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Post by driveumad on Aug 26, 2017 18:13:47 GMT
Was looking to see if there was a discussion here about it but was surprised not to see one unless I've missed it in which case I apologise. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bank-holiday-strike-bring-bus-chaos-london/Londoners' bank holiday plans are due to be severely disrupted as Transport for London confirm their staff will be on strike over Sunday 27 and Monday 28 August. The strike will see over 400 Unite members walk out, including staff responsible for re-routing buses due to major events, roadworks and accidents. With major festivals like Notting Hill Carnival and Clapham's SW4 taking place over the three-day weekend, travel chaos could erupt across the capital. Bus station controllers, network traffic controllers, revenue protection inspectors, infrastructure controllers and road transport enforcement officers involved will begin their walk-out at 00:01 on Sunday, with the strike expected to last 48 hours. The members on strike are also responsible for answering emergency code red alarms directly from bus drivers. Drivers can choose how to proceed if they don't receive a response and, if they are uncomfortable continuing their journey, can decide to immediately cancel their service. Unite regional officer Hugh Roberts said: "The strike action is inevitably going to cause disruption at a busy time for bus passengers especially as it coincides with the Notting Hill Carnival and the shutdown of much of the London rail network. "This is entirely the fault of TfL management which has had every opportunity to resolve this dispute long before now." The action, which was announced as peace talks between TfL and Acas broke down, was originally put forward over complaints of inadequate pay. The CentreComm control centre staff were initially offered a £250 non-consolidated payment each year over two years, which amounts to £4.80 per week. During talks TfL said they were prepared to improve the workers' pay offer to a non-consolidated payment of £350 for each year, which amounts to £6.73 a week. However the bus staff claim the pay offer is the worst of any sector of TfL workers, adding London Underground workers are to receive a 3.2 per cent increase this year. Claire Mann, TfL’s Director of Bus Service Delivery and Operations, said: “We made a revised offer to staff at the conciliation service ACAS on Tuesday in a bid to resolve the dispute. This offer is fair, maintains pay and conditions, brings salaries in line with similar roles and reflects the tough financial environment in which we operate. "Discussions have been underway for the past 13 months and we remain open for talks. We are putting plans in place to ensure minimal disruption to bus services over the bank holiday weekend should the strike action go ahead.” |
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Post by snoggle on Aug 26, 2017 19:00:17 GMT
Was looking to see if there was a discussion here about it but was surprised not to see one unless I've missed it in which case I apologise. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bank-holiday-strike-bring-bus-chaos-london/Londoners' bank holiday plans are due to be severely disrupted as Transport for London confirm their staff will be on strike over Sunday 27 and Monday 28 August. The strike will see over 400 Unite members walk out, including staff responsible for re-routing buses due to major events, roadworks and accidents. With major festivals like Notting Hill Carnival and Clapham's SW4 taking place over the three-day weekend, travel chaos could erupt across the capital. Bus station controllers, network traffic controllers, revenue protection inspectors, infrastructure controllers and road transport enforcement officers involved will begin their walk-out at 00:01 on Sunday, with the strike expected to last 48 hours. Interesting - I wasn't aware of any of this. I expect TfL have been working very hard to keep this dispute away from the media. I assume that notices and signs for planned diversions have already been put in place. The real issue is the non availability of response staff and Centrecomm controllers. The rest is not exactly critical on a quiet Bank Holiday weekend. Carnival is a very well established event and there are not any operator changes which will be affected except TT's operation of route 13 from X and I assume they've taken appropriate measures to get staff to changeover points and to have spare buses outstationed in the event of a failure. |
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Post by PaulH on Aug 27, 2017 0:11:19 GMT
