Snow Chaos
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On Friday 3rd, Boris said: "Across all our roads and rails hundreds of workers are on standby to ensure that, should we receive a mega deposit of snow, we are in a position to keep the capital moving
Tube unions & politics
Support 'Occupy London'!
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Around 3000 people set up the 'Occupy London' camp outside St Pauls Cathedral on Saturday 15th October, part of an international day of action in support of the month-long ‘Occupy Wall Street’ cam
Opposing the Racist EDL
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Tube workers played our part in opposing the English Defence League's provocative visit to East London yesterday.
It seems that originally, LU and the police had a plan to put on special train(s) from Hainault to Liverpool Street to bring the EDL to their demo. RMT reps objected, and told LU that it expected that members would refuse to work on safety grounds if hundreds of racist thugs came through their stations and onto their trains. LU management swiftly knocked the idea on the head, and the EDL itself admitted that the police told them that the initial plan had not taken account of the likelihood of RMT scuppering it. (Shortage of drivers on the Central Line may also have been a factor!) The union also got texts around advising members of their right to refuse to work on safety grounds.
'Wills and Kate'
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In just over a week, TfL's commemorative 'Wills and Kate' Oyster cards will go on sale.
Driverless Trains?
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To a room packed with banking executives, Boris Johnson openly declared he intends to introduce driverless trains to break the power of the unions.
GLA Votes Against Job Cuts
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The Greater London Assembly has voted to condemn LU's job cuts, as Labour, LibDems and Greens voted for a resolution opposing the cuts and urging the Mayor to rethink.
Not-So-Red Ed
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The man the right-wing press are calling 'Red' Ed Miliband has won the Labour leadership election, beating his more-Blairite brother David to the top job.
Tory Walkout
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A Labour and a LibDem GLA member tabled a motion to the GLA opposing the Tube job cuts and asking for the to be reconsidered. With the Greens also supporting the motion, it was about to be passed.
'Yob Crow'?
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The Evening Standard, The Sun and other right-wing rags were full this week of the ‘story’ that RMT General Secretary hurled abuse at Morecambe’s manager at a match with Dagenham and Redbridge.
Our Coalition vs Theirs
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A whiteboard message recently appeared at Tottenham Court Road. 'David Cameron is our new PM. We're all doomed'. That's most accurate public service information we've seen in a long time.