8 February 2012 RMT union secures a £500 Olympics and Paralympics payment for Virgin Rail staff as part of a package which will also see wages and allowances rise by 4.6% or £950 (whichever is the greater) from April this year and a £500 flat rate payment for all staff covered by collective agreements for additional pressures on services throughout the Olympics period.
Staff will also get an extra days leave for the Queens Diamond jubilee.
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28/1/10 Update strikes cancelled due to talks.
Strike, West coast mainline, Virgin trains.
Update:-Jan 4 strike, had little or no effect on commuters. TSSA union announces three more strike dates.
Friday 15th January 1600-1900
Monday 25th January 0500-0830
Friday 5th February 1600-1900
4, Jan, 10 West coast mainline, Virgin ticket offices strike effecting London Euston, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Strafford, Crewe, Preston, Penrith and Glasgow. Plus, Manchester's Piccadilly, Stockport, Warrington and Wigan railway stations.
Sunday, 3, January, 2010 at midnight Virgin train ticket office staff will strike, effecting west coast mainline, England to Scotland. North West stations effected will be Euston, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Crewe, Preston and Glasgow. Plus, Manchester's Piccadilly, Stockport, Warrington and Wigan railway stations.
Strike called by Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSS) union members, who work in the ticketing offices, hundreds of members.
TSSA leader Gerry Doherty said “This is all about defending a vital service to rail passengers who are already being ripped off with the most expensive fares in Europe.
“After raising anytime fares by six per cent at the weekend, Sir Richard (Branson) is now charging £262 return for a second-class fare between Euston and Manchester.
“Now he wants to stop customers buying cheaper off-peak tickets by cutting back on off-peak travel times and closing more booking office windows.
“`We are already paying him £1.4 billion of taxpayers' money over five years to run this second-class service.
“It is the economics of the madhouse and it should be stopped and replaced with a public service railway like they have in the rest of Europe.'”
Virgin management not bothered and have told passengers to buy tickets on trains if ticket queues build up at the more expensive ticketing machines. Telling public to use Internet or call for bookings.
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25 million commuters yearly take West Coast Main Line between London, Euston and Glasgow, Scotland. Most expensive fares in Europe.
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