On 11 Aug, 14:37, Mizter T wrote:
On Aug 11, 1:42*pm, Paul wrote:





http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10938455

Members of the RMT union have voted overwhelmingly for industrial
action on London Underground in a row over jobs and safety.

The union said 76% of its members voted for strike action.

"We will now use this mandate for action to build up a campaign of
industrial, political and public pressure," said RMT general secretary
Bob Crow.

The union said a date for the strike had not been agreed.

It said it would begin an extensive consultation with members.

RMT said it would also liaise with sister transport union TSSA - which
will announce its own ballot result next week - on the next course of
action.

Both unions believe that 800 posts are under threat and more than 140
ticket offices will close, which they say threatens safety.

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I wonder if the "extensive consultation" will result in a strike over
the August Bank holiday weekend.

No, I can't imagine it would for a moment - that's carnival weekend,
which about a million people go to each year. The union (collectively,
i.e. senior officials and members) simply wouldn't pick that weekend
to strike. I don't think there's ever been a strike threat on the
August bank holiday weekend.

Although I seem to recall Railtrack closing all routes to the East
Anglian seaside for about three August Bank Holiday weekends in
succession.

That's a while ago, but engineering work still seems to be allowed to
scupper parallel routes to special weekend events only too often, but
that's not done by a union, so it doesn't attract the same responses.