Self-defeating strike

THE RMT has a strange way of protecting its members’ jobs by calling a national rail strike.

If people can’t get to work by train, they will go back to the tried-andtested method of working from home. That will reduce the number of trains needed — and drivers.

R. French, Brentwood, Essex.

IF RAILWAY employees feel they are badly done by, then nothing is stopping them applying for one of the many alternative jobs available. But perhaps other occupations are not as well paid. JACK BUTTERWORTH, oldham, Gtr Manchester.