The
Southern Rail dispute which I've been writing about since April 2016 continues, despite the drivers union
Aslef accepting a 28.5% pay increase over 5 years. Indeed, the conductors union
RMT, continues to campaign for safety on railways, even though the drivers' belief in safety suddenly dissolved when offered the above what most of us will get pay rise! Anyway, there is a strike this Monday the 8th of January 2018, but on the company
website, it appears to show that Hastings services will run as per the rewritten time-table, though people living in Brighton may have problems. As usual, take the advice carefully, I won't be using Southern this Monday, South Eastern if necessary. In addition, there is industrial action by RMT throughout the country!
By the way, money given to
Govia Thamelink, who own the
Southern franchise, and the
South Eastern franchise by the way, is going to France as they are 35% owned by the French company
Keolis; which means that taxpayers' money pumped into Southern by the Government to beat British trade unions into accepting driver-only trains, is going to help fund rail services in France, just saying...
Oh yes, and when the
Govia Thameslink franchise comes up for renewal in 2021, the franchise is to be broken up, that'll help Southern, no doubt!
