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Originally Posted by ACustomer
Berneyarms: What you say is fair enough.
Given that the unions were complaining about the unnecessary curtailment of services from 9pm, why did the company not make your very sensible point about an 0230 start to the strike?
Are they afraid to say anything? Or did they not cop on to a very reasonable point? Can't let DB off the hook entirely.
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I think that you'll find that most talks between management and unions about things like that takes place behind closed doors and is not in the public domain.
Expecting it to be so is unrealistic.
Do you seriously think DB management would self-inflict loss of revenue and a fine from the NTA without trying to get the unions to play ball with regard to this evening?
You can be pretty sure that there would have been internal discussions about this.
With any IR dispute the best policy is to keep your on-air statements to a minimum and do the talking behind closed doors. Grandstanding tends to be unhelpful.