THE rail and underground workers are demanding a £500 one-off Olympic pay rise in 2012.
How dare they?
The Olympics will only go ahead with the services of thousands of unpaid volunteers who will not only be officiating at events but will be meeting and greeting visitors at the very places where these mercenary workers ply their trade.
They show the true Olympic spirit, spending two weeks of their holidays involved in the greatest sporting event to come to these shores for more than 60 years.
Robin Rutherford, Darlington.
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