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Tube strike

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longfingernails · 07/09/2010 10:44

Could Bob Crowe posssibly get London to hate him more?

The RMT are the NUM of today - and unlike the miners, no-one actually likes TfL staff or has any romantic notions about their work.

By the way, Ken Livingstone works from the offices of one of the striking unions, the TSSA.

So, MNers, how did you beat the strike and get into work today?

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longfingernails · 07/09/2010 12:50

A typical friendly, helpful TfL platform staffer

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longfingernails · 07/09/2010 12:37

I don't recall many ticket office staff rushing to the help of the 7/7 victims. It was almost all done by the emergency services.

Yes, I think cutting jobs on the underground is a good thing - especially if it means that fare increases are kept low.

I think the staff are ricidulously underworked and overpaid for what they do. Oyster has made many of their jobs pointless. The TfL proposal has no compulsory redundancies. The ticket office staff are unhappy they will be redeployed on platforms instead of skiving off behind their glass walls, but tough.

They are rude, inattentive, and often do not know the fine detail of their own ticket prices.

Drivers and platform staff are also vastly overpaid. Tube trains are largely automated - and increasingly so.

I would prefer low fares and far fewer TfL staff.

If extra security is needed at nights - well, a private security officer is much cheaper to employ than someone working in a ticket office.

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RamblingRosa · 07/09/2010 11:38

I for one don't hate the RMT, TSSA, Bob Crow or any of the striking staff.

They're striking for safety. And actually, I do like TfL staff. I thought we all liked them when they were leading passengers to safety after the 7/7 bombs and putting their lives at risk to save the lives of the travelling public.

What exactly do you have against TfL staff longfingernails?

What does Ken Livingstone's office space have to do with anything?

Do you think cutting jobs on the underground is a good thing then Confused?

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