OSP 2010/11

It's another strong and solid Tube strike this morning, as management's hopes that our resolve would fail proved to be very much mistaken. Participation in the strike has held up just as strongly as last month, and was stronger in several areas.

More stations were closed early this morning than at...

Arsenal shut midway through yesterday; Lambeth North and Charing Cross closed early last night; Liverpool Street opened up two hours late this morning.

And around the combine, managers are finding themselves having to get out from behind their desks and cover station duties to keep the station open...

Yesterday's strike action was superb.

More station staff took part than ever before, largely because the TSSA took the historic step of striking alongside RMT, but also because of the strength of feeling among station staff about the devastating effect these job cuts will have if we let them go...

So at last we have our strike dates. The phoney war can move on to becoming a real battle.

Prospects for solid action look good. We have RMT and TSSA taking strike action together, and a very stong feeling for action among station staff. Even if some people in other grades don't feel quite as...

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. So what did the Tories do? Walked out, leaving the meeting inquorate!

Not only does this show up the...

LU management have been attempting to portray RMT's ballot result as a low mandate. 'Only a third of the electorate voted for a strike', etc. etc. They are implying that any resulting strike action will be undemocratic.

Firstly, fewer people voted for the current government, so let's get this into...

It's a solid vote for action, as 76% vote for strikes and 88% for action short, in RMT's ballot.

Given the bureaucratic cock-ups and delays to the ballot, given that most people are told that this dispute is only about station staff and not about them (not true), and given that with the ConDems'...

Many of us thought the day would never come. At the same time as RMT is balloting, TSSA ballot papers are starting to land on peoples' doormats, in opposition to LU's plan to cut around 800 jobs.

This opens up a whole new prospect: a strike that could close LU stations across the capital.

Whereas...