'There isn't the money and they're asking for too much!': Caller slams striking RMT staff
23 November 2022, 12:22 | Updated: 23 November 2022, 16:16
'It's ridiculous! There isn't the money and they're asking for too much.'
This caller tells Nick Ferrari that the public is "losing patience" with striking rail workers and accuses them of "holding the country to ransom."
Speaking to Nick Ferrari at Breakfast about RMT strikes set to paralyse the country over Christmas, she said that the salary demands the strikers are asking for are "extortionate" and the rail workers are already on "good money."
The caller expressed concern that with the other unions also electing to go on strike, it will now approach the "danger" of a general strike.
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The RMT has said that they have not had a real-time pay rise in 3 years and demand a pay rise to keep up with inflation and to combat the cost of living crisis.
The caller told Nick that the RMT was "ridiculous" as it is "holding the country hostage".
On RMT workers, she later added: "There isn't the money and they're asking for too much".
She concluded: "The whole country is struggling, but it's not just railway workers who are struggling."
The new rail strike dates have attracted criticism about their vicinity to Christmas and how the strikes might impact businesses and people looking to travel for the holidays.
No, it's the other way round. The rail companies are keeping too much of the profits and giving too much to shareholders in dividends whilst holding the rail workers to ransom over their pay, terms and conditions. This is largely true across Britain. Just look at the profits.
— Tom Kinnaird🏴🆘️🦄⛓️🗣 (@firthoforth) November 23, 2022
Nope. More power to the them. The stewardship of this country by this party for the last 12 years has brought us here. While the working poor have seen the money in their pocket worth less and less those with wealth have seen their pot increase. Workers aren’t your enemy.
— Kev. (@Boredstoopid) November 23, 2022
