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>I know senior officers in State Rail who have not received a pay-rise in 12
>years. They currently earn half of what they would be eearning for an
>identical job outside the railways. Demands for a 10% payrise would be quite
>justified IMHO.
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Perhaps paraphrasing Margret Thatcher may shed some light as to why
they haven't received a pay rise. She once addressed the Board of
British Rail and told them
"I know that none of you are any good, because if you were, you
wouldn't be here"