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Tube staff strike called by union
5:07pm Monday 4th August 2008
Comments (4)LONDON Underground workers at Amersham and Chesham tube stations will strike on Thursday in a dispute over job relocations.
Recently employed staff are aggrieved that they may have to move again after rail bosses decided they "had made a mistake" and were not needed, according to RMT union executive Oliver New.
Although the 24 hour strike does not involve train drivers, it could mean the stations are forced to close and that there will be no service.
The stations affected are on the Metropolitan line from Harrow-on-the-Hill northwards to Amersham, Chesham and Chalfont and Latimer.
Union executive Oliver New said: "We are willing to discuss it with them as a trade union but we have got to the point where they are not willing to talk.
"We could allow them to be dictatorial or we stand up to them. The problem is not local management it's central management trying to be tough.
"We can't quite understand it because it's normal people and there are solutions."
Staff will be picketing from early on the morning of the strike at Rickmansworth station.
"A TfL spokesperson said: "We are disappointed that the RMT have voted in favour of strike action as it serves no purpose whatsoever. Five members of staff are being transferred to stations on the network which have vacancies."
Mr New added: "Some staff may have to give up their jobs - it's not simply a matter of inconvenience."
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Jim, Denham says...
2:16pm Tue 5 Aug 08
George - Wycombe, says...
3:13pm Tue 5 Aug 08
IN THE REAL WORLD, many bosses are worse off than those they employ, borrowing against their homes to finance the businesses they struggle to keep going.
Jim, Denham says...
4:00pm Tue 5 Aug 08
IN THE REAL WORLD, most bosses are NOT worse off than those they employ. The money they borrow is repaid by the labour of the people they employ at low wages who struggle to pay their bills and to keep going.
It is better to have good workplaces where sensible dialogue takes place than bad ones where people desperate for a job are bullied and have no way out, which unscrupulous bosses who are invariably in a far better position exploit to the limit. Unfortunately, these kinds of workplaces are all too prevalent IN THE REAL WORLD. Hence the need for trade unions.
The workers on the Met line who are confronted by managers who will not speak to them are right to take industrial action. Failure to defend themselves will just result in the same dinosaur managers trying to chip away even more at agreed conditions of work if they get away with pushing staff around instead of working together.
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George - Wycombe, says...
5:36pm Mon 4 Aug 08
Relocation goes on in the private sector all the time, RMT members have no gripe if their employers decide to do the same.
The RMT obviously believe LABOUR ISN'T WORKING.