Mick Lynch: Rishi Sunak wants more strikes
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2023
- "It is an interim deal, John. There will be six months where there'll be no strike."
The government must come to the table over rail strikes as the current agreement is only temporary, Mick Lynch tells #TimesRadio.
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Rail staff pay increases = bad due to inflation
Banker bonus caps being removed = just fine
MP salary increases = not an issue
MP's getting money from second jobs = also fine
Something is very wrong here.
It's called Tory government.
Rail Bosses and Management; big pay rises and bonuses
Rail Workers; Pay cut
@@bananabitch8020Nonsense! Why do you people defend the indefensible? It's the, we lost £100 billion to party corruption, tories and the ultra wealthy they really work for that have fleeced and destroyed the country. Not people earning 60-80k a year working full time jobs 🙄
Every industry has had to say goodbye to jobs as a result of improved technology taking over from manpower. Millions of robots employed in manufacturing for just one. Why should the rail industry be any different? Fares are going up and up and up and the total cost of running the trains needs to come down. It's called progress and we've all 'suffered' from it.
@@riteandleft Because it's not possible... even if it could be done the standard would be so half arsed and cheapo it wouldn't work correctly and would be dangerous...
Would that every union had a man like this as their representative.
i'd love to see a britain with a prime minister Lynch.
Same
@@VikingNewtall be on strike within a week
They would all be on strike you pillock. The private sector don’t need unions.
Reread what you said 🤔it doesn't make sense.
The man is fighting to keep a functional railway for his country - and has to fight the government to do that.
It's insane.
You made me cry with your statement. These poor people were thinking they'd have to sell one of the streets and all of it's properties they own.😢
There is a reason nobody uses uses the railways outside of aLondon and it isn’t the government.
He is actually fighting the railway customers and taxpayers who fund it. Get a grip on reality.
@@lestrem11 He pays taxes, too. He pays for it.
I bet you were convinced that sounded like a smart comment in your own head. Right?
@@yt.personal.identification What? You are suggesting he pays for all of it? Very funny child.👍
Isn't it funny, when it comes to CEO pay there doesn't seem to be cries of "We can't afford it!"
“It’ll trickle down pinky promise”
@@christopherbradley7149 something is trickling down...but it's wet and yellow.
There’s only 1 ceo of a company. Spread the money over all the workers then make them all pay 50% tax and see if they accept it.
@@ThePedroski007hmmm yeah we’ll take that. The CEOs and their politician friends made this mess with their greed so they can be the first in line to be sacrificed. And once we run out of them and ONLY then will we sacrifice useful, decent and productive workers instead.
@@ThePedroski007 I'd happily be in the 50% tax bracket.
A real old school union leader looking after his members. Not many like him left I'm afraid.
When we lose £5 billion rather than pay out £100 million we do need some common sense to be heard. This has been. A rediculous power trip by the govmt.
No problem with strikes going on 👍. Just need to make it illegal for Rishi to give the taxpayer's money to the train operators. Not one member of the general public has given the nod for that to happen.
Well done
I know the media has demonized.This guy and were supposed to dislike him but he seems a reasonable intelligent guy to me who is doing what his members want him to do,isn't it his job and mandate to improve his members working conditions???
Yes exactly it is. The Times will go on trying to defend the "we lost £100 billion to corruption in just 3 years" Tory party and vilify anyone pointing out their crimes
The media have depicted him as some sort of director who tells his union what to do. The reverse is true; he presents the views of the members of his union. Many industries have had their unions weakened by right wing governments & most of the media is right wing. By portraying unions negatively, the media has created a lot of jealousy among those who are poorly represented, although most are unaware of their own jealousy.
@TheRip72 that's been the tory strategy forever. They want us to believe that the trade unions are some sort of dictatorship which forces their members to follow a route to their own detriment. Whereas in fact it's every tory government's objective to casualise the work force to divide and rule in the interests of their donors, unions are our only hope of holding the politicians, tory and Labour feet to the fire. Without workers there is no economy simple as that.
Correct, but normal people do it through negotiations.
