Tube strike stays solid
Tube workers hit bosses with a third day of strike action on November 3, with the stoppage once again severely disrupting services on the London Underground. The company had been assiduously training up managers in between strike days to cover frontline duties; once again, in being prepared to send people with just a day's worth of familiarisation into frontline jobs, LU demonstrates its utter contempt for passenger safety. But moreover, the whole episode has raised another question: if senior managers are so expendable that they can leave their jobs for days at a time to take familiarisation...