Re: Drivers massive pay rise

["Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > I'll probably get shot (like C.I.D. did when he posted his details), but
> my
> > annual rate of pay exclusive of overtime is $36,832.  The only way I can
> afford
> > to live is to work lots of overtime (13 days this fortnight).  This
> increases
> > driver fatigue, but what choice have we got?
>
> Exactly. A Driver thereafter has just leapt to $38,878. If it wasn't for
the
> overtime we'd all be houseos

Yes, and when CityRail launched their big recruitment drive for the
Olympics, they offered highly experienced drivers' (many of whom had worked
for CityRail before) the opportunity to come back to CityRail, and start off
on a massive $14 an hour !!! With no overtime or penalty rates !!!

Funny how they didn't attract anywhere near the numbers of qualified
drivers' they needed, and had to start throwing inexperienced guards in the
drivers' seat (with all the resultant problems this has caused).

Russ.