More cuts risk leaving tube staff ‘dangerously isolated’ after jump in assaults
Assaults on London Underground employees have risen by 44 per cent, coinciding with staff cuts
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Boris broke his promises, so can we really blame the RMT for striking?
Is it any wonder that the RMT is striking when the majority of Londoners don’t want ticket offices closed?
Strikes are effective. Don’t believe me? Then look at the BBC website
Is it any surprise that London Underground workers walk out when the media – and the BBC of all places – ignores the issues until there is a strike?
Tube strike: Dear Londoners, this is why we are on strike
Where is the room in London Underground’s brave new world for disabled people, poor people and non-English speakers?
3 *actual* reasons people go on strike (as opposed to those invented by the press)
If you can’t get to work today, you could do worse than head down to a picket line and offer your support, or at least ask a trade unionist why they have decided to strike.
Boris, not Bob Crow, is the one behaving outrageously
When Boris ran for office in 2008, he opposed the closure of 40 ticket offices by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.
Boris’s £150m cycling underspend
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson underspent on last year’s cycling budget by a massive £38m, according to new figures.
This is not a ‘fares freeze’, Boris. Very high fares will remain very high fares
The mayor is doing nothing to make the eye-wateringly expensive cost of public transport more affordable to ordinary Londoners.
Boris bucks the market
Darren Johnson AM for the Green Party reports on the failings of the 600 new proposed ‘Boris Buses’ for London.
Pound for Pound, you’re better off with Ken
Left Foot Forward unveils a video explaining how Labour Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone’s Fare Deal works, and how it can save Londoners £1,000 on average.