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chunky munky writes
On Feb 5, 9:56 am, Boltar wrote:
Theres seems to be a threat of another tube strike in the air
according to the radio. Anyone know what its about this time or is it
just the usual tub thumping over some non existent issue to squeeze
another pay rise / shorter working hours out of TfL?

B2003

It is over reducing LU Staff responsibilty and contracting out some
station work to agency staff and security firms. This will further
fragment the railway and remove operational responsibilty that there
currently is from being all in the same company. I know you have
complained about Arnos Grove before Boltar, if LU's plan went through
then things would be much worse. The vast majority of LU staff do take
pride in their work - just look at stations like Northwood or
Southfields and compare them to similar National Rail ones! LU are
trying to remove this.

Both RMT and TSSA (usually known as To Scared to Say Anything - they
havent actually striked for many many years and rarely even ballot!)
asked LU to stop and discuss with them many months ago the whole
situation. They gave a deadline of 1 Feb.

Hopefully for the good of the travelling public and for members this
can all be sorted without the need for direct strike action.

It's certainly not over pay as we're in the third of a 3 year pay deal.
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