London faces Tube chaos October 3, 2010 LONDONERS are facing another gruelling day of commuting across the capital as London Underground (LU) workers launch a second 24-hour strike in as many months. The walkout, which will finish at 6:28pm tonight, will cause extreme disruption to this morning’s commute as the entire Underground network is affected by the action. At 6:29pm yesterday, over [...]
TfL: We’ll move Londoners September 30, 2010 TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has vowed to keep as many services operating on Sunday and Monday as possible as London Underground (LU) workers stage their latest strike. If the 24-hour stoppage by LU workers goes ahead on Sunday evening at 7.00pm, the TfL said it will provide one hundred extra buses, marshalled taxis and increased [...]
Unions reject Tube talks September 23, 2010 TUBE unions embroiled in a bitter dispute with London Underground (LU) have refused a call by the public transport body to resume talks aimed at averting another strike. Transport unions the RMT and Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), which together represent over 10,000 Tube workers, said proposals made by LU “do not go far enough [...]
The anti-business secretary September 22, 2010 It sounded like a speech from the opposition. Not a member of the government. He is secretary of state for business. This is exactly the sort of talk that frightens away foreign investment. Lord Myners, former Labour City minister He obviously feels he needs to pander to the more socialist elements among the Lib Dems. [...]
Tube unions to meet with LU to avert strikes September 21, 2010 TUBE union bosses are meeting London Underground (LU) management this morning with hopes of putting a bitter dispute over job cuts and the possibility of another set of strikes behind them. RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) will meet LU at conciliation service Acas in a bid to halt planned strikes for October [...]
Tube bosses to meet with unions to avoid further strikes by staff September 15, 2010 TALKS to avoid another set of crippling strikes by Tube staff are set to take place next week. Senior management from the London Underground (LU) will meet with trade unions RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) at conciliation service Acas in a bid to soothe a heated dispute over proposed job cuts to [...]
National Express granted extension for East Anglia September 14, 2010 The Department of Transport yesterday granted National Express a 28- week extension on its East Anglia rail franchise. East Anglia services run between London’s Liverpool Street Station and Eastern England destinations, including Peterborough and Norwich. It was announced by the Labour government in late 2009 that National Express would have its seven year franchise agreement [...]
Unions can’t agree on how to fight cuts to spending September 13, 2010 WHEN Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trade Unions Congress (TUC), addressed the organisation’s annual summit yesterday, he sounded more like Neil Kinnock than the heir of militant miners’ leader Arthur Scargill. “The government is pursuing a political agenda, so our response must be political,” Barber told delegates, as he sought to distance himself from [...]
Tube strike causes chaos September 7, 2010 THE TUBE is expected to run a normal service today, according to Transport for London (TfL), after the strike by London Underground (LU) workers triggered intense disruption in London yesterday. However, more people than expected braved the strikes and came to work. By 5pm last night TfL said it was already operating one-third of its [...]
Tube strike causes gridlock and costs economy £48m September 7, 2010 Millions of commuters across London struggled to get to work on Tuesday as a 24-hour strike by workers on the underground rail system crippled much of the network, hurting the city’s convalescent economy. Passengers took to bikes, buses, walked, or made use of extra boat services on the Thames that runs through the city in [...]