Was looking to see if there was a discussion here about it but was surprised not to see one unless I've missed it in which case I apologise. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bank-holiday-strike-bring-bus-chaos-london/Londoners' bank holiday plans are due to be severely disrupted as Transport for London confirm their staff will be on strike over Sunday 27 and Monday 28 August. The strike will see over 400 Unite members walk out, including staff responsible for re-routing buses due to major events, roadworks and accidents. With major festivals like Notting Hill Carnival and Clapham's SW4 taking place over the three-day weekend, travel chaos could erupt across the capital. Bus station controllers, network traffic controllers, revenue protection inspectors, infrastructure controllers and road transport enforcement officers involved will begin their walk-out at 00:01 on Sunday, with the strike expected to last 48 hours. Interesting - I wasn't aware of any of this. I expect TfL have been working very hard to keep this dispute away from the media. I assume that notices and signs for planned diversions have already been put in place. The real issue is the non availability of response staff and Centrecomm controllers. The rest is not exactly critical on a quiet Bank Holiday weekend. Carnival is a very well established event and there are not any operator changes which will be affected except TT's operation of route 13 from X and I assume they've taken appropriate measures to get staff to changeover points and to have spare buses outstationed in the event of a failure. Countdown and LVF appear to have stopped predicting already. I presume this is due to the strike? |
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Post by driveumad on Aug 27, 2017 3:39:59 GMT
snoggle I originally heard it from a driver that said he overheard it from a union rep last week, I wasn't sure how accurate this was as nothing more was displayed or relayed in my garage. Seems strange since its an important part of a bus drivers job.
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Post by ibus246 on Aug 27, 2017 3:57:16 GMT
Interesting - I wasn't aware of any of this. I expect TfL have been working very hard to keep this dispute away from the media. I assume that notices and signs for planned diversions have already been put in place. The real issue is the non availability of response staff and Centrecomm controllers. The rest is not exactly critical on a quiet Bank Holiday weekend. Carnival is a very well established event and there are not any operator changes which will be affected except TT's operation of route 13 from X and I assume they've taken appropriate measures to get staff to changeover points and to have spare buses outstationed in the event of a failure. Countdown and LVF appear to have stopped predicting already. I presume this is due to the strike? Countdown came back on at about 3 |
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Post by snoggle on Aug 27, 2017 6:34:16 GMT
Countdown and LVF appear to have stopped predicting already. I presume this is due to the strike? I tweeted TfL about this but no response so I assume the Busalerts twitter people are either on strike too or there was no cover for last night's late shift. Other online info about service disruptions wasn't updated either. It's a little bit off that they haven't left a message to say there is no twitter service on that account. |
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Post by 6HP502C on Aug 27, 2017 14:10:11 GMT
Us rail replacement folk have been informed that Code Red will be available, but not Code Blue.
Lots of grumbling around concerning TfL staff getting a 1% pay rise whilst LU staff got a 3.2% increase. There is a gulf of difference between the T&Cs for each side, though I suspect that is progressively being closed.
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Post by john on Aug 30, 2017 10:29:28 GMT
Tbh, it was business as usual for as service buses. Just no official code blue, that was just being done via our route controllers. Bet it was a headache in TfL towers though!!!
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Post by driveumad on Aug 30, 2017 20:27:26 GMT
Tbh, it was business as usual for as service buses. Just no official code blue, that was just being done via our route controllers. Bet it was a headache in TfL towers though!!! Agreed but due to it being a Sunday then the bank holiday Monday I would say that's why we didn't notice too much of a difference, biggest difference to me was the new voices from Centrecom. |
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Post by john on Aug 30, 2017 21:07:37 GMT
Tbh, it was business as usual for as service buses. Just no official code blue, that was just being done via our route controllers. Bet it was a headache in TfL towers though!!! Agreed but due to it being a Sunday then the bank holiday Monday I would say that's why we didn't notice too much of a difference, biggest difference to me was the new voices from Centrecom. Also the odd way their messages were being delivered compared to normal. ..missed the usual voices!!!😂😂😂 |
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Post by snoggle on Sept 19, 2017 12:36:55 GMT
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Post by capitalomnibus on Sept 19, 2017 12:48:39 GMT
Harder hitting day if the 22nd |
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