Re: conditions as train operators

["John Kerley" <deaftech@ozemail.com.au>]

C. Dewick <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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>
> Ooooo - legal action.. I'm so scared... I'm going to be locked in prison
> because I'm telling everyone who reads this newsgroup right now that the
> standard rate of pay for a driver thereafter grade with CityRail is
$19.4131
> per hour without overtime or shift penalties added in...
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
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$19.4131 per hour is equivalent to $679.46 for a 35 hour week.
London Underground drivers receive GBP26,000 pa which at current exchange
rates is actually more than A$65,000 i.e $1250 for a 35 hour week, plus two
weeks extra holiday a year!

This really does show how badly paid Australian drivers (operators!) are.

Cheers,

John Kerley