Another union row, this time at London Midland.
As in Wales, the dispute is over Sunday working conditions, and drivers are refusing to work overtime in an “orchestrated” campaign, says the company – although the Aslef union said the drivers are making their own decisions.
The overtime payments, shrunk from £400 to £300, are on top of basic pay of nearly £40,000. Treating temporary double-time arrangements as if they were a permanent entitlement hardly reflects well on the drivers; though this may not be the full story.
Regardless, the effect on passengers is the same – unjustified disruption that reflects badly on the whole industry.
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