{"id":3189,"date":"2023-01-17T12:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2023-01-17T12:14:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:14:55","slug":"uk-train-drivers-plan-to-strike-next-month-after-rejecting-wage-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/uk-train-drivers-plan-to-strike-next-month-after-rejecting-wage-offer\/2023\/01\/17\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"UK train drivers announce to strike next month after rejecting offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> Jan,17–<\/span> Britain’s<\/span> train<\/span> drivers’<\/span> union<\/span> ASLEF<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> offer<\/span> wages.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Earlier<\/span> this<\/span> month,<\/span> the<\/span> rail<\/span> industry,<\/span> the<\/span> Rail<\/span> Delivery<\/span> Group,<\/span> announced<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> offered<\/span> ASLEF<\/span> better<\/span> salaries<\/span> in<\/span> exchange<\/span> for<\/span> reforms<\/span> in<\/span> rail<\/span> operations<\/span> to<\/span> end<\/span> a<\/span> long-running<\/span> labor<\/span> dispute.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>ASLEF<\/span> Secretary<\/span> General<\/span> Mick<\/span> Whelan<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement:<\/span> “This<\/span> proposal<\/span> is<\/span> not,<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> never<\/span> be,<\/span> accepted,<\/span> but<\/span> we<\/span> are<\/span> open<\/span> to<\/span> further<\/span> discussion.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“They<\/span> want<\/span> to<\/span> break<\/span> the<\/span> terms<\/span> of<\/span> our<\/span> contract<\/span> in<\/span> exchange<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> substantial<\/span> wage<\/span> cut.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rail<\/span> Delivery<\/span> Group<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> offer<\/span> included<\/span> a<\/span> retroactive<\/span> 4%<\/span> pay<\/span> raise<\/span> for<\/span> him<\/span> in<\/span> 2022,<\/span> a<\/span> further<\/span> 4%<\/span> pay<\/span> raise<\/span> in<\/span> 2023,<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> promise<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> make<\/span> any<\/span> layoffs<\/span> next<\/span> year.<\/span> .<\/span> But<\/span> it<\/span> also<\/span> included<\/span> what<\/span> the<\/span> panel<\/span> described<\/span> as<\/span> “significant<\/span> and<\/span> long<\/span> overdue”<\/span> changes<\/span> to<\/span> working<\/span> arrangements,<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> Sunday<\/span> shifts<\/span> and<\/span> training.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> Rail<\/span> Delivery<\/span> Group<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> disappointed<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> offer<\/span> had<\/span> not<\/span> been<\/span> made<\/span> to<\/span> members.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cRather<\/span> than<\/span> announcing<\/span> further<\/span> and<\/span> unnecessary<\/span> strikes,<\/span> we<\/span> recognize<\/span> the<\/span> very<\/span> real<\/span> financial<\/span> challenges<\/span> facing<\/span> our<\/span> industry<\/span> and<\/span> work<\/span> with<\/span> us<\/span> to<\/span> create<\/span> a<\/span> better<\/span> railroad<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> strong,<\/span> long-term<\/span> future.<\/span> We<\/span> ask<\/span> ASLEF<\/span> to<\/span> do<\/span> so,”<\/span> the<\/span> spokesperson<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Teachers<\/span> and<\/span> 100,000<\/span> other<\/span> public<\/span> sector<\/span> workers,<\/span> including<\/span> border<\/span> guards,<\/span> are<\/span> also<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> leave<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 1,<\/span> citing<\/span> wage<\/span> disputes.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters) Jan,17– Britain’s train drivers’ union ASLEF said on Monday it had refused to offer wages. Earlier this month, the rail industry, the Rail Delivery Group, announced it had offered ASLEF better salaries in exchange for reforms in rail operations to end a long-running labor dispute. ASLEF Secretary General Mick Whelan said in a […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562],"tags":[240,285,689,769,808,809,810],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/UK.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3192,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions\/3192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}