@@lestrem11The ToCs refused to negotiate. That was his opening comment in this video.
But the companies have their hands tied by DfT (effectively, Sunak). They are not allowed to negotiate freely! If they were, this dispute would have been settled months ago.
Legend, shame he's not interested in running the country
.......into the ground, Labour have a history of running the UK into the ground.
I have a problem in station/s. Without someone around to ask to help me i cannot travel. Stations unmanned considerably reduce my ability to stay Independent. Please keep up the good work Unions. Help me remain Independent. 🌾👍✌️
Join a union ✊
The idea of dealing with the rail operators individually is insane.
Before the government got involved after guaranteed profits during lockdown. All the individuals TOCs negotiated pay rises individually, even down to separate departments. That's why there was no strikes
Such an inspiring leader
Smarter than the Cabinet. He can run rings round the Tory minister presently selected to be the hard man or woman. Tories like division and love to look after their industry donor friends
Why can we, as pensioners, not go on strike? After all, we do not earn over £60,000 per year and yet expected to survive. Why do Pensioners not have a Trade Union? I am 80 years of age and fighting to keep up with the cost of living despite working my 'guts out' all my working life and never had a day off during that period through illness.
Because you're retired and not in work?
What are your income and outgoings? State pension will be £11k per year. If you're 80yrs old you've had plenty of time to prepare. You already have the triple lock which is extremely generous. Also you lived through a period where house prices vs wages was in your favour compared to today.
If more workers were in unions, there would be more paid into the taxes that fund your pension and if you were in a union you'd have a better private pension.
I'd actually recommend doing a search for any unclaimed private pension pots from your previous workplaces and consolidating them so you can keep track.
but over the last 13 years the tories have made it a pretty bad time to retire, I hope this changes soon.
Old un you’ve had plenty time to sort your old timers life out
You should have prepared better or did you expect a nice free ride in old age ????
Have you voted tory in the last 10 years? when they talk about gutting the benefits or welfare system, that includes pensioners.. they don't care how hard you've worked.. just that you're an unwanted drain on the system..
The Tory government has always had this desire to wreck anything and everything that works just fine with the cooperation of the workforce, they just can’t abide workers being happy and content.
How many managers do you know who believe that they are not doing a good job if their workers are not complaining. Thickish. 5:55
Because we would identify as a class and they can't afford for us to be united as a class, that mean the end of the torys.
Admirable
Solidarity to all our strikers ✊🏾
Why don’t all the Unions in Britain form a political party to compete with the Tories and Labour, I’d promise to impose the same rates of pay and conditions on members of parliament that they try to suggest are acceptable to the working population in Britain…if they think it’s good enough for us then they won’t be able to take industrial action or complain..!
Top man.
Like I said get this lot out asap or the whole country will be in massive debt cos the rich don’t care one iota as we have seen before if it starts hurting them they they might make a half hearted go not bad pm for not being voted in by the public 👎
Apparently the average wage for a train driver is £60,000, eye watering..
For a 60 hour week working unsocial hours ,weekends and bank holidays with the responsible for hundreds of lives. Contrast that with a sales rep for a drugs company on the same basic for only 35 hour week Monday to Friday.
@@jablot5054 They don't seem to be working at all, aren't they on strike?.
I'd rather workers get it than shareholders.
@@jablot5054 another duped by the biased media and left wing propaganda £ 60000 alot of money.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
They should try steering around the issue.
The country has managed without the railways, do we actually need them ?
SUNAK and his mates want a Dubai type of economy ...all based on cheap third World labour
That is exactly what conservatives represent. I do not understand why so few understand this.
😅crashing the economy
Risia unelected party only got majority because of brexit thare version is usles all trade deals very poor
What role do you think private companies should play?
arthur scargill did the same in the mines now no mines soon no trains
I see the UK circling the drain again.
Lynch does not need an excuse for more strikes,,theres always another lined up.
Take notes, Dave Ward. 🎵Sold down a river🎵
Asking for more than £60,000 for a 4 day, 35 hour week - really?
Nothing wrong with that.
It’s not a race to the bottom.
