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"I voted against this report, not because of the proposals it makes to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe nor because of the targets it recommends to reduce road deaths, but because of proposals to ‘enhance the attractiveness of the transport sector for workers’. In my home constituency of London, the sector is so attractive that Bob Crow, the leader of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union, earns nearly GBP 150 000 in pay and perks. As millions of Londoners face pay freezes, unions regularly hold my constituents hostage over salaries and conditions, although train drivers already earn more than nurses, teachers, policemen and soldiers. One union has just voted to hold a series of strikes because Transport for London refused to offer their drivers triple pay on a public holiday. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, sees no alternative other than to introduce driverless trains to the London Underground, something which may have been put in jeopardy had this report been legislative. I’m sure Mr Crow will be over to Brussels soon to lobby the EU for such legislation. Why? Because his union recently won the right to travel free on Eurostar in the last round of negotiations!"@en1
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