London Mayor Boris Johnson stood accused today of using “lies and deception” in his battle to win public support over his plans to axe 1300 jobs at the Tube.
London Mayor Boris Johnson stood accused today of using “lies and deception” in his battle to win public support over his plans to axe 1300 jobs at the Tube.
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TSSA ,the tube’s second largest rail union, today condemned Tory London Assembly members after a second walkout designed to prevented the the vote on a motion aimed at keeping ticket offices open at London Underground stations.
The strikes by TSSA and RMT union members is affecting Tube services.
TSSA members employed by the underground infrastructure company Tube Lines will be taking strike action from 9am to 5pm on Tuesday 07 Sept 2010. These are predominantly managers, senior managers and clerical grades on performance related pay contracts.
Talks aimed at averting a series of strikes by London Underground workers from next week have broken down and the industrial action will now go ahead as planned.
Train Managers employed by Eurostar today began industrial action aimed at stopping the self despatch of Eurostar services from Paris. Members of the TSSA rail union are refusing to take part in any training, induction or coaching in relation to self-despatch of Eurostar Trains by Train Managers.
SOME 10,000 members London Underground’s two biggest unions will begin a rolling series of strikes on September 6 against plans to axe 800 station and other staff and close ticket-offices, after RMT and TSSA members voted overwhelmingly for action to defend jobs and safety.
The TSSA rail union has rejected a call from the Transport Secretary to co-operate with an internal Network Rail inquiry into widespread allegations of sleaze at the state funded firm by Private Eye magazine.
Controversial rail boss Iain Coucher faced a new sleaze row today after it was revealed that he has given his brother a top job at Network Rail.