This week's RMT strike has now been called off.

Next week's strike is still on, however.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6977778.stm

On 5 Sep, 00:50, asdf wrote:
This week's RMT strike has now been called off.

Next week's strike is still on, however.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6977778.stm

Anyone know why it's taking so long to get the SSL back into operation
(stil suspended as of 1040, compared with the BCV which have been
pretty much OK since 0830ish)?

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

On 5 Sep, 10:40, John B wrote:
On 5 Sep, 00:50, asdf wrote:

This week's RMT strike has now been called off.

Next week's strike is still on, however.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6977778.stm

Anyone know why it's taking so long to get the SSL back into operation
(stil suspended as of 1040, compared with the BCV which have been
pretty much OK since 0830ish)?

They're upset about the strike being called off , so they've gone on
strike about it.

B2003

On 5 Sep, 10:42, Boltar wrote:
On 5 Sep, 10:40, John B wrote:

On 5 Sep, 00:50, asdf wrote:

This week's RMT strike has now been called off.

Next week's strike is still on, however.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6977778.stm

No, it's NOT! - quote from that very web page....
"Union officials will meet again on Friday before deciding whether to
press ahead with a second 72-hour strike next Monday."

Anyone know why it's taking so long to get the SSL back into operation
(stil suspended as of 1040, compared with the BCV which have been
pretty much OK since 0830ish)?

INspections, I would guess - normally done overnight, not been done
since Sunday night.

Chris ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Next week's strike is still on, however.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6977778.stm

No, it's NOT! - quote from that very web page....
"Union officials will meet again on Friday before deciding whether to
press ahead with a second 72-hour strike next Monday."

Given that this is the RMT, it's safe to say that until they say it's
definitely off, it's still on.

On 5 Sep, 13:59, Chris wrote:
Anyone know why it's taking so long to get the SSL back into operation
(stil suspended as of 1040, compared with the BCV which have been
pretty much OK since 0830ish)?

INspections, I would guess - normally done overnight, not been done
since Sunday night.

Sure, but why wasn't that a problem for the BCV lines (also Metronet,
also closed yesterday) as well?

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

Sure, but why wasn't that a problem for the BCV lines (also Metronet,
also closed yesterday) as well?

Probably they started inspections on BCV first, and then switched to
SSL?

On 5 Sep, 16:25, alex_t wrote:
Sure, but why wasn't that a problem for the BCV lines (also Metronet,
also closed yesterday) as well?

Probably they started inspections on BCV first, and then switched to
SSL?

Wouldn't've thought that inspectors from one line are qualified to
work on others - otherwise Metronet could have borrowed some from Tube
Lines and there wouldn't have been so much of a problem. ICBW, though.

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

John B wrote:
On 5 Sep, 16:25, alex_t wrote:
Sure, but why wasn't that a problem for the BCV lines (also
Metronet, also closed yesterday) as well?

Probably they started inspections on BCV first, and then switched
to SSL?

Wouldn't've thought that inspectors from one line are qualified to
work on others - otherwise Metronet could have borrowed some from
Tube Lines and there wouldn't have been so much of a problem. ICBW,
though.

Is it possible that track inspections of the tunnel sections were done
by non-RMT Metronet staff some time between Monday evening and this
morning? The SSL lines are less secure, so inspections had to be done
today, but the staff who normally work nights to do that may not have
been available for some hours, if at all today. (Presumably their
shifts normally start before the end of the strike was announced.)

Just a theory.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"asdf" wrote in message
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This week's RMT strike has now been called off.

Next week's strike is still on, however.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6977778.stm

Latest quote from BBC:

RMT general secretary Bob Crow said they now had the assurances, they had
been seeking, in writing from the employer.
However, he warned a 72 hour strike planned for next Monday remained,
pending the outcome of further talks.

"The three days of strike action is on next week," he told BBC News 24.

"Our view the deal we have got is the best possible but if these people from
Transport for London keep on going round and trying to rubbish us then it's
their fault if the strike takes place next week again."

Encouraging eh...

Paul S