How can employers deal with workplace disruption during the Southern Rail strike? August 8, 2016 The five-day strike by Southern Rail workers which started today could lead to significant workplace disruption for some employers. Thousands of employees working in the City and elsewhere may be unable to get to work and forecasts of a heat wave due to start later this week could lead to a spike in unauthorised absenteeism. [...]
Business groups slam RMT’s strike on Southern Rail August 8, 2016 Business groups have hit out at RMT's strike on Southern Rail, which parent Govia has said will bring misery to hundreds of thousands of commuters. London First said the strike is "totally unjustified" and punishes commuters. David Leam, infrastructure director at business group London First, said: "The RMT's strike is totally unjustified. It punishes the many commuters [...]
Southern Rail strike travel disruption: Everything you need to know August 8, 2016 Commuters across the south east who usually travel into the capital are preparing for a week of misery as Southern Rail staff begin a five day strike starting today. The week-long industrial action has come after weeks of disruption as a result of a revised timetable which cut more than 340 trains and with the further threat of strike action [...]
Southern Rail: Conductors to go on five-day strike after talks break down August 8, 2016 A five-day strike bringing “misery to hundreds of thousands of passengers” who use Southern Rail is to start this morning, sparking renewed calls from the London mayor for Transport for London to take control of Southern. The strike by conductors on Southern trains will start after the RMT union said talks broke down after Govia [...]
Get set for Southern Rail strikes next week, after union talks broke down August 5, 2016 There's no easy way to say this: those Southern Rail strikes are more than likely going ahead next week after talks between bosses and the RMT union broke down. Talks between Southern and RMT ended with no resolution this evening, meaning five days of strikes will go ahead next week. That came after RMT offered [...]
Heading to Brighton Pride this weekend? Southern Rail could cause problems due to staff shortages August 5, 2016 Londoners heading to the Pride festival in Brighton this weekend could be in for a longer party than they are expecting, with industrial action set to cause delays, cancellations and a lot of waiting for train services. Southern Rail has warned that "because of continuing train crew shortages, some services may have to be cancelled [...]
RMT has just offered to suspend next week’s Southern strike – but only if it matches an offer by ScotRail August 5, 2016 The RMT union has offered to suspend strikes on Southern Rail planned for next week – but only if Southern meets certain conditions. In an open letter to Southern managing director Charles Horton following two days of Acas talks, the union said it will suspend strikes as long as the company matches an offer made by [...]
Commuters face fresh Southern misery as union ballots members on new strikes August 3, 2016 Southern Rail travellers face fresh commute misery in September after a rail union announced plans to ballot staff over a potential strike. The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association will poll 150 station staff members over Southern railway plans to close ticket offices and cut staffing numbers. 34 offices are set to close, while 49 will only [...]
Jeremy Corbyn ramps up calls for railway renationalisation and for government to take over Southern Rail franchise August 3, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will today ramp up his pledge to renationalise the UK’s railways. At a public rally in Brighton, one of the cities worst hit by the Southern Rail crisis, Corbyn will call on the government to end the franchise and reiterate the Labour Party’s commitment to a nationalised “People’s Railway”. “If there’s [...]