They work and train hard to become a train driver and ultimately are in charge of many peoples life’s . Not everyone can get into the role . So calm yourself
the ticket prices have been rocketing to the moon or a long time. those need to be brought under control next otherwise i'll stick to my car.
Buttered parsnips %.
My richest friend is a train driver……….fact.
That's why you need unions, get good pay and terms of Employment
Good for him/her! My richest friend is a lawyer. You are free to train up and work in either profession.
Do you think the cleaners on the trains are on 60k?
Very perceptive man.
Trains? What is this, 1923?
Never satisfied we the public are with the government and are really getting fed up to the they now
Never assume “We the public” are just what you believe 😮
😊
I bet you read the Daily Mail cover to cover & “believe” the diatribe as the truth & nothing but the truth!!! 🍉
What are you talking about?
Bring in the lettuce now..... how many days for Rishi the Last!?
Broadcast laws don’t make laugh
Very unfortunate but what has that to do with government support
I don’t understand
Who is funding Lynch?
I don't trust him one bit
Serco are doing exactly the same there after our Ts & Cs the working man is under threat
You more striking under Labour government in England London with Trade Unions need more pay and better working conditions for working class English people in England London Britain and Scotland and Wales. Support Mike Lynch RMT Trade Union. Public ownership Britain Railway system like Scotland. Northern Ireland state run Railways and Water state run Northern Ireland. Support STV voting system for UK general election in England London Britain. Awesome. Art Bezrukavenko deliver it.
The public transport system is poor in England it is expensive to use and the reliability is poor go to other countries in Europe their public transport systems are much better
Give them nothing this guy is just a bully......
Railway never advertise vacancies.Its such a good paying job with excellent conditions they don't have to
By doing a simple search on google, that is not true.
Yes they do, all the time.
We'll I'll let you digest this point,it's about time we started paying Our Own people a decent wage,instead of all oOur money going Abroad!
The jobs are always on LinkedIn. Just put an alert on and they ping up.
If your on about driver positions then they are on for a short time due to how many apply.
I take it that you are either employed by, or retired from the railway, as you appear so well informed.
I know the drivers are well paid, but they're a minority of railway staff.
As a regular railway passenger, I am aware the majority of them have been treated terribly by the rail companies.
Just sack the lot and
Ban l all unions to be
Spoken like a true mortgage free Tory pensioner. 👍🏻
@@stephenjon3502 I wish I'm hard working normal person trying 1o go away but been spolt these muppets holding us to ransom by the unions
The shareholders and greedy owners are holding you to ransom.
If I didn't turn up for work or was late as often as some train drivers (when there are no strikes on) I would have been sacked long ago. £65000!!!! Ticket offices remaining open as they wanted. Get back to bloody work!
RMT represents very few drivers . maybe if you listened to the clip that snippet of information might take root
No train drivers regularly turn up late. There are procedures that will have you out on your ear if you did that.
It does happen though. So proves how important they are.
😍🤩…🏆🏆🏆
There was a letter in the Daily Telegraph last week in the Money section, sent in by a train driver asking for investment advice. He declared his annual income as £90k.
Of course he did.
Good gone on long enourgh
There should be NO more tax money for the rail industry. It is time for the tax subsidies for this industry to end. The people using the railways should pay for the railways, not the tax payer.
Marxist Media
This man will be responsible for the closure of the railways. And not before time!
Railways are a thing of the past. They are too expensive, and unreliable.
I don’t believe that the railways should be nationalised, as I should not have to be taxed for a service I don’t require, because I don’t use it. If you don’t like your job, change jobs! It’s not rocket science!!
It is cheaper for me to get a cab to Manchester airport, then fly to London, than it is to get a train. The train will be late, and possibly not even get there. 🤷♂️
Yes people wanting decent terms and conditions of Employment, absolutely outrageous 😂😂😂😂
A thing of the past ? What a crazy thing to say , countries all over the world run excellent railway services, the problem with ours is government interfering with working practices, and railway companies creaming off the profits, no investment for the future because the share holders and the companies have no interest except for big shareholders returns and bonuses for c e o .
