Train drivers at eight rail companies vote to strike over pay
"We want an increase in line with the cost of living - we want to be able to buy, in 2022, what we could buy in 2021."It's not unreasonable to ask your employer to make sure you're not worse off for three years in a row.
"Especially as the train companies are doing very nicely, thank you, out of Britain's railways, with handsome profits, dividends for shareholders, and big salaries for managers." A Department for Transport spokesperson said:"It is very disappointing that, rather than commit to serious dialogue with the industry, Aslef are first seeking to cause further misery to passengers by joining others in disrupting the rail network.
"The train drivers they represent earn, on average, just under £60,000 per year - more than twice the UK median salary and significantly more than the very workers who will be most impacted by these strikes. "Our railway is in desperate need of modernisation to make it work better for passengers and be financially sustainable for the long term. We urge the union bosses to reconsider and work with its employers, not against them, to agree a new way forward."
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