Tube Strike
Not that I think many would, but none the less I hope few travellers, as they turn up in the pouring rain at locked tube stations or fight other wet and bedraggled souls to get on a bus, show any sympathy to pickets or other members of the RMT as they strike today.Unless of course they really think how hard done by are these people.'The average base pay of a Tube driver is £55,011 while night tube drivers earn around half of that as their position is part time. During training, which lasts 12-16 weeks, trainee drivers earn £32,375 during their training. Drivers also get free travel around London for them and a partner, and can retire on a pension at the age of 50. Overtime rates are around £36 an hour. The FoI responses, from Transport for London (TfL), showed that nine drivers were paid more than £100,000; another 30 made more than £80,000, and 100 were paid £70,000 to £80,000.Most drivers, more than 3,000, were paid between £60,000 and £70,000, and 900 drivers - mainly part-timers or those who left during the year - received less than £60,000'.
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