paulr

London Underground want to close ticket offices. The RMT are opposed.

Berlin. No ticket offices, no barriers that dont work, no long queues, clean, quick and efficient.

It's about time we had no-strike contracts in the public sector.

Felix.

.... and no strike contracts in the private sector too

Yes.... Lets take all rights away from workers, we should just be made to put up with everything that's thrown at us and have no say

neil-h

Well I never thought I'd see a comment on a thread mentioning strikes that I'd actually agree with. Good man

paulr

No, i'm a supporter of trade unions, but not those that are out of control which seem to be always in the public sector. Always opposing reasonable progress like improving the underground.
Like i said, go to Berlin. Thats how a modern underground should operate.

neil-h

Problem is the London underground isn't a modern system and is unlikely to get the infrastructure investment to make it one.

jonc

New RMT union leaders are jostling around just trying to make a name for themselves by calling a strike despite the agreements between LU and Bob Crow just before he croaked it.

The strike is about closure of ticket offices and how this would affect safety of the travelling public. How the public is meant to be safer with staff behind a reinforced ticket booth/office escapes me, but it's ironic that this morning, with the ticket offices closed, I see more staff out and about in the station advising and helping travellers to get to their destinations.

paulr

How do staff make it safer?

Rescue Dude

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But obviously not ones that stand up for the rights of workers.

jonc

You should pop down to the picket line at Kings Cross and ask them. They seem to think they have the full solid backing and support of the travelling public for this pointless strike.

JWalle

Lets be honest, I only use the ticket office when renewing my season ticket as I have all the vouchers for delayed trains to use up. Other than that I now walk to work and only use the tube if in a rush and I use the wall top up.

In my opinion, so what if people lose their jobs, happens to others in the car industry and so on, unfortunately that is life, why should they have privileges? Plus it would reduce my insanely high train fare

hodgy0_2

they can form a handy fire break - in the event of a Fire