@@silondon9010 there’s an easy answer - if you don’t like it, work somewhere else. Simples. 🤷♂️
@@gerardhampson9089 if that’s the case, take it up with the shareholders. It’s not the governments problem. Unless the railways are nationalised, then it’s the publics problem. As a member of the public, I say, if you don’t like it, work somewhere else. That’s what I have done in the past. 🤷♂️
@@user-ie7hm7cw3b, yes bring back the workhouse while your at it 🤣🤣🤣
So he doesn't want more strkes then.
No. He never did. Firstly, he represents his union. They tell him what to do, not the other way around. They are only trying to protect their members jobs & passenger safety.
Why would he?
Don't forget to look out for Santa and Rudolph on Christmas Eve because if you believe what he says I'm sure you believe in Father Christmas. @@TheRip72
Dream on Mr Strudwick, dream on.@@davidstrudwick6879
No
Stuff the unions.
Increased payments for tickets for already overcharged customers,,thank you Mr Lynch.
There’s not been a payrise for the last 4 years yet ticket prices still increased. The money goes to shareholders and the leasing stock of trains. It’s not because of staff pay rises.
@@kilokahn_x3850Dont forget that many of the TOCs are owned by overseas operators, Db who oen Arriva are the German state owned railway. The subsidies we pay for UK Rail is used to create a "Profit" for Db revenues which is in effect is subsidising the German network.
Apparently the average wage for a Train Driver is £60,000, eye watering.
@@dragonfly6908the RMT mostly represent "other grades", most train drivers belong to ASLEF - whdn you consider the number of people carried by the rail it's a big responsibility requiring practical driving, route knowledge and some technical training. It's not just "leaning in a handle" as some people assert.
@@warweezil2802 I am not saying that they are not skilled and they have a huge responsibility but if the average Train driver wage is £60,000 then they are very fortunate.
Bring in more foreigners to ensure agri wages remain sub minimum wage.
But give more money to people in a position to hold the country to ransome.
Something very wrong there.
Still moaning Tom.
@@stephenjon3502 yeah worst homelessness and food poverty for 60 years, cheer up ya drama queen. Moan moan.
DRIVERLESS monorails like Dockland light railway is future without any of these overpaid drivers
Yeah! And the tickets will keep rising in prices and all the profits collected by few corrupt private owners.
Win win! 👍
Unlikely to happen for a long time. The infrastructure to support that doesn't yet exist and world cost trillions to overlay on our rail network that unlike the DLR, carries all sorts of mixed traffic. The DLR still requires a staff member fully trained in both technical aspects of the rolling stock and ability to manually drive the unit.
Won’t happen sausage. This is the UK remember. Couldn’t organise a pss up in a brewery.
Comparing the Docklands light railway to the Mainline, is like comparing Clapham Common to the Scottish highlands. There won’t be driverless trains on the mainline for many many years, if ever.
As he says we will run the Railways, he means his union will run the Railway’s?
As opposed to private companies taking money to pay share holders and profits for themselves
Are you happy with how the current government run it?
We need to move towards driverless trains like many other countries, then we can sack all these useless workshy overpaid drivers.
Won’t happen.
Perhaps, if you’re very young, you might live to see driverless trains on the Mainlines, but I doubt it.
Kick him out
Rishi you mean obviously 👍
@@kirstyclarke9119 I hope so
The government has settled with the consulates and now The RMT The Government has realised the majority of the pupil support the strikers This has come as a bit of a shock to the right wing media and especially the government as it was part of their divided are rule strategy
@@davidpearson243 check your spelling. but yes i agree
Kick the government out.
And New Labour.
Laws now need to be passed where business can now go after these idiots for compensation for lost earnings so the workers he's put out on the street aren't in fear of loosing even more jobs
More money for nothing lol yeah of course
Think your find that was the government who could have made the offer at the start
Markbrittain, who do the poor sue for their plight, I know, all the rich with their off shore bank accounts.
People miss work when the trains aren’t on strike - so you should apply that same logic to the government then.
