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London braced for travel chaosSun Sep 5 2010 13:10:57 from ITN The first of a wave of strikes by London Underground workers in rows over pay and jobs will start later, threatening travel chaos for millions of passengers in the coming week.Up to 200 Tube maintenance...

Published on 5 September 2010, 2:15 PM by Zacc | 0 comment(s)

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Plans released to keep London moving during threatened RMT and TSSA strike

The Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) have unveiled details of a major effort to help people get to work, and get around the capital if a Tube strike threatened by the leadership of the RMT and TSSA unions goes ahead.Around a hundred extra buses, escorted bike rides, marshalled taxi ranks, and...

Published on 3 September 2010, 8:47 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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London Underground statement on talks at ACAS

London Underground (LU) have today been engaged in talks with the leaderships of the TSSA and RMT unions at the conciliation service ACAS, to discuss how to avoid unnecessary strike action.LU asked ACAS to invite the leaderships of both unions to discuss the issues, however both union leaderships...

Published on 2 September 2010, 10:28 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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ACAS talks on tube strikes break up

RMT have announced that talks at conciliation service ACAS broke up today following a "failure on the part of London Underground to remove the threat of cuts to safety and safe staffing levels that would have allowed meaningful discussions to take place."10,000 members of London Underground’s...

Published on 2 September 2010, 10:23 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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London Underground welcomes RMT and TSSA leaderships attendance at ACAS talks

London Underground (LU) has welcomed the willingness of the leaderships of the RMT and TSSA unions to meet at the conciliation service ACAS this morning to discuss how to avoid unnecessary strike action.LU asked ACAS to invite the leaderships of both unions to discuss LU's staffing...

Published on 2 September 2010, 12:17 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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London Underground welcomes RMT and TSSA leaderships' agreement to ACAS talks

London Underground (LU) has today welcomed the agreement by the leaderships of the RMT and TSSA unions to meet them for talks at the conciliation service ACAS, to discuss how to avoid unnecessary strike action.LU asked ACAS to invite the leaderships of both unions to discuss the issue, and a date...

Published on 1 September 2010, 8:45 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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London Underground urges union leaders to call off strike action

As the leadership of the RMT and TSSA confirms that they will press ahead and disrupt Londoners with needless strike action, London Underground (LU) has today urged them to call off the threatened action and recognise that, thanks to the success of Oyster, staff can now provide greater assistance...

Published on 26 August 2010, 8:11 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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London Underground urges union leaders to reconsider strike threat

As the leadership of the RMT and TSSA unions meet to consider strike dates on the Tube network, London Underground (LU) today urged them to call off the threatened action and recognise that, thanks to the success of Oyster, staff can now provide greater assistance to customers in ticket halls and...

Published on 25 August 2010, 7:54 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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RMT demanding Network Rail re-instate lookout patrols

RMT is demanding Network Rail "re-instate lookout patrols" in the Lancashire and Cumbria region following another runaway incident near Tebay where four RMT members died in a similar incident in 2004.In the latest incident on Tuesday morning at around 2am a DB Schenker freight train rolled...

Published on 20 August 2010, 4:13 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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LU urges TSSA leadership to rethink strike action as new figures show extent of ticket office sales

London Underground (LU) today urged the TSSA union's leadership to shelve its threat of strike action over LU's staffing proposals, as it revealed that several Tube ticket offices are now selling fewer than 10 tickets an hour.The TSSA union today raised the threat of strike action...

Published on 18 August 2010, 11:16 PM by George | 0 comment(s)

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