How much Tube drivers really earn as they strike over TfL pay
Tube drivers in London earn more than resident doctors, Independent Strike Action may reveal because it brings a stopping service in London in a dispute about payment.
Salaries for London For London (TFL) drivers start at £ 71,000 in the country’s capital, which matches only with his colleagues in Denmark, but is paid more than drivers in Japan, France and Germany.
London underground services were suspended this week. tube drivers And TFL personnel launched a six -day strike on payment and working conditions on Sunday and caused travel misery for passengers.
. Rmt (Railway, Maritime and Transportation) Association rejected a 3.4 percent wage increase offer by TFL and wants a 32 -hour 32 -hour working week – or four days -.
London Underground’s Customer Operations Director Nick Dent said that the union’s request for deduction every 35 -hour week is “simply inappropriate ve and would cost hundreds of millions of pounds.
The economists also expressed their concerns. Unity action can give a blow of 230 million pounds The economy of capital, with the hardest hit of small enterprises.
RMT warns that “fatigue and inadequacy is a dangerous mixture ve and shares in an article in X:“ The tube works with 2,000 less staff than before, so that our members are more excessive shifts to ensure that London moves (04:00 starts, 1 am is over). ”
The strikes are expected to continue on every London underground line until Friday, September 12th. DLR will be broken with a strike on 9 and 11 September.
The affected underground lines are: Bakerloo, Central, Circle, Region, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, North, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City.
Underground, Elizabeth line, buses, trams and national railway services will continue to work as usual, but as a result it became more crowded.
How much is the tube drivers paid by TFL?
According to TFL, the starting salary of the average tube driver is 71.160 £.
In addition, striking station personnel start at £ 35.270 and may be entitled to receive a salary of £ 44.140 in a few months.
Tube drives do not require pre -qualifications other than 9 to 4 (A* to c) or equivalent or equivalent in English class in mathematics.
Then, after completing a series of evaluations, medical control and interviews to be accepted to the scheme, they should receive training that can last from six months to two years.
Tube drivers have some of the highest paid initial salaries in the public sector.
Previously known as young doctors, established doctors start between 38.831 and 44.439 £ according to the latest NHS figures – about half of a tube driver’s initial salary (53 percent).
A doctor’s initiating specialist will win the training between £ 52.656 and £ 73.992. This is equal to the initial salary for tube drivers, although doctors need to complete several years of education.
According to the Jobs site expectations, teachers in the UK and Wales can earn between £ 31,650 to £ 49,084, while salaries may be up to 60,000 £ for higher level teachers and managers in London.
In contrast, social workers have won between £ 32,000 to £ 48,000, while garbage collectors have a salary range of £ 24,000 – £ 30,000 as listed on the Gov.UK national career website.
On the other hand, according to data collected by the Global Research Company Salary Specialist, the starting salary for train drivers in the UK is much higher than European colleagues.
While an Métro driver in France will earn an average of € 50,409 (£ 43.674), the average income of a U-Bahn driver in Germany is 71.217 € (61.705 £).
The average fee for a subway driver in the United States may be $ 79,541 (£ 58.589) and an average of $ 88,364 in Canada (£ 47.191).
In Japan, which has one of the fastest and most efficient public transport systems in the world, a train driver in Tokyo can earn an average of 9,001,958 (£ 45,217).
The salaries of London Tube drivers are matched with workers in Denmark (£ 71,927), where salaries are generally higher than the UK.
Claire Mann, the chief business officer of TFL, said, “In spite of our affordable fees, RMT was painful that we chose to continue with this action despite our offer.” He said.
“It is clear that the requests for a decrease in the working week are not appropriate and practical, and we urge them to put our proposals to their members.
