TfL brings in extra services November 2, 2010 LONDONERS trying to beat today’s underground strike will be able to make use of over 100 extra buses, 10,000 more places on riverboat services and a Tube service operating at 40 per cent capacity, Transport for London (TfL) has said. The strike is due to end at 9pm today after a 24-hour walk-out. However, TfL [...]
CITY VIEWS: IS STRIKING THE RIGHT ACTION FOR LONDON’S TRANSPORT UNIONS? November 2, 2010 CHRIS BRADSHAW | NORTHDOOR “I will be working from home I can’t be bothered with all the malarkey. They might have a legitimate cause but they are not hitting the right people. They should be sorting this out with the people they have the grievance with. ” VICTORIA JUST | ARTEMIS “Fortunately I usually get [...]
Tube strike to start at 7pm today November 1, 2010 MILLIONS of commuters face yet another struggle to get home this evening as a third 24-hour strike on the London Underground begins. Transport for London (TFL) warned yesterday the underground network will begin to grind to a halt from around 5pm this evening as Tube workers wind down services in preparation for the strike, which [...]
AT A GLANCE | HOW TO BEAT THE STRIKE – DISRUPTION STARTS THIS EVENING November 1, 2010 TUBE Disruption is likely to most journeys, but London Underground will run as many trains and keep as many stations open as possible. Check www.tfl.gov.uk for the latest situation on your line and at your station before you travel. Volunteers will be on hand at key stations to give alternative travel options and otherwise assist [...]
Spurs warn fans to arrive early or risk Tube strike crowd chaos November 1, 2010 TOTTENHAM chiefs have urged fans to arrive early for tonight’s European showdown owing to a planned strike on the London Underground. Industrial action scheduled to start at 7pm threatens to play havoc with supporters travelling to White Hart Lane for the 7:45pm kick-off. Spurs are opening the stadium at 6:30pm and fans are advised, where [...]
Strikes fail to cause chaos October 31, 2010 THE 3 October tube strike failed to cause the chaos predicted by union bosses, with 93 per cent of Oyster users still taking public transport. Extra bus and river services, as well as the 40 per cent of the underground network that was maintained, allowed almost all commuters to use the network, according to new [...]
John Lewis sales stalled by strike and sunshine October 15, 2010 RETAILER John Lewis said sales growth slowed last week, as a strike on London Underground and a brief Indian summer meant fewer shoppers in its stores. The employee-owned company, traditionally seen as a bellwether of the UK retail sector but which has outperformed competitors for over a year, said on Friday sales at its 28 [...]
Tube bosses sit down with unions to avert more strikes October 12, 2010 LONDON Underground (LU) bosses went back to the drawing board with trade unions RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) yesterday in a bid to avert two more looming strikes and put an end to the long running dispute over staffing levels. The three parties met at conciliation service Acas yesterday afternoon to try [...]
The world’s best negotiator explains how to get more out of your work October 6, 2010 ON the day that Stuart Diamond arrived in London, a Tube strike had paralysed the city, and the next day when I met him he was still shaking his head in wonder at the whole thing. “The mayor should never have let it get to this stage, so that Londoners are suffering because of two [...]
Boris calls for tougher laws October 4, 2010 BORIS Johnson has called for a change to Britain’s trade union laws, in a bid to prevent a repeat of yesterday’s crippling Tube strikes. The London mayor used his speech at the Tory party conference in Birmingham to call for new legislation, which would force trade unions to win the support of 50 per cent [...]