(22 Jul 2022, 12:19 am)streetdeckfan wrote Is it wrong to feel bad for GNE over this?
CLS is a dilapidated money pit so obviously has to go, GNE seem to have offered a very generous relocation package to staff for moving. The union is being their usual pain in the arse self and causing trouble. A 'whistle blower' *cough*the union*cough* keeps 'leaking' documents to the press to show how evil they are to try and get their way.
I genuinely can't even see why they're wasting energy on this matter. CLS is closing, there's nowt they can do to change that. Plus, if what Dan is saying is true, and GNE will be over-staffed, then what is the incentive for GNE to keep them happy?
This may be a bit controversial, but IMO if they do go on strike, I hope GNE keep to their word and scrap the relocation offer (at least only for those individuals who go on strike, if legal), then they've got nobody else to blame but themselves.
Ironically the latest leak doesn’t seem to paint them as being the victims - the opposite in fact, when in receipt of such a re-location package.
Comments have been made elsewhere on the forum about it being unexpected that the 25 and 28 services would transfer to Washington. This is true as it requires remote reliefs whereas if they had operated from Riverside that wouldn’t be the case. Clearly this is the company moving the work (and incurring the cost of doing so) to the best place for the driving team, rather than what is most cost-effective and efficient - to keep its staff at Chester-le-Street happier by allowing them to run from their preferred depot of choice.
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