Fletch
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You only live in jesmond mate , most of that is students , don’t get above yourself
The metro
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tonyfromalnwick
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get rioting ! It wasn't Ben. Have another guess. Go on.
Wilfy
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Was it tonyfrommorpeth?
OOOSH YEAH
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Oh I’m not exactly in The Hamptons but it always seems to be in the likes of Brockley Whins. I’m sure the place is just a drawing on the side of a train tunnel. I’ve never known anyone from there, get off or on there and I’ve never driven through there seen it on a map or seen it other than through a train window.You only live in jesmond mate , most of that is students , don’t get above yourself
tonyfromalnwick
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Near enough.
JohnSmithUK
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Tessfromalnwick?
Wilfy
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Ronnyfromalnwick.
tonyfromalnwick
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Ronnyfromtess
Dark Traveller
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Here you go, fill your boots....
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
www.nexus.org.uk
Metro drivers reject 15% pay rise which would increase salaries to £46,000
Unions say the offer still doesn't match the salaries paid by other rail firms or solve understaffing issues
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
Nexus astonished as Metro drivers reject 15% pay rise | nexus.org.uk
Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has today declared it is astonished that Metro drivers in the RMT and ASLEF unions have opted to reject a 15% pay rise. Nexus has made an unprecedented offer to its drivers of a 15% increase in salary over two years on top of...
RMT prepares for action on Tyne and Wear Metro
RMT prepares for action as Nexus/Tyne and Wear Metro ignores pay and staffing issues
www.rmt.org.uk
errant
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good luck to them... hope their union represents them well...
Butcher's Coat
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They are getting less than other drivers on similar transport systems.Here you go, fill your boots....
Metro drivers reject 15% pay rise which would increase salaries to £46,000
Unions say the offer still doesn't match the salaries paid by other rail firms or solve understaffing issues
Nexus astonished as Metro drivers reject 15% pay rise | nexus.org.uk
Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has today declared it is astonished that Metro drivers in the RMT and ASLEF unions have opted to reject a 15% pay rise. Nexus has made an unprecedented offer to its drivers of a 15% increase in salary over two years on top of...
RMT prepares for action on Tyne and Wear Metro
RMT prepares for action as Nexus/Tyne and Wear Metro ignores pay and staffing issueswww.rmt.org.uk
All they are wanting is the same - and why not??
The Metro is losing staff in big numbers by all accounts, all down to their T's and C's.
partridge amongst the pig
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Less money than other train companies, longer shifts, longer driving stints, more signals to deal with, having to deal first hand with punters, ensuring that punters board and alight safely... All stuff that metro drivers have to contend with that drivers from other companies don't.
And that's just stuff off the top of my head. I'd like to go into more details but it wouldn't be worth it. Sufficient to say that drivers are leaving in their dozens for other companies. Yet nexus do nothing about it.
Deleted User 2893
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They don’t drive proper trains though
Butcher's Coat
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Exactly - and Nexus are "astonished" over this refusal.
Cue the usual punters on here now - who will say that the drivers wages are excellent for what they do all day etc etc
partridge amongst the pig
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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.
Exactly - and Nexus are "astonished" over this refusal.
Cue the usual punters on here now - who will say that the drivers wages are excellent for what they do all day etc etc
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.
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ivanthereasonable
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Kinnell. Its not a job i'd fancy, but 46k sounds good to me. Though i'm comparing to working on a building site 7 years ago.
I'd say any job where you have to deal with the public should have some sort of premium to a similar job sans public.
I'd say any job where you have to deal with the public should have some sort of premium to a similar job sans public.
partridge amongst the pig
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Not when other drivers are getting close to 60k for easier jobs mate.
I imagine driving rolling stock that never works must be a bit of a pisser as well.
Easy money though, as most of their time they'll be sat doing nowt due to the trains not running
partridge amongst the pig
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It's absolutely shit mate. A reet pain in the arse jumping in your train not knowing if it's going to get you to the next station or not.
My favourite is when you kick people off a knackered train then get verbally assaulted or spat at while you're checking the train. That's always good.
Or when you're left with some drugged up clown on your last train who, when you wake him up, realises that he's missed his stop half an hour ago then kicks off with you. Or, even worse, attempts to assault you. They're always good n'all.
All stuff that drivers from other train companies don't have to put up with, by the way.
