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Originally Posted by martyh
The government have stated that all franchises will have DOO trains written into them.The strikes are about lost membership when the guards are phased out when new franchises are awarded.The unions may have more sympathy if they where honest about the reasons.
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The role of guards will change to be more customer orientated and it
doesn't happen until 2021. No job losses are involved.
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"The role of the conductor is evolving into the role of the on board supervisor and trains that have a conductor today, will have an on board supervisor rostered on them going forward."
He claimed there will actually be more people on board than there are currently and the on board supervisors will all be safety and security trained.
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