Originally Posted by
Capewell
The RMT have recently announced twenty seven days of IA over Christmas under the same labour laws as us. The railway unions regularly shut london down inconveniencing millions of commuters till they get their employers to come to the table.
The rail workers do not need Staff Travel to get to work, many pilots do and this necessity has been fully exploited in this dispute.
The strike, instead of creating greater unity has unfortunately only engendered division.
The net result, regrettably, despite the efforts of BACC / BALPA, is that many will add 1% to the 11.5% in this proposal.