Unite accepts Arriva’s claim that it “cannot afford” to pay more, despite parent company Deusche Bahn growing revenue by 18.4 percent last year to €47.3 billion, with net profit of €5 billion.
A united pay fight must be organised London-wide against Unite’s divide and rule tactics.
TfL’s cuts must be met by a combined industrial and political offensive uniting bus, London Underground and rail workers to defeat the plans of the Johnson government and Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Less than 24 hours after Wednesday’s one-day strike brought services at Arriva South to a near standstill, Unite scurried into talks with company executives. The deal they cobbled together is an insult.
By Unite’s own admission, it has presided over four years of below-inflation pay deals. It now wants to impose another one.
