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🚨 Train company pandemic profits top £300 million and set to reach £400 million by September:
If reinvested back into the rail industry, £310 million would have been enough to fund a 10.6% pay rise for the Train Operating Companies’ staff 🧵
#SupportRailWorkers
If reinvested back into the rail industry, £310 million would have been enough to fund a 10.6% pay rise for the Train Operating Companies’ staff 🧵
#SupportRailWorkers
Private Train Operating Companies at the heart of the long-running rail dispute have made more than £300 million in profits since the government put them on new contracts when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, @RMTunion research reveals.
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While rail workers have had their pay frozen in the same period, DfT data shows that the private train operators made £310 million in taxpayer-funded profits between March 2020 and September 2022. By September this year, that figure will be in excess of £400 million. 
@SteveBarclay I know you don't care about my life but I do.
I also am not silly enough to expect any kind of recognition or an answer.
I suppose you think what's the point of me even tweeting then.
It because it makes me feel better.
Most of this story is boring but I like
I also am not silly enough to expect any kind of recognition or an answer.
I suppose you think what's the point of me even tweeting then.
It because it makes me feel better.
Most of this story is boring but I like
attention to detail.
Yesterday I tried to get my prescription for bisoprolol you probably don't know what that is, so please let me explain.
Three years ago I had a heart attack not really surprising I'm a broken adult who used to be a broken child.
The NHS looked after me with
Yesterday I tried to get my prescription for bisoprolol you probably don't know what that is, so please let me explain.
Three years ago I had a heart attack not really surprising I'm a broken adult who used to be a broken child.
The NHS looked after me with
Such dedication that I will always be so grateful for, words can never express my thanks for the care I received.
Back to my story.
The pharmacy told me they were struggling to get my medication,I phoned my GP surgery, The Receptionist told me she has had literally hundreds of
Back to my story.
The pharmacy told me they were struggling to get my medication,I phoned my GP surgery, The Receptionist told me she has had literally hundreds of
Good morning everyone 🌸 🌞🌸
As the weekend starts and we all reflect on the strikes this week I feel it's important to say I support all the strikes but I have to be honest my heart belongs to the Nurses.
Yesterday I had a frightening experience that really brought home to me
As the weekend starts and we all reflect on the strikes this week I feel it's important to say I support all the strikes but I have to be honest my heart belongs to the Nurses.
Yesterday I had a frightening experience that really brought home to me
What an absolute mess the NHS is in.
Going to the chemist to pick up my prescription I was informed that my heart medication was not available,
I need this medication to stay alive!.
On the phone five hours later I had sourced some.
In the greater scheme of things it may seem
Going to the chemist to pick up my prescription I was informed that my heart medication was not available,
I need this medication to stay alive!.
On the phone five hours later I had sourced some.
In the greater scheme of things it may seem
Small but for me it was frightening.
This is the fault of this government for the years of underfunding and Brexit.
There's lots of medication shortages I fear it's going to get worse.
Again we suffer at the hands of this lying, theiving ,odious government incompetence.
This is the fault of this government for the years of underfunding and Brexit.
There's lots of medication shortages I fear it's going to get worse.
Again we suffer at the hands of this lying, theiving ,odious government incompetence.
Good morning everyone 🌸 🌞🌸
What a week its been.
The Tories are continuing their gaslighting and lying ,some things never change.
I'm hoping everyone understands the INDEPENDENT pay review is NOT! I'll repeat NOT! independent ,
It will not cost £28 billion to give essential
What a week its been.
The Tories are continuing their gaslighting and lying ,some things never change.
I'm hoping everyone understands the INDEPENDENT pay review is NOT! I'll repeat NOT! independent ,
It will not cost £28 billion to give essential
Services a decent payrise.
In actual fact it's approx £14 billion.
where is Michelle Mone? Could she could pay back the money she stole?, then we could pay essential services a decent payrise.
It's time for change, it's time for a #GeneralElectionNow #EnoughlsEnough
In actual fact it's approx £14 billion.
where is Michelle Mone? Could she could pay back the money she stole?, then we could pay essential services a decent payrise.
It's time for change, it's time for a #GeneralElectionNow #EnoughlsEnough
Good morning everyone 🌸 🌞🌸
What a sad sad day for the UK, hailed as hero's during the pandemic,this government has finally broken them.
I support the nurse's 1000 %.
They are hero's not villains,this government are the villains!,its time for us to support them now.
Time to
What a sad sad day for the UK, hailed as hero's during the pandemic,this government has finally broken them.
I support the nurse's 1000 %.
They are hero's not villains,this government are the villains!,its time for us to support them now.
Time to
Stepp UK!.claps don't pay bills!.
I’m gonna lay down a hard #truth for many people, especially the NIMBY kind that calls us “lazy” “militant” union workers; Also hoping @RMTunion retweets this, as there is a point to be made.
WARNING: Human Bile later in thread.
WARNING: Human Bile later in thread.
It’s #Oktoberfest2022, (Get Down) Saturday Night. Obviously, the public are out drinking, obviously the more sensible will be using private hire or public transport.
I’m not celebrating, I’m rostered to work it tonight as it’s my job to clean trains. Sadly, we are short staffed.
I’m not celebrating, I’m rostered to work it tonight as it’s my job to clean trains. Sadly, we are short staffed.
Mentally: I’m cool, I spoke with my lass, her love and support fresh in my mind, and I am psyching myself up for what I know will be a hard night ahead. We are two people, and we have twelve very messy trains to clean and one left over from day shift.
National rail strikes set for 18 and 20 August: 🧵
@RMTunion will take a further 2 days strike action this Summer in a row over job security, pay and working conditions.
#SupportRailWorkers
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@RMTunion will take a further 2 days strike action this Summer in a row over job security, pay and working conditions.
#SupportRailWorkers
bit.ly/3RBNYfa
The strikes on August 18 and 20, will bring out over 40,000 workers across Network Rail and 14 train operating companies.
RMT is also taking 24 hours strike action on 27 July.
RMT is also taking 24 hours strike action on 27 July.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "The rail industry and the government need to understand that this dispute will not simply vanish...
Rail union RMT update on National Rail dispute: 🧵
The RMT has received an offer from Network Rail which our NEC will consider tomorrow morning...
#SupportRailWorkers
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The RMT has received an offer from Network Rail which our NEC will consider tomorrow morning...
#SupportRailWorkers
bit.ly/3yVMi93
...It amounts to a real terms pay cut over the next two years and will involve cutting a third of all frontline maintenance roles and 50pc of all scheduled maintenance work...
...There will also be an expectation of unsocial hours and lower pay across the board...
Commenting on ASLEF joining the national rail dispute, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "We congratulate our friends in ASLEF for their superb ballot result and the huge mandate they have for strike action on the railways...
"It goes to show that railway workers across every grade from cleaners, catering staff guards, maintenance staff and drivers are fed up with real terms pay cuts, attacks on job security and working conditions...
