are train drivers underpaid? Here's how much they earn around Europe | Euronews


Or how much relative to lorry drivers who do a much harder job?

Salary: Train Driver in United Kingdom 2024 | Glassdoor
How much does a lorry driver make? (with different types) | Indeed.com UK

Not sure what your point is… different jobs get paid different amounts

Have you seen how much contractors earn compared to other people?

[xoggoth]

Train drivers pay was hardly excessive

Have you seen how much they are paid compared to drivers in EU countries?

Are train drivers underpaid? Here's how much they earn around Europe | Euronews


Or how much relative to lorry drivers who do a much harder job?

Salary: Train Driver in United Kingdom 2024 | Glassdoor
How much does a lorry driver make? (with different types) | Indeed.com UK

[sadkingbilly]

The Government think they're doing a grand job.

A £22B black hole has allowed them to spaff money on Train Drivers and Doctors and foreign trips for the dear leader and his cohort. Special laws and exemptions provide our betters with better whilst economic ruin awaits the rest of us. Methinks Two Tier is less than unpopular but this sort of stuff / lies will turn unpopularity into hatred

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[Andy2022]

Train drivers pay was hardly excessive — 5% backdated pay rise for 2022-23, a 4.75% rise for 23-24, and a 4.5% increase for 24-25.

Previous government was paying the train opcos millions of pounds for strike days and then you’ve got the costs of disruption to the wider economy

Way better to be pragmatic and settle

Same goes for the doctors who have had below inflation increases and had to work with under investment years - it’s no secret why waiting lists grew even before we burnt the medical orofession out during the pandemic

If you want people in work rather than on sickness benefits you need a health system that works too

[tazdevil]

The Government think they're doing a grand job.

A £22B black hole has allowed them to spaff money on Train Drivers and Doctors and foreign trips for the dear leader and his cohort. Special laws and exemptions provide our betters with better whilst economic ruin awaits the rest of us. Methinks Two Tier is less than unpopular but this sort of stuff / lies will turn unpopularity into hatred