I hope that as the integration of the now nationalised rail companies continues, this shit gets cut out. It’ll probably be a matter of waiting for contracts to expire, though.
UK government should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’, says union
Submitted 5 days ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/02/uk-government-end-rail-outsourcing-racket-rmt-union
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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Realistically it’d be swapping one racket for another. Back in BR days it wasn’t unheard of for a depot to send an empty train out to a siding to wait several hours and come back just to give 3 extra union men a full shift.
AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 5 days ago
For-profit corporations running critical infrastructure is just a hostage situation.