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Re: 24 hour trains

« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2018, 07:55:01 »

Quote from: Wizard on May 05, 2018, 14:17:28

Quote from: bignosemac on May 01, 2018, 22:21:19

RMT^▸ will be rubbing their palms with glee. A perfect opportunity to call strikes.

How about the railways sort out Sunday rostering before attempting to find staff to run overnight services.

Why would RMT be desperate to call a strike? Surely more trains = more staff = more subs for the union.

It happened on the London Underground, the blame it on "safety" what they actually mean is "if you want us to do that, pay us more money"


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