Alan Simpson: Asking the taxpayer for a pay rise during an economic crisis is not a good look [Herald Scotland]





Date: 19/11/2020

Every one of us who used to regularly take the train can attest to the diligence of the staff working on Scotlands railways. Always courteous, they work hard in the face of some terrible abuse from passengers who blame the nearest staff member for the train being late, which is not a rare occurrence.

At the start of the pandemic, the Scottish Government signed an emergency motion which took the entire network into public hands so the taxpayer now pays the wages to ensure the trains keep on running.


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Alan Simpson: Asking the taxpayer for a pay rise during an economic crisis is not a good look

Herald Scotland

EVERY one of us who used to regularly take the train can attest to the diligence of the staff working on Scotlands railways. Always courteous,