Just 53 London Overground staff voted for this weekend’s strike August 22, 2013 LONDON Overground users are facing a bank holiday weekend of travel chaos due to strike action – despite just 53 staff voting for the walkout. Transport for London has unveiled plans to sack 130 guards on the network as part of a cost cutting measure, prompting Bob Crow’s RMT union to ballot for strike action against compulsory [...]
London Overground backs strike in face of compulsory job losses August 15, 2013 COMMUTERS who use the booming London Overground network are set to face disruption after unions yesterday announced strike action in a row over job losses. No date has been set for the walkouts, which relate to proposals to sack 130 train guards for cost-cutting reasons. Overground services on the Euston-Watford and East London Line already operate [...]
Boris Bikes set to get harder to find as staff stage two-day strike August 11, 2013 BORIS Bike workers last night began a 48-hour strike over pay and conditions, in a move that is set to reduce the number of cycles available on London’s streets. Around 150 staff have refused to work until 9pm tomorrow, meaning there will be fewer drivers to move bikes to areas with high demand. “Staff running [...]
Boris Bike workers prepare for 48-hour strike over pay dispute August 4, 2013 WORKERS at the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme will go on strike for two days next week, transport union RMT confirmed yesterday. Around 63 workers will join the action, which begins at 9pm on Sunday, lasting 48 hours. The RMT is citing the imposition of a pay rise limited to two per cent, shift pattern changes [...]
Minister to pick an interim West Coast operator October 14, 2012 TRANSPORT secretary Patrick McLoughlin will today reveal who will run the West Coast Main Line while the government gets to the bottom of the failed franchise competition. McLoughlin is due in front of parliament this afternoon to outline the plans for the route once Virgin Trains’ current franchising agreement ends on 9 December. Both Virgin [...]
Fresh Tube strike looms as RMT ballots over driver-free trains September 27, 2012 TUBE union the RMT yesterday said it will ballot drivers for industrial action over plans to introduce driverless trains to the London Underground. The union is angry at imminent tests of driver-free Tube trains on the Jubilee line, which it argues could lead to unstaffed stations and ticket offices. “Every train must have a driver, [...]
Unions ponder general strikes September 11, 2012 THE TRADES Union Congress yesterday voted to consider a general strike in protest at the government’s spending cuts. A big majority at the TUC’s annual conference in Brighton backed the measure, which pledges to look into the “practicalities” of a general strike, as called for by trade unionists including RMT boss Bob Crow. “This is a [...]
Cameron considers scrapping housing benefits for under-25s June 24, 2012 PRIME Minister David Cameron will today give more details on his idea to take away housing benefits from almost 400,000 low-paid and unemployed under 25 year olds – but union bosses claimed the move could spark riots. The Conservative leader will try to start a debate on Britain’s welfare bill by setting out plans to [...]
South West Trains ballot for strike June 13, 2012 The RMT union is balloting workers at South West Trains for industrial action during the Olympics, accusing the train operator of reneging on an earlier deal on working hours. The union claims SWT has breached a “business as usual” agreement by advertising additional trains and later running during the Games. The company said it was [...]
BORIS BIKE STAFF THREATEN OLYMPICS STRIKE May 30, 2012 JUST a day after strikes were averted on the Tube, workers on London’s Boris Bikes have threatened to walk out during the Olympics. The RMT union said it will ballot staff in a bid to secure reasonable working hours and a bonus during the Games. Operator Serco said the RMT was not a recognised union [...]