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Title: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: Mark A on January 19, 2024, 17:00:25 Wondering if this will pivot in the direction of GWR.
Mark https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/hitachi-rail-maintenance-engineers-to-take-strike-action/ (https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/hitachi-rail-maintenance-engineers-to-take-strike-action/) Title: Re: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: GBM on January 20, 2024, 07:36:22 Many shortforms............
Title: Re: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: TaplowGreen on January 20, 2024, 07:54:14 Title: Re: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: stuving on January 20, 2024, 11:22:22 Wondering if this will pivot in the direction of GWR. Mark https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/hitachi-rail-maintenance-engineers-to-take-strike-action/ (https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/hitachi-rail-maintenance-engineers-to-take-strike-action/) There was some news earlier about Unite strike action, but the press release they put out yesterday (https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2024/january/national-strike-by-hitachi-rail-workers-over-pay) is more complete. That ends with: Quote Unite and RMT Hitachi Rail workers are at depots in Bristol, Plymouth, Penzance, Wiltshire, Swansea, London and Edinburgh. They will take part in strike action from 27 January 2024 until 1 February 2024. Title: Re: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: Mark A on January 20, 2024, 12:51:14 Ah. Thanks for the additional info. This surely has... ramifications...
Mark Title: Re: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: AMLAG on January 20, 2024, 13:14:20 Without a doubt, you can be sure the Govt DfT Micro Managers and their TOC subordinates will be planning contingency reduced services and formations etc. Hopefully all serviceable GW ‘in house’ maintained HSTs will be in use beyond the 3 daily M-S Cornwall mainline diagrams, even possibly reviewing the need for the half hrly frequency in Cornwall at the lowest time of year for travel, to provide HSTs vice IETs for the more important Ply / BTM/ Cdff stopping services. Title: Re: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: ChrisB on January 20, 2024, 16:10:53 Interestingly, the RMT press release makes no mention whatsoever of GWR Hitachi depots.
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/hitachi-rail-maintenance-engineers-to-take-strike-action/ Whereas the Unite one does... https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2024/january/national-strike-by-hitachi-rail-workers-over-pay We may need to wait & see. Title: Re: Maintenance engineer strike at Hitachi Post by: stuving on January 20, 2024, 16:27:28 Interestingly, the RMT press release makes no mention whatsoever of GWR Hitachi depots. https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/hitachi-rail-maintenance-engineers-to-take-strike-action/ Whereas the Unite one does... https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2024/january/national-strike-by-hitachi-rail-workers-over-pay We may need to wait & see. It looks like between them they cover all the Hitachi-run sites, with Unite being the main union involved. RMT specify just three depots; by implication they don't represent staff in the others: Quote Strike action will take place at Craigentinny, Bounds Green & Doncaster maintenance depots with members at Outstations and Maintenance Control also taking action. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |