The RMT union has begun balloting members for strike action over last month’s announcement that all Tube ticket offices will close with the loss of 750 jobs. The union claims the job loses will “reduce the network to a hollowed out and unsafe shell” and warns of “lethal consequence of de-staffing stations and platforms that […]
RMT predicts “quite significant” strike action over Tube ticket office closures
RMT leader Bob Crow says his union will ballot members for strike action over the closure of Tube ticket offices and loss of 750 jobs. Last week Mayor Boris Johnson and London Underground Boss Mike Brown announced that all ticket offiaces would close with the loss of 750 jobs. Instead of being based in ticket […]
The real difference between Ken’s ticket office closures and Boris’s? 6 years
Yesterday we finally learnt the fate of the Tube network’s ticket offices – they’re all being axed. Predictably Boris’s political rivals had some fun had at his expense by reminding Londoners that in 2008 he promised to scrap Ken Livingstone’s policy of closing ticket offices in the wake of Oyster’s success. As I’ve said before, […]
Boris unveils 24-hour weekend Tube and confirms closure of all ticket offices
Mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to run the Tube 24 hours a day at weekends on the the Piccadilly, Victoria, Central and Jubilee lines and “key sections” of the Northern line from 2015.
RMT warns of “unprecedented” action ahead of Tube staffing announcement
London Underground bosses have repeated assurances that all stations will remain staffed under changes expected to be unveiled on Thursday. The RMT union says it has been notified that “a major announcement” on jobs and services will be made to senior union representatives at 9am tomorrow. The proposals are expected to include closing ticket offices […]
