After more blatant lies today by
@RailDeliveryGrp
I stand shoulder to shoulder with all my
@ASLEFunion
comrades. Never before have I been so unified. You will not beat us. We will prevail.
#Solidarity
#ASLEF
rt if u agree
April 27th this “offer” was put to
#ASLEF
. It was a self financing real terms pay cut. We were giving everything away for nothing. It wasn’t presented to the members to vote on because our full time officers know a steaming pile of shite when they see one.
#Solidarity
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
@LBC
@NickFerrariLBC
Teachers very rarely “strike” I know teachers, I’m married to 1. She leave for “work” 07:30 & gets home 18:00 then after a shower (to wash away the covid) she eats then “works” till 22:00, don’t be at it right wing extremist
@NickFerrariLBC
. Tell us about your work day?
#ASLEF
has no confidence in this corrupt unelected Prime Minister & his government of money laundering clowns. Racist, cruel, vile. Blaming the poor for being poor. Blaming the sick for being sick.
#EnoughIsEnough
#GeneralElectionN0W
#ASLEF
has never been greedy when asking for pay rises. Large increases have come with productivity & modernisation.
@LouHaigh
will resolve this national dispute within days of taking office & will make a mockery of the sterile
@Mark_J_Harper
. I stand with
@UKLabour
More pictures from Toddy’s last drive yesterday
#Liverpool
has lost an absolute legend. It was so heartwarming to see his family & so many colleagues turn up to clap him home
#ASLEF
#EdgeHillBranch
we salute you Toddy
#ASLEF
When is a
#KeyWorker
not a Keyworker? When the uk tax payer bailed us out to the tune of £1000 per family.
#DfT
peddling lies again. The Railway worked during the pandemic at great risk to themselves & their families. We’re only asking for a “fair & reasonable offer”
Imagine being the king that signed Royal Assent to bring into law the
#RwandaBill
! This is not the will of the people & like the airline that has the contract will go under so will the
#RoyalFamily
#NotMyKing
Where’s
@RailDeliveryGrp
barbs against the life blood of the rail network? Train Drivers reputations have been dragged through the mud for no other reason than a distraction for a corrupt government & a failed Brexit. Proud to be
#ASLEF
So it turns out this Great British Railway SALE is a cheap publicity stunt to turn the public against Train Drivers.
@HuwMerriman
we’re not going anywhere, bring it on. I see you. We see you.
@ASLEFunion
sees you
#ASLEF
#GeneralElectionN0W
@PeterStefanovi2
Just spent 3 hours in the Holocaust Museum in DC, it’s harrowing & exhausting & our politicians are leading us down the exact same path & need stopping
.
@GwynTopham
14 months ago you wrote a piece that the rail dispute then had cost the tax payer £1b. What do you think its cost the taxpayer so far now? Isn’t there any mechanism that can force the government back to the table after a year of repeating the same sentence?
#ASLEF
@ASLEFunion
There should be a law that forces all parties concerned to the table once an offer has been rejected.
@Mark_J_Harper
wasting 10 months of tax payers hard earned money by refusing to sit at the table. He’s like a spoilt brat
#wheresharper
?
Absolute privilege to be a part of Edge Hill Branch tonight we got to honour 1 of our own, a true gentleman & friend. Packed out meeting, joined by
@MickWhelanASLEF
. So much solidarity, it was wonderful to see.
#ASLEF
is going nowhere ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
.
@bbclaurak
why do you constantly allow the snake that is
@Mark_J_Harper
off the hook about the longest rail dispute in British history? Shame on you.
#ASLEF
"We encourage
#Aslef
to work with us to find a way to end this long running dispute which only damages the rail industry."
@LNER
aim your frustration at
@Mark_J_Harper
@HuwMerriman
&
@RailDeliveryGrp
We both know this dispute would be over yesterday if you had a back bone
@LBC
@NickFerrariLBC
All them strikes hey on his watch? I work on the railway & there’s been no strikes in the last 3 years, we worked through the pandemic, we did our bit for the country & this is how we’re rewarded. My wages are everyone’s business now, imagine how that feels…..
Let’s talk about the “fair & reasonable” offer that was rejected by our full-time negotiators & the EC. It wasn’t a pay rise, it was a self funding pay cut & stripped us of t&s for free
The transport secretary says he's refusing to sit down and talk to
@ASLEFunion
. As the host says, "I don't know how its going to get resolved?"
And for those people playing Tory Trade Union bingo, Harper refers to trade union barons & says
@MickWhelanASLEF
is a Labour member!
ASLEF bosses still order strikes despite having an offer on the table that would lift their members’ average wage to £65,000 for a 35hr week.
