EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4550830.stm
Looks like I'll be sticking with the party up the road then.....
No tubes on NYE.......
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Looks like I'll be sticking with the party up the road then.....
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
yup... midday on nye to midday jan 1stEastEnder said:
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I'm sure they'll call it off when they get what they want.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Ha ha ha,
I won't be here so who cares. Tubes fucking suck anyway.
So what do they want now? 30K for pushing a stop ang button not enough for them.
I won't be here so who cares. Tubes fucking suck anyway.
So what do they want now? 30K for pushing a stop ang button not enough for them.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
What do they want? Amongst other things better safety conditions for drivers, tube staff and passengers as it goes.ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
afaik, this isn't about pay and confitions as such - it relates to the distribution of staffing across stations which has had to be re -jigged since they got the 35hr shorter week.belboid said:
Miscellaneous
Princess
its about redundancies of staff- which LU have neither said nor denied.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Yes, it's about cutting front-line staff in a move that will affect safety for everyone (if you're a greedy fuck look at the last one and how it might affect you):
CUTS IN station staff numbers planned by London Underground will leave stations dangerously understaffed and ticket offices closed as passengers face a £3 minimum ‘walk-on’ cash fare, the Tube’s biggest union warns commuters today.
But as cash fares are set to rise to a minimum £3 for a single stop to force uptake of the deeply unpopular OysterCard system, RMT points out that LUL wants to close eleven booking offices altogether and slash opening times of the rest by up to 70 per cent.
Platform staff at terminus stations, who not only ensure safe detraining but who are also invaluable in spotting unattended items, are also to be massively reduced or removed altogether
“Most other operational grades in central London will also be affected, with supervisory and booking office positions hardest hit. If these cuts go ahead and you are unlucky enough to find yourself without a ticket you’ll have little chance of getting one and could face a £6 for a return journey of two stops.
here
CUTS IN station staff numbers planned by London Underground will leave stations dangerously understaffed and ticket offices closed as passengers face a £3 minimum ‘walk-on’ cash fare, the Tube’s biggest union warns commuters today.
But as cash fares are set to rise to a minimum £3 for a single stop to force uptake of the deeply unpopular OysterCard system, RMT points out that LUL wants to close eleven booking offices altogether and slash opening times of the rest by up to 70 per cent.
Platform staff at terminus stations, who not only ensure safe detraining but who are also invaluable in spotting unattended items, are also to be massively reduced or removed altogether
“Most other operational grades in central London will also be affected, with supervisory and booking office positions hardest hit. If these cuts go ahead and you are unlucky enough to find yourself without a ticket you’ll have little chance of getting one and could face a £6 for a return journey of two stops.
here
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Sorted now.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
personally i think that clsoing ticket offices will be a bad thing - i think the implication is that already understaffed stations will have the ticket office open for even less time - meaning that there is no-one around to keep an eye on the station, no support for drivers in an emergency and no human contacts for the emergency services in the area.
trashpony
Hag
bluestreak said:
Absolutely. Apparently it's all connected with the Oyster card - now you can update it without needing to bother a live human being, they don't need as many staff. They've been talking about it for ages - since at least the summer. TfL are claiming that staff will be redeployed but I think that's probably bollocks.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
exactly - twil be like the overland. unstaffed stations = free pass for muggers / rapists...bluestreak said:
Miscellaneous
Princess
belboid said:
yup, i've seen someone do it, and got back on the public transport- and? |Your point is what exactly?
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Yes but most of the security is via cctv now anyway, staff won't see anything from inside a ticket office.bluestreak said:
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