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Post by wirewiper on Feb 24, 2022 9:48:52 GMT
Members of the RMT Union will stage two one day strikes on Tuesday 1st March and Thursday 3rd March, in a dispute over staffing levels. Although no-one currently employed will lose their jobs, staffing levels will be reduced by not filling vacancies and reducing future recruitment. The strike covers RMT members at all grades, so unless called off at a late stage, the strikes will see station closures, and reduced levels of service on all lines. The strike was supported by 94% of members who took part in the ballot, but the ballot itself barely scraped past the 50% turnout requirement for it to be valid. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tube-strike-to-go-ahead-on-tuesday-and-thursday-next-week-52239/
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 24, 2022 11:41:44 GMT
I don't think strikes will have the same effect they've once had, TfL seem to just be telling people to work from home.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Feb 24, 2022 12:10:28 GMT
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Post by snowman on Feb 24, 2022 13:35:16 GMT
It seems to me that the RMT are playing with fire, whilst TfL haven’t yet managed to agree a financial settlement.
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Post by vjaska on Feb 24, 2022 14:19:57 GMT
I don't think strikes will have the same effect they've once had, TfL seem to just be telling people to work from home. The last strike backfired massively as the disruption caused was minimal at best.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Feb 24, 2022 16:00:18 GMT
Reminder this is all-Grades action, not just Train Operators but station staff, Signal Operators, Line Controllers etc.
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Post by redbus on Feb 24, 2022 21:11:42 GMT
It seems to me that the RMT are playing with fire, whilst TfL haven’t yet managed to agree a financial settlement. I am not sure the RMT really care, they can see a deterioration on conditions coming so industrial action it is, for better or worse. I also think the strike will be effective in the sense that the tube will close. The question is what will be the impact of the strike. Previously it kind of brought London to a halt. Now with so many being able to work from home it may make nothing like the difference it used to. If that's the case management maybe happy to sit it out. It'll also be a test of what is to come. If the strike has a similar impact to previous strikes, then there will be less appetite to take on the unions. If the impact is mitigated, for instance by home working, then there will be a greater appetite to take on the unions. High stakes for all.
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Post by vjaska on Feb 25, 2022 0:30:48 GMT
It seems to me that the RMT are playing with fire, whilst TfL haven’t yet managed to agree a financial settlement. I am not sure the RMT really care, they can see a deterioration on conditions coming so industrial action it is, for better or worse. I also think the strike will be effective in the sense that the tube will close. The question is what will be the impact of the strike. Previously it kind of brought London to a halt. Now with so many being able to work from home it may make nothing like the difference it used to. If that's the case management maybe happy to sit it out. It'll also be a test of what is to come. If the strike has a similar impact to previous strikes, then there will be less appetite to take on the unions. If the impact is mitigated, for instance by home working, then there will be a greater appetite to take on the unions. High stakes for all. The last strike we had in London, it actually didn't cause much disruption at all due to working from home being a thing at this point. That is a turning point and one which may undermine the unions calling strikes in the future
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Post by richard on Feb 28, 2022 13:12:56 GMT
No service on Great Northern between Finsbury Park and Moorgate during the strikes this week
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Post by wirewiper on Feb 28, 2022 13:45:15 GMT
No service on Great Northern between Finsbury Park and Moorgate during the strikes this week Also no Chiltern Railways services between Great Missenden and London Marylebone. Services via High Wycombe mostly unaffected but trains booked to call at South Ruislip will not do so - where possible these will call at West Ruislip instead. There will also be considerable disruption to services via Amersham on the mornings of Wednesday 2nd and Friday 4th March with services starting later than usual (around 07.30).
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Post by vjaska on Feb 28, 2022 15:29:03 GMT
No service on Great Northern between Finsbury Park and Moorgate during the strikes this week Great, this has lengthened my journey tomorrow
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Post by wirewiper on Feb 28, 2022 15:30:15 GMT
No service on Great Northern between Finsbury Park and Moorgate during the strikes this week Looking at their website, it appears the plan is to divert some services to King's Cross whilst others will terminate and start back from Finsbury Park - presumably these will run out of service to Drayton Park to reverse. The issue for the Moorgate branch is that Highbury & Islington, Old Street and Moorgate are all managed by London Underground and there is no separate exit GN passengers can use. This is also the issue at South Ruislip for Chiltern passengers. Between Amersham and Harrow-on-the-Hill the issue is London Underground-controlled signalling.
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Post by richard on Feb 28, 2022 16:15:58 GMT
No service on Great Northern between Finsbury Park and Moorgate during the strikes this week Looking at their website, it appears the plan is to divert some services to King's Cross whilst others will terminate and start back from Finsbury Park - presumably these will run out of service to Drayton Park to reverse. The issue for the Moorgate branch is that Highbury & Islington, Old Street and Moorgate are all managed by London Underground and there is no separate exit GN passengers can use. This is also the issue at South Ruislip for Chiltern passengers. Between Amersham and Harrow-on-the-Hill the issue is London Underground-controlled signalling. No service Aylesbury to Marylebone via Harrow on the Hill and some trains will call additionally at South Ruislip
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Post by capitalomnibus on Feb 28, 2022 16:24:30 GMT
No service on Great Northern between Finsbury Park and Moorgate during the strikes this week Why is that, it is not exactly a LUL line since the 1970's and they do not even do all standard TfL ticket acceptance
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Post by capitalomnibus on Feb 28, 2022 16:26:14 GMT
No service on Great Northern between Finsbury Park and Moorgate during the strikes this week Looking at their website, it appears the plan is to divert some services to King's Cross whilst others will terminate and start back from Finsbury Park - presumably these will run out of service to Drayton Park to reverse. The issue for the Moorgate branch is that Highbury & Islington, Old Street and Moorgate are all managed by London Underground and there is no separate exit GN passengers can use. This is also the issue at South Ruislip for Chiltern passengers. Between Amersham and Harrow-on-the-Hill the issue is London Underground-controlled signalling. Makes sense, I forgot station staff were striking.
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