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Yet they drive on network rail infrastructure. And are paid a fraction of the wage that people doing much easier jobs in exactly the same infrastructure receive.
The language used by management has been ill thought out at best. It's just succeeded in doing the opposite it was supposed to.
And I get the argument that metro drivers are paid a good wage in relation to the north east average. That's not what is being contested. The argument is that they want a wage rise in line with the rest of the industry. Not even parity, by the way. Just a competitive wage with drivers doing easier jobs.
It’s a light railway, comparable with the DLR, ask for the same as their drivers