City chaos as RMT strikes over salaries June 10, 2009 PANDEMONIUM hit the streets of London yesterday, after the Royal Maritime and Transport (RMT) union continued its 48-hour tube strike, which began at 7pm on Tuesday. Roads heaved under long traffic jams as thousands of commuters struggled to get around the capital without using the underground. Nervous novice cyclists wove in and out of traffic, [...]
NEWS | IN BRIEF December 14, 2009 London Array in £2bn cash boost Germany’s E.ON, Denmark’s state-owned group DONG Energy and Masdar said yesterday they had signed contracts worth nearly €2bn (£1.3bn) for work on London Array’s offshore wind project. Masdar is an Abu Dhabi green energy investment firm. The companies said work for first phase of the project would start early [...]
Further tube strikes threatened October 27, 2009 Tube drivers on the Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City lines will be balloted for strike action, it emerged yesterday, in a dispute over new timetables. Union bosses are meeting today to approve a ballot for the 250 drivers at Neasden depot, which serves the two lines. The threat brings yet more bad news for commuters, [...]
CUTS WARNING October 5, 2009 RAILWAY maintenance cuts could lead to another crash on the scale of the Paddington disaster, union bosses warned yesterday. The RMT said “massive” cuts to track and signalling repairs would put thousands of passengers at risk. The warning came on the 10th anniversary of the crash that killed 31 and that resulted in the break-up [...]
CUTS WARNING October 5, 2009 RAILWAY maintenance cuts could lead to another crash on the scale of the Paddington disaster, union bosses warned yesterday. The RMT said “massive” cuts to track and signalling repairs would put thousands of passengers at risk. The warning came on the 10th anniversary of the crash that killed 31 and that resulted in the break-up [...]
Tomorrow’s DLRStrike called off September 28, 2009 The planned 48-hour DLR strike by the RMT union due to begin tomorrow has been called off. The union had threatened a walk out over proposed changes in rosters at the control centre in Poplar. Talks were held over the weekend and the union Serco said an agreement had been reached. Managing director of Serco [...]
Tomorrow’s DLRStrike called off September 28, 2009 The planned 48-hour DLR strike by the RMT union due to begin tomorrow has been called off. The union had threatened a walk out over proposed changes in rosters at the control centre in Poplar. Talks were held over the weekend and the union Serco said an agreement had been reached. Managing director of Serco [...]
Train strikes hit London July 30, 2009 RAIL strikes caused havoc for commuters travelling on the National Express East Anglia train services yesterday, as members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) and Aslef unions took industrial action over a pay dispute. The 48-hour walk-out had “crippled” services, the unions said. Many commuters stayed at home as a limited peak-time service failed [...]
More rail chaos as drivers stage strike August 5, 2009 CITY workers are set for further commuting strife today, after talks between the RMT union and National Express East Anglia fell apart yesterday. A 48-hour walkout, the second in a set of four strikes planned over the summer, started at midnight last night. The East Anglia route is a major channel for City commuters, shuttling [...]
Rail strike action called off August 13, 2009 Strikes which had caused misery for tens of thousands of City commuters were called off yesterday, as National Express appeased its unions with an improved pay offer. Aslef, the RMT and TSSA union members had caused chaos on the East Anglia line. Planned walk-outs for later this month are also expected to be called off.