David Lock

1) Does the rail strike include the tube system?

2) Do you think it will be fairly normal service on the evening before the strike starts?

David

Coffin Dodger

1) No
2) About as normal as it ever is....

I've relented and booked a rail trip to Manchester in May, wouldn't normally entertain the idea as driving is much better even if it is stuck in a traffic jam, but you don't have to park a train and you can have a beer or two while you're on it. The barstewards had better not go on strike then

warrenm2

good old unions. UP THE WORKERS!

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

What I think is, remember the Miners Strike, remember the BL Car workers strike ?

Where are they now ?

BA to go the way of the Morris Marina next !

David Lock

That's useful - thanks chaps.

I pity the poor sods having to drive into London on the Tuesday rather than take their usual train

David

cookstar

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I very very much doubt this will happen, if it does then the lines I work on are just closing completely, there are contingency plans in place but for those lines that remain open it is going to be chaos.

madscoob

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i suspect the real reason behind this is workers just plain fed up with bullyboy management . do this do that oh bye the way sorry there is no more dosh in it for you lot as we (the management) are all paying ourselves to much sorry , the company i work for is paying the top bod £585000 a year thats the same as about 18-20 ground troops on shop floor level . no wonder we just had 19redundancies just so he could keep his . no it makes sence rbs 520redundancies so the could keep a few more at the top

alcazar

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+1

Leslie

I thought the Tube was a different organisation.

Les

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

It is, but same union

Leslie

Oh I see!

Les

cookstar

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The reports on the news are not accurate at all, (there's a surprise), it is claiming that the signal workers (including me) are striking because of the 1500 job cuts for the maintenance workers, we are not. There are are number of other issues that the signallers are aggrieved at, which I believe will be sorted in the final hour as tends to happen every year.

The RMT has simply balloted both side - signalling and maintenance at the same time for maximum impact.

MattW

Allegedly 20% of trains will run so there is no chance I'm getting on a super sardine packed train that week. So I lose 4*Daily rate but gain 4*Days off with the kids

chrisUK300

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Real problems if any cable theft/signalling problems occur as us Maintenance staff are out for 4 days.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

In a way I hope it does cause problems, they might realise that they do actually need all you guys.

chrisUK300

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We have all got our fingers crossed that it goes **** up. Lets see how good the management are at cable jointing/testing