Tube staff net Olympics bonus offer of £850 March 8, 2012 LONDON Underground has come a step closer to preventing worker walk-outs during the Olympics by offering staff a bonus of £850 each. Transport for London has raised its offer for around 18,000 LU staff following a dispute with union RMT. Workers would receive a £350 flat-rate bonus, plus an extra £20 per shift and a [...]
It’s going to be a very tough fight March 5, 2012 WHEN Boris Johnson took the Mayoralty from Ken Livingstone in 2008, many observers thought a repeat victory in 2012 was a foregone conclusion. If recent polls are anything to go by, that most certainly isn’t the case: with just two months to go, the race is too close to call. “The polls are very close [...]
Unite boss raises Olympic strike February 29, 2012 The leader of Britain’s biggest union has said workers should consider strike action to disrupt the Olympic Games as a protest against the government’s public spending cuts. Len McCluskey, general-secretary of the Unite union, told the Guardian that the austerity measures were so unfair that they justified action during the event. “If the Olympics provide [...]
DLR workers in line for £2,500 Olympic bonus January 26, 2012 WORKERS on the Docklands Light Railway will get a bonus plus overtime payments of up to £2,500 for turning up to work during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Transport union RMT said the deal “raises the bar” for others in the transport sector working over the Olympics.
Union rejects Tube Olympics deal January 17, 2012 Transport union the RMT has rejected a new pay offer from London Underground, warning that it could start dispute action if further progress is not made. The RMT said the offer of a £100 target-based bonus plus a £15 per shift payment during the Olympics for operational staff was “derisory, inadequate” and that it would [...]
Commuters return to hike in train prices January 2, 2012 COMMUTERS returning to work today have been hit by yet another hike in rail fares, after the average ticket price rose by 5.9 per cent with the new year, sending season tickets rocketing. The increases will see the average single ticket rise from £5 to £5.30, and season passes for some popular commuter routes rise [...]
Gatwick Express faces strike action September 16, 2011 GATWICK Express passengers could be facing ongoing disruptions, after it was announced that rail workers on the line are to be balloted for industrial action in response to the threat of job cuts. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has confirmed that it is prepared to lead its members to strike action in response [...]
Rising copper prices hit commuters as thieves steal cables September 12, 2011 LONDON commuters yesterday suffered severe delays on the train network following the theft of copper-based signal cables in Guildford, Surrey. The incident, believed to have taken place on Sunday night, disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of rail customers travelling on South West Trains between Hampshire and London Waterloo. There have been three further [...]
Tube strike action begins June 19, 2011 RMT union tube drivers walked out last night in the first part of a fresh wave of planned strike action. The strike, which started at 9pm, lasted six hours, with drivers back in their cabins by this morning. A Transport for London spokesman said very few passengers were affected by the walkout, with some delays [...]
Tube workers’ Wimbledon strike June 9, 2011 London Underground drivers will strike during Wimbledon, threatening travel chaos for tennis lovers. The first strike will take place between 8pm on 19 June and 2am on 20 June, said the union. Three more strikes covering 27 June, 30 June and 1 July were also announced by the RMT union. The dispute centres around the [...]