Rail strike for Glastonbury weekend?

[gazzared]

16 hours ago, Euphoricape said:

Would the strike last all week? If there's no trains on the Wednesday I can't get to the festival. I live in rural Cornwall..  proper worried now.

They normally don't strike for consecutive days to prevent workers losing to much money. Iam a signaller and one of my rostered weeks is 12 hours Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and then 7 days off. If they striked starting the Sunday for a week I'd lose 4 days pay compared to another signaller who's already off and if any pay rise was agreed it still wouldn't make up for what I've already lost. So like I said they normally picks Various days across different weeks.

[Euphoricape]

2 hours ago, gazzared said:

They normally don't strike for consecutive days to prevent workers losing to much money. Iam a signaller and one of my rostered weeks is 12 hours Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and then 7 days off. If they striked starting the Sunday for a week I'd lose 4 days pay compared to another signaller who's already off and if any pay rise was agreed it still wouldn't make up for what I've already lost. So like I said they normally picks Various days across different weeks.

Cheers mate. Hopefully they don't pick Wednesday 22nd june or the following monday!

[Euphoricape]

Apparently 14 days notice has to be given by law before any strike takes place. Therefore if we don't hear of anything by Wednesday we are in the clear. Except obviously for trains home but I don't care so much about that, as long as I get there!

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Euphoricape said:

Apparently 14 days notice has to be given by law before any strike takes place. Therefore if we don't hear of anything by Wednesday we are in the clear. Except obviously for trains home but I don't care so much about that, as long as I get there!

They won’t mention it the next few days I don’t think 🤔… so that leaves sat -wed 

[Euphoricape]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

They won’t mention it the next few days I don’t think 🤔… so that leaves sat -wed 

Big meeting on Tuesday 7th according to BBC news, so we could find out by Tuesday evening. 🤞🤞

[efcfanwirral]

On 6/2/2022 at 11:40 AM, Euphoricape said:

Big meeting on Tuesday 7th according to BBC news, so we could find out by Tuesday evening. 🤞🤞

Ha I'm travelling down on the Tuesday so 14 days notice puts it on that exact day...

[CrystalPalace]

A heads up to expect bad news on this later today. There will likely be strikes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of Glastonbury. Bastards 
 

 

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

OP called it.  No need to be rude.

[March Hare]

On 4/20/2022 at 3:40 PM, zahidf said:

Could be a rail strike Glastonbury weekend....

https://www.timeout.com/news/the-biggest-rail-strike-in-uk-history-could-shut-down-the-country-later-this-year-042022?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&cid=~london~natsoc~facebook~echobox#Echobox=1650462634

You did warn people in April and now it looks like it might happen

[Acid Loafers]

 

[March Hare]

10 hours ago, Acid Loafers said:

 

That was painful even for the few seconds I watched it

[Earth_pig]

If the strikes go ahead do you think it will be on the day you find out if your  specific train is cancelled or prior.

I don't want to jump the gun and cancel only for it to run.

Kinda stuck travelling on the Tuesday to castle cary as have a hotel booked there.

[irnkrtn]

14 hours ago, CrystalPalace said:

A heads up to expect bad news on this later today. There will likely be strikes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of Glastonbury. Bastards 
 

 

There's a Network Rail boss, one of the highest paid public workers in the land on £600k with absolute millions in profits going to shareholders, a Glastonbury festival goer and a rail worker who is getting another year of pay freezes during a cost of living crisis, sitting at a table with 20 cookies.

The Network Rail boss eats all the cookies, and wams the Glasto goer: "Watch out, that rail worker is trying to inconvenience your holiday"

[March Hare]

36 minutes ago, irnkrtn said:

There's a Network Rail boss, one of the highest paid public workers in the land on £600k with absolute millions in profits going to shareholders, a Glastonbury festival goer and a rail worker who is getting another year of pay freezes during a cost of living crisis, sitting at a table with 20 cookies.

The Network Rail boss eats all the cookies, and wams the Glasto goer: "Watch out, that rail worker is trying to inconvenience your holiday"

The messaging this week saying the unions had jumped the gun and talks had just started was bollocks. They have been raising issues for months but until now, no one was listening

[the beadle]

Jimi Hendrix Hear My Train a Comin’ and let’s hope we can

[Ryan1984]

The government’s official response was to call the workers striking “selfish and irresponsible”. The Union head’s response? “They’re the experts in that”.

[ErnestWorthing]

44 minutes ago, irnkrtn said:

There's a Network Rail boss, one of the highest paid public workers in the land on £600k with absolute millions in profits going to shareholders, a Glastonbury festival goer and a rail worker who is getting another year of pay freezes during a cost of living crisis, sitting at a table with 20 cookies.

The Network Rail boss eats all the cookies, and wams the Glasto goer: "Watch out, that rail worker is trying to inconvenience your holiday"

Network rail doesn’t have shareholders. The average pay of a ftse 250 ceo is £1.3 million. 

[efcfanwirral]

1 hour ago, Earth_pig said:

If the strikes go ahead do you think it will be on the day you find out if your  specific train is cancelled or prior.

I don't want to jump the gun and cancel only for it to run.

Kinda stuck travelling on the Tuesday to castle cary as have a hotel booked there.

That was our plan too. Our journey takes in 3 different trains and is a long distance so not a chance we make it on the Tuesday. We've had to book a different Castle Cary hotel for the Monday night. Cancellable til next Friday, but if there are any last minute deals after that time we're committed. 

Edited June 8, 2022 by efcfanwirral

[zahidf]

On 4/20/2022 at 3:45 PM, gooner1990 said:

stop scare mongering. 

 

Well this aged well

[clarkete]

13 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Well this aged well

Wow, digging up an 8 week post so you could create another scintillating thread, well done 👏

[Earth_pig]

2 minutes ago, clarkete said:

Wow, digging up an 8 week post so you could create another scintillating thread, well done 👏

For some this has an impact on getting to the festival in the last few weeks, easy not to click on the thread.

[Earth_pig]

32 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

That was our plan too. Our journey takes in 3 different trains and is a long distance so not a chance we make it on the Tuesday. We've had to book a different Castle Cary hotel for the Monday night. Cancellable til next Friday, but if there are any last minute deals after that time we're committed. 

My girlfriend will drive if needs be but ive always got the train and shuttle and the car queues always look awful haha.

Oh well we will all get there by hook or by crook.

[irnkrtn]

1 hour ago, ErnestWorthing said:

Network rail doesn’t have shareholders. The average pay of a ftse 250 ceo is £1.3 million. 

Shareholders of rail companies. Cut me some slack I had just woken up haha

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, Earth_pig said:

For some this has an impact on getting to the festival in the last few weeks, easy not to click on the thread.

It's impacting me too, as I'd written in the other hot topic where the same individual wrote scores of posts - none of which I saw were helping people sort alternative arrangements. 

Edited June 8, 2022 by clarkete