On 3 July, 18:50, wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:41:28 -0700 (PDT)

MIG wrote:
But for an organisation supposedly campaigning for value for taxpayers
to choose to campaign around salaries that don't come out of taxes is
even more hypocritical.

Not really. Despite the high fares the tube is still heavily subsidised
and that comes out of taxes. More pay for the drivers = higher fares or
more subsidy.

B2003

I don't think most drivers are in the RMT but, leaving that aside,
your logic seems to be

1) Union suscriptions have to be raised to pay the General Secretary's
salary.

2) LU salaries are automatically raised so that staff can pay their
union subscriptions.

3) Subsidies are automatically increased to cover staff salaries.

4) Taxes are automatically raised to cover subsidies to LU.

5) Therefore, an increase in Bob Crow's salary inevitably results in
raised taxes.

Interesting if that's how it works.