Originally Posted by
BluePAX
Has anyone got info if bringing Southern up to par will negate an amalgamation? I know it was asked previously but I may have missed an answer with all the infighting.
The amalgamation is likely to continue.
But the company has lost some of the advantage now. If you can imagine both contracts as "bookends", before parity an arbitrator would have more "latitude" to average out work rules, pay, etc.
But now that the bookends are move closer, theoretically, there's less difference now between the groups.
Note: it still needs to be put in black and white and then voted on (and pass) before it ever sees the light of day.