The RMT has announced London Underground drivers will strike yet again for eight days over ‘new working arrangements’. Tube drivers can earn £80,000…
The union is opposing management’s plans for a voluntary four-day working week alongside a new Trains Modernisation Framework. It claims the proposals would mean longer duties and short-notice shift changes. RMT General secretary Eddie Dempsey said:
“This is not about improving work-life balance. It is about squeezing more work out of fewer drivers while giving management greater flexibility at the expense of our members.”
Here we go again, prepare for gridlock…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”