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It's a long article, and I didn't read everything, but I guess this is one of the main points: > Yet unless you are removing humans from the entire operation o
by locallost 5y ago
It's a long article, and I didn't read everything, but I guess this is one of the main points:
> Yet unless you are removing humans from the entire operation of the network, all you are actually doing is shuffling pieces, not removing them from the board. Station staff can strike, and do. DLR ‘Train Captains’ can strike, and do. Control centre staff can strike, and do. Signallers can strike, and do.
> As plenty of mainline railway franchisees have discovered, changing the relative responsibility of the roles doesn’t shift the balance of power between employer and employee. It simply alters which Union you need to negotiate with most