This is all while they block the vital reforms needed to safeguard the future of the railways 👇
@bethanb90
@BBCRadio4
@RMTunion
What show was this on? I’d like to listen & as a driver we’re desperate to keep Guards on trains, in fact it’s in ASLEF constitution to not expand the current DOO that exists. Thank you for your support, it means a lot & strengthens our resolve to see this through
👉 Out & about in Newent on a fine Spring morning ☀️
👮♂️ The Forest of Dean
@Conservatives
team was delivering leaflets for
@ChrisNelsonPCC
🙋♀️ Lots of ground covered & still saw some constituents to discuss local issues
🥪 + ☕️ Finished with a bite to eat at The Ark Cafe
@Mark_J_Harper
You didn’t protect my job. You protected every other industry with your furlough scheme, not us mate. We were key workers working for the people of this country. Turn the light on the owners who paid shareholders during
#covid
. U wanna fight Mark, bring it on
#ASLEF
@Mark_J_Harper
@Daily_Express
Mark lad or whoever writes your drivel. I’ll say it slowly.
#ASLEF
members have twice now returned MASSIVE mandates or “no votes” since your pathetic offer. You’re showboating to get “minimum service levels legislation” over the line
@ASLEFunion
@ASLEFunion
So they want me to cross a picket line to drive a multi million pound train with hundreds of passengers on it when I’m severely distressed. 1 SPAD, 1 TPWS, 1 wrong side door release from disaster & then I lose my job & go to prison
So now
@HuwMerriman
has said at the dispatch box he’s meeting
@MickWhelanASLEF
it must be true? 90% of all problems disappear with a pay deal. Why would you abuse your number 1 asset?
#BorisJohnson
sending your sons and daughters off 2 the slaughter. They haven’t fed them, they haven’t educated them & now they want to send their cannon fodder, our children, off to war
#FuckTheTories
#GeneralElectionlNow
We should bring back hanging 4 corruption in government
Well, fuck me sideways, if it isn’t Boris “Bumblefuck” Johnson, our disgraced ex-Prime Minister and resident clown, back at it again with his latest bullshit smeared extravaganza in The Daily Mail. For some reason the semi-sentient bowl of rancid pudding is spewing utter tripe
They didn’t protect me. I worked through the pandemic to drive key workers to & from work, I also was a key worker. I cried myself to sleep, had a mini breakdown & drank too much…. Fuck the DfT
From a DfT press release:
“Taxpayers contributed £1000 per household to protect train drivers’ jobs during the pandemic.”
And I thought it was to keep the railway running so that essential workers could get to their jobs, and freight trains could still run.
Been thinking on this all day
@RailDeliveryGrp
is bust, a completely broken collection of cowards & conmen.
@Mark_J_Harper
hides behind them & RDG hide behind him.
#ASLEF
rejected the pathetic offer 11 months ago
#GeneralElectionN0W
& disband these clowns
@LBC
@SangitaMyska
What about the failed Brexit, the cost of living, the national strike, energy costs, Hundreds of thousands dead & mixing with Russian spies? All on his watch, he should not only be sacked m, he should be in the Tower of London
Goodbye
@VirginTrains
just worked 05:51 from Holyhead to Chester for my last turn in the Virgin Red. My first time turning a wheel was from Holyhead on 04:48 on a summer morning in 2005. How time flies!
#Thanks4theMemories
Because of inflation I have sympathy for many ppl taking strike action but zero sympathy for train drivers. They are well-paid and they are greedy. The impact they are having on the country can't go on.
Basically exposes the corrupt
@RailDeliveryGrp
&
@transportgovuk
. This whole engineered dispute has always been political & a blatant cash grab by corrupt government minsters. They’ve basically politicised & radicalised a whole industry
#ASLEF
&
#RMT
need to stand strong
BREAKING 🚨 | Plans to close hundreds of railway ticket offices in England are set to be SCRAPPED - according to BBC source.
If true, huge success for the unions and campaigners involved in opposing these outrageous plans.
@LBC
@NickFerrariLBC
& we can all quite easily find what a teacher earns & what their work day consists of, they are scrutinised beyond belief, what do you earn Nicky boy?
You slagged us off publicly nearly 2 years ago & you apologised privately just to get a shite agreement. I don’t accept your apology & I haven’t forgiven you or moved on. We go again! Solidarity with my
#ASLEF
comrades
#ASLEF
Standing in solidarity with branches nationwide. In this enduring political dispute, the corrupt Tory government exploits it to push through legislation for minimum service levels. Unlikely to succeed
#Solidarity
#PoliticalDispute
#GovernmentIssues