No,he wants to pass the problem on to Labour who will give them all they want and the country will see how weak labour really are.
As oppose to giving the rich everything and then getting bailed out for failure!?!
You want more strikes to justify your massive pay packet.
It's really hard to understand how our country his slowly becoming anti social and anti semitic, why??
.... what are you taking about you lunatic!?
Anti social yes, anti-Semitic no. How do you tell the difference between someone of the Jewish faith to that of a catholic or Protestant, none wear lights on their heads which denotes their faith. The anti-Semitic card was played by the Zionists to get Corbyn out of government, he supports Palestine and the Zionists could not have that.
I have read train drivers start on around £38K and many earn over £50K a year, this was on aBBC local news, they are on rails yet a coach driver doesn’t earn anywhere near that, the public don’t support this greedy man, they earn more than train drivers throughout the EU, U.K. railway are a joke.
RMT don't represent train drivers.
Mad by name mad by thinking. These strikes were not about drivers, it was about the staff that run the stations, cleaners, ticket staff, security etc. Do keep up Tory boy. You sound like Richi Lunak
A report by the ORR looked into all pay grades on the railway and compared them to comparable rolls and found all railway jobs have comparable pay so yes some are well paid but that pay is justified. The fact you might, let’s face it be jealous shouldn’t mean people do not deserve a payrise after almost half a decade of not having one. And this pay rise shouldn’t be paid for by themselves giving away their pension pots etc. There’s a real world out there ya know.
Oh if it was on the bbc it must be true then
Because everything you read is true, do coach drivers have thousands of people's lives in their hands every day,
Strike strike strike Garnett , so long as you’re picking up your 125k a year you don’t give a flying picket
£80k
He’s not on £120k - it’s £86k and he’s striking to protect the railway, the staff and the travelling public.
Shame the government doesn't go on strike.
Permanently.
You conveniently forgot to mention that the top officials in the RMT remit thier strike day salaries to the union hardship fund. It's a point that the right wing media neglect to report.
If railway staff were not paid so much travel would be cheaper and more people would use the railways.i would sooner walk than pay the high prices of rail travel.
Or maybe if the private companies running them, weren't guaranteed profits for themselves and share holders prices would be cheaper
You do know it’s the private companies making profit that take the lions share? But yeah greedy workers….
Torycambell, hope you have good walking shoes.
Get some gel pads with your shoes then.
if they can afford to strike then dont need a pay rise
Dumbest comment ever written
If you bothered to watch the video, you would know that they were never striking for more pay in the first place.
WOW!!.. that's up there with the most pathetic comments I've read 🤭
Greed
If they didn’t strike then 1000’s would be out of a job. I could afford to lose a days pay over several strikes. I couldn’t afford to lose my job in its entirety.
All strikes are blackmail and pain imposed on the public who have nothing to do with it.
Go back to bed Harry, you have dreams of being an employer to dream.
Harry million, who do you think runs the trains, the fairy’s in your brain or members of the public?
@@DJWESG1the last of the great debaters
@@Fload.Ritlhei dont care who runs them as long as they run them and do not hold the public to ransom. why do people catch trains fload?
Tories will never give the workers a fair wage!
Lynch has become a caricature of himself. The unionist equivalent of yesterdays chip paper.
I remember the lunatic union leaders of the 60s and 70s; Red Robbo, "Mad" Scargill and others. My sympathies have always been for working people, who were manipulated by the aforementioned as much as the bosses.
As a consultant doctor, I considered myself a worker within the community; no private practice, ken.
You feckwit.
☘👿
Have you been doctoring those obese travellers with Tenuate Dospan again? The bead jiggling Dr Doom.@@johnconlon9652
He will soon be calling for more strikes when he realises he is not relevant.
His members and the working class are relevant, it's the greedy bosses andb lazy tory class that aren't.
Brexiteer. Now the consequences have hit, he's moaning about it. He needs to speak on that topic. He needs to state his position now, in relation to then, but he avoids it. Cowardice and hypocrisy. Now he complains about the Tory government he assisted into power, by recommending his members vote leave.