[sksksk]

Paying train workers what they are demanding is expensive

[Symbiote]

British train drivers are the best paid in Europe by a staggering amount.

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/12/23/train-strikes-the...

[oniony]

And the average UK citizen seems to have a huge problem with that, but seems to be completely happy with private train company executives getting paid obscene amounts and train companies paying out huge dividends when the services are so bad.

Why do people resent train drivers getting paid well?

[pbhjpbhj]

Because the media tells them to.

When train workers demanded inflationary pay maintenance the highest train driver pay was splashed all over the media in an attempt to get workers to hate one another and ignore the execs and shareholders walking off with all the money.

[londons_explore]

There shouldn't be any money to walk off with whilst services are more expensive and less good than most other countries.

Creating a market for a natural monopoly like train travel should always include simulated competition against other remote geographies (ie. France), and financial penalties for losing that competition.

[Nextgrid]

This is 2021 figures. Wondering how this would change for cost of living and especially rent/housing inflation.

[WindyMiller]

Of course, train drivers aren't the only rail workers, and pay isn't the only reason for strikes.