15.05.15
Network Rail unions need a reality check
Source: Adam
Network Rail unions need a reality check. 1) No private sector workers will get RPI as a measure of inflation over the next 3 years. They will get CPI instead. This will always be lower than RPI so already these workers are better off.
2) No other workers get 'free stuff' off their employers like the unions demand above. They get discounts. A card to get the whole family a 1/3 off rail costs shouldn't be sneered at as it is being here.
3) I'd agree that a 0% pay rise in 2015 is difficult. But inflation is only at 0.5% at best so taking the £500 one off more than makes up for this!
It's demands like this which are going help the Conservatives pass the legislation to restrict strike action with public support. These rail unions are damaging every other union members’ future rights through this bullish approach, which winds the general public up.