Re: conditions as train operators

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

Thats not too bad.
Remember that the cost of living in London is a lot higher than it is
here and so average wages are higher there too.

Average weekly earnings is something like $36k, so why do you say train
drivers are doing particularly badly?

Plenty of workers don't get penalty rates on weekends and plenty don't
get any overtime either.

> $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
>
>


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