A railroad president has claimed that £ 72,000 pounds obtained by some of the remarkable pipe workers is not enough to buy a home in London.
Eddie Demepsi, secretary -general of the Railway, Marine and Transportation Union (RMT), was tested in the midst of a week strike due to the wages of London underground workers, among the one -week strike, which has severely disrupted the capital.
“Well, you can’t buy a house even with £ 72,000,” replied.
RMT members are involved in disputes on payment and hours-with many pipelines from service, or severely influenced by industrial action.
According to transportation for London (TFL), the average driver of the tube starts £ 71160, while station staff starts from £ 35,270 and increases to 44140 pounds within months.
RMT members’ salaries, which also demand a four -day work week, added to the despair, some of which have been disrupted in the city.
According to a London Economics and Trade Research Center (CBR) research, the city’s economy worth at least £ 230 million.
Mr. Demepsi was also asked whether workers with £ 72,000 are already well paid.
He said this is “good wages”. However, he added that buying a home in London, where the average price was £ 561,000 in June.
“I think workers should be able to live in London, and … If you have to earn more than £ 100,000 to buy a home in London, £ 72,000 is not out of the world,” Mr Demepsi said.
“We do not apologize for fought hard for our members, and that’s why our members have experienced good conditions,” he said.
“We know that disorders are a real pain for the people. We don’t enjoy it. But the only way to do this is to resolve the negotiation.”
On Wednesday, Mr Demepsi said he had been “collapsed” in industrial relations, which he warned that it could lead to industrial action. “We want to improve on the impact of shift work,” he said.
Downing Street has asked RMT and Transport for London (TFL) to return to the negotiating table to end the strike.
“We want to see that RMT and TFL, when talking about these strikes, work around the table, working well to eliminate the situation in favor of the passengers,” said the prime minister’s official spokesman.
TFL said the union’s demands for reduction in the 35 -hour week were “simply unbearable” and cost hundreds of millions of pounds.
