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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
Hard to judge if this is a well thought out plan to cause chaos or just the way of things.
SIPTU cannot win against Transdev, they will probably end up with 3% a year
DART is a different game, the actual reason for the dispute is unclear. A timetable change is nothing new and comes under 'normal business change' there is no change in driving hours or breaks everything stays within the existing agreements. But due running more trains rostering will be more efficient so excessively long breaks might vanish. The only issue is a slightly earlier start but the existing agreement covers 24hours-364 day a year so no claim will stand up. Bit like the 8 coach DART claim which was thrown out.
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I must say I am a bit puzzled by the DART dispute although shorter breaks and previously fudged issues carried forward or kicked down the road may be the root cause - how was payment for previous productivity resolved ?
It will be a bit ironic if services are disrupted in the pursuit of changes which are of minimal benefit to DART users and so negative for everybody else !