This is the latest offer for staff from the Train operators, bare in mind some of these staff will be on little more than minimum wage:
These proposals set out a two-year pay package which provides 4% increases for years 2022 & 2023. These are way below the current and predicted future rates of inflation and equate to a 20% pay cut..
The proposals are also conditional on your union accepting the following:
1. That all Workforce Changes are accepted without reservation or industrial action;
2. Closure of all ticket offices and displacement of all retail staff;
3. Creation of a new multi-skilled station grades;
4. A mass job severance programme;
5. Driver-Only Operation of trains in all companies and on all passenger services;
6. New arrangements for mandatory Sunday working;
7. A review of all On-Train Catering services leading to cutbacks in provision and jobs;
8. Review of Fleet grades' working practices and depot driving;
9. Flexible working contracts, working and rosters;
10. Mandatory adoption of new technology with no payment;
11. New Attendance Management scheme;
12. Review of Stood Off arrangements;
13. New annual leave and sick pay arrangements.
And remember this is what staff are being asked to concede to get pay offer, so for example changes to annual leave and sick pay won't be changes which benefit the employee, there'll be changes which benefit the employer.
Many of them are being asked to sacrifice their own jobs in the near future, those that survive the cull will be asked to work more hours, more weekends with cuts to their terms and conditions and then be financially worse off.
Apart from striking how else can workers stand up to this?