Arriva North West bus strike

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RE: Potential Arriva North West bus strike

(24/07/2022 11:08)motormayhem1 Wrote:  10 people get offered an interview and yet only 1 or 2 turn up for them interviews and some that start seem to leave within the first 12 months due to stress of the job or unsociable hours.

The number of job seekers is currently low in comparison to applicants. Some people who are applying for everything they can do are getting 7+ interview offers per week, so rejecting/not turning up for the less attractive ones.

Quote:a lot of people state 8% is a good offer and yeah it maybe for some but when the cost of living as risen to 10%+ then taking an 8% pay rise is still like a pay cut.

The BBC were reporting 9.4% in the last week. The thing is pay rises are usually set annually but inflation goes up and down every month. Russia signing an agreement with the UN, combined with Bank of England action will hopefully see the rate of inflation fall. If Arriva stand still on 8% for 2 months it may well end up as an above inflation offer soon.

Quote:so why can't arriva offer the same as it's not a race to the bottom and every worker should be entitled to a livable pay rise that fits in with inflation.
The rich get richer while the workers get poorer and that's not how it should be.

If you use the term 'race to the bottom' to describe a pay rise then you lose most people. If a bus moves along at 20mph when other vehicles are moving along at 30mph, it's not racing in the wrong direction. It's making slow progress in the right direction. It's the same with any pay offer you aren't happy with. If it doesn't involve doing more work for the same amount or taking a pay cut, you're going upwards not downwards. You just might be overtaken by others because you're not moving forward as quickly as you like but it doesn't mean you're in reverse gear.

The Living Wage Foundation says the minimum wage required to live on is now £9.90 an hour outside of London. Even if Arriva pay the legal minimum wage, an 8% pay rise would take you above £9.90.

It's actually the lowest paid who have seen the biggest pay rises in the last couple of years. The minimum wage has jumped significantly, while many higher paid people have seen their pay frozen due to COVID stretching budgets. The irony is paying people involved in the food production chain more, has helped increase the price of food on the supermarket shelves.