24-hour party poopers: Tube drivers threaten to disrupt plans for 24-service over pay hike and four day week March 25, 2015 The long-awaited introduction of the 24-hour Tube has been put in jeopardy after London Underground demanded higher pay and more days off. Aslef, the train driver's union, wants a four-day working week for its members and has already rejected a cash lump sum of £500. Talks are ongoing, but the union hasn't ruled out strike [...]
WATCH: 560,000 London Underground journeys animated over a day March 21, 2015 What do London Underground's journeys look like when animated over the course of 24 hours? Well, thanks to Will Galia, we now have the answer. Galia has created a visualisation of 560,000 journeys on the Tube. All of the points moving around London's multi coloured network represent a someone's movements over the course of a [...]
London Bridge staff are having hot coffee thrown on them and being spat at by angry commuters as travel chaos continues March 10, 2015 Union bosses at RMT have written an open letter to train operators Southern, Southeastern and Thameslink, along with Network Rail, claiming rail staff are being abused by angry commuters over the travel chaos. The union claims that staff have been threatened, had hot coffee thrown over them and been spat at by passengers who [...]
Tube strike tonight over tube driver sacking for failed alcohol test March 7, 2015 London Underground staff are set to strike tonight from 9.30pm to 3.59am tonight in protest at the sacking of a driver. Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport Union (RMT) are protesting the dismissal, which came after the drive failed two alcohol breath tests. It said a faulty machine had presented false positives before, which [...]
Tube strike dates announced for Saturday night 7 March over driver sacking March 2, 2015 There's more misery for Londoners as Tube drivers have announced the dates for another strike over the sacking of a colleague. The walkout will begin on Saturday 7 March at 9.30pm and end on Sunday 8 March 3.59am, minimising transport chaos by avoiding rush hour but potentially leaving some revellers confused. The London Underground drivers [...]
Commuters face more Tube misery as RMT members vote to strike on Northern Line alcohol dismissal February 10, 2015 There's more Tube misery on the way for London commuters – members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union today voted in favour of a Tube strike, after a driver was dismissed for allegedly failing an alcohol breath test before he went on duty. The vote means the strike could take place any time [...]
Jon Moulton defends City Link collapse January 27, 2015 JON MOULTON, the founder of City Link’s parent company Better Capital, has spoken of his deep regret at the attempt to turn around the collapsed company, telling MPs yesterday “we killed ourselves to try to save this company and we failed”. Over 2,700 workers lost their jobs after the parcel delivery firm collapsed on Christmas [...]
City Link: Jon Moulton tells MPs “we killed ourselves to try to save this company and we failed” January 27, 2015 Jon Moulton, the boss of Better Capital that owned City Link has spoken of his deep regret at the attempt to turn around the failing company.“We killed ourselves to try to save this company and we failed" he said. Over 2,700 City link workers were made redundant on New Year's Eve after it was announced [...]
DLR 48-hour strike suspended after last minute breakthrough January 27, 2015 London commuters can breathe a sigh of relief this afternoon, after it was announced tomorrow's 48-hour strike on the DLR has been suspended. Londoners faced the prospect of further transport chaos capping one the worst months for commuters in recent times. Workers belonging to the RMT union were due to walk out over a dispute [...]
No DLR service will run if strike goes ahead January 26, 2015 TRANSPORT for London is warning that a two-day strike being organised by the union RMT, which will disrupt the DLR tomorrow and Thursday, could result in no services running at all. Commuters are being advised not to travel at peak times and check its site for advice before they start on their journey. Workers are [...]