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Strinking on key dates with the intention of causing as much disruption as humanly possible like this just looks cynical, and could be interpreted as a punishment. I think it actually weakens the case.
I understand that they are not happy, but there is no need to make Christmas difficult for people
Edit: and not NYE either.
You would think they want public support for the strike and they're not going to get it if rail users who are already being hit with obnoxious fare rises are now being hamstrung at one of the busiest times of the year.
I think what I'm getting at is that I'd like to see strike action to be successful - punishing train users like this gives a cynical, hard-bitten impression that they don't give a fuck. I'd hate to see this sort of thing jeapordise strike action as a legitimate tool in negotiation.
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Take Merseyside where they are in dispute over DOO. DOO is being introduced by Mersey Travel which is the Labour controlled Local Transport authority. Merseyrail is not a franchise it is a concession which basically means that Mersey Travel dictates how the service will be run, pays the costs for it to be run that way together with an operators fee and gets all the fare revenue. The concessionaire gets no benefit at all from removing guards from trains and is only doing so because Mersey Travel is telling them to. Not a fat cat in sight and yet the RMT still churn that out. A public body (and a Labour controlled one to boot) making the decision and yet the RMT still churn out "renationalise".
The other reason there is little sympathy is that these disputes are not about pay, redundancies or job security (as the TOCs concerned have made long term guarantees on all of those), they are about the RMT trying to retain the power to disrupt with the associated leverage that brings.
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lives in Southampton, the strike means that I have a 200 mile round trip to collect her on Xmas eve, not ideal, especially as I am working all over the Xmas break