In message , John Rowland
writes
wrote:
Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and Transport for London today
announced that eleven stations currently managed by Silverlink Metro
will become the operational responsibility of London Underground

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"We will now work to reach an agreement with our trade unions to
enable London Underground to operate these stations,

By saying it *will* happen before they have reached an agreement with the
union, haven't they put themselves over a barrel?

Maybe, a bit like saying the later running on the Underground *will*
happen, without agreeing it with their drivers first.

This is still a major bone of contention of the April 2006 (yes, 2006)
pay deal.
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