Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
Northern and DfT haven't said much in response to the strike action - until now

Northern Wrote:Northern has embarked on a programme to modernise its services that will help make the North a better place to live, work and visit. By 2020 Northern is committed to:

Delivering better journeys with new and upgraded trains and improved station facilities
Improved customer service, with more people to help you on your journey than ever before
Keeping you safe and secure, with more visible staff on trains and stations – day and night
Our plans include 98 new trains, 243 upgraded trains and the recruitment of more people from across our business. Our new trains are now in production, the first ten of our upgraded trains are already out on the network and over 450 new people have joined the Northern team.

To bring our improvements to life, we are proposing some changes to the conductor role to give you a better service. We are clear there will be no job or pay cuts as a result of our proposed changes, however the RMT has entered into dispute with Northern, which has resulted in several days of strike action, so far, in 2017.

https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/industrial-action

Chris Grayling Wrote:These rail companies have given guarantees to guards that they will not lose their jobs or any pay.

On top of that, they want to work with staff to implement changes that will deliver the improvements passengers want.

Although modern trains can be operated by a single person, the union maintain that in no circumstances should a train leave the station without a member of the RMT on board.

Despite a second person being rostered on many of the services, and more people than ever before working on the railway, they are seeking to turn the clock back on thirty years of modernisation.

I cannot condone the actions of a trade union that is holding passengers to ransom in this way.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4519549/ch...n-strikes/