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We are reciving reports that FGW managment have admitted they are wrong and are looking to meaningfull discussions. The Strike should be called off on Tuesday. Stay tuned for updates.
Press Release from RMT
MORE THAN 600 RMT guards and train drivers at First Great Western will strike for 48 hours from a minute after midnight on January 20 after voting overwhelmingly for action in disputes over breakdowns in industrial relations and the use of managers to guard and drive trains.
The RMT executive this afternoon also agreed to ballot the union’s more than 1,500 other members at the company over similar issues.
Bob Crow said “After considering reports from our people on the ground in First Great Western the RMT executive agreed that our guard and driver members will strike on Sunday January 20 and Monday January 21,” general secretary Bob Crow said this afternoon. First Great Western have angered our members across the company with heavy handed and confrontational management and by undermining our members’ jobs.
We have also therefore agreed to put in place a ballot of more than 1,500 RMT members in all other grades across the company and to urge them to vote for action over what has become a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations.”
In separate ballots that closed today, drivers voted by 62 (81.6%) to 14 (18.4%) to strike, and by 67 (88.2%) to 9 (11.8%) for action short of strike, while guards voted by 229 (71.1%) to 93 (28.9%) to strike, and by 289 (89.5%) to 34 (10.5%) for action short of strike. The union’s executive will meet shortly to consider what action to call.
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Can you shed light on this dispute? From media reports, it seems FGW don’t force staff to work on Sundays, so if there aren’t enough of them to man the trains, managers take their places. What do the unions expect? They seem to want to be able to not work on Sunday, yet have no-one else do their work instead. What about all the passengers who want to get about on Sunday? We already have one of the worst railways when it comes to Sunday service, with reduced numbers of trains making rail travel even more inconvenient than usual. And passengers have had enough of trains being delayed or cancelled because the driver is late or hasn’t turned up. If the media reports are true, I’m with FGW all the way on this issue.
Comment by Jonathan — January 10, 2008 #
Sunday working does seem to be a problem for many TOCs in the UK. I’m not sure I fully understand why they don’t become part of the working week, considering people work shifts/rotas.
Making it an optional day for everyone might seem fair, but what about things like Christmas, Easter, or even something silly like a big sporting event. As stated in the other comment, does this mean all the trains are cancelled?? That’s simply not on!
Comment by Jonathan Morris — January 13, 2008 #