Olympics

False Start in Olympic Race

So, ASLEF and LU management have apparently signed up to selling drivers' working conditions for a few hundred quid. So if ASLEF and management get their way, we can look forward to nine-hour running turns and other delights during the Olympic games. All for just £500, when we deserve more than that...

A Fiver for a Rounder!

Negotiations have uncovered management's latest plan: to offer small sums to induce drivers to work over their time during the Olympics. An extra 30 minutes will be £10, an extra 15 minutes will be £5, etc. This offer has been dubbed 'a fiver for a rounder!'

In the context of the multi-million...

Olympics Round the Clock

Talks between management and unions about the Olympics are underway. On the nights of the opening and closing ceremonies, LU say they want to run trains until 0430, but insist this will not be a 24 hour service!

They can't seriously expect us to believe that a 30 minute gap between 0430 and 5am...

Olympics 2012 No strike deal and the good old BBC !!

Switched on the local BBC news tonight and was greeted by the headline that the RMT were asking for underground workers to be paid extra to ensure they attend work during the games.As an RMT member this was news to me and I'm surprised to hear it first on the news and not from my union.

However my...

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