Tube strikes anyone affected?

scorza said:
Not many these days I imagine.
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I imagine some jobs can be done from home, but the majority of jobs in the city of London you really need to be there. Thats not just workers of law, bank, insurance firms, but also all the people that work in retail, food etc
 
AcidHell2 said:
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What nearly all jobs require you to be at work. From files to phone lines.
Doesn't mean they couldn't be set up for home use, but they aren't
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Sounds like London needs to get with the times then. I bet when it was snowing most of these people managed to work from home. Given how packed the pubs were at lunch time I suspect that accounts for the need to "go to the office" today.
 
scorza said:
Sounds like London needs to get with the times then. I bet when it was snowing most of these people managed to work from home. Given how packed the pubs were at lunch time I suspect that accounts for the need to "go to the office" today.
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What, very few jobs can be done at home, those few jobs that could be done are not set up to be done at home. That's not just London it's every where.
 
It's been madness, left work at 10 last night and got home around half 12.

This morning i left home before 8, got a 73 in Tottenham to go to Hyde Park and was still on it until almost 11. Then a bus from behind tried going past and it's wing mirror went through the back window of our bus and showered us in glass so we all had to get off.

I then walked from Islington to Knightsbridge in the rain and was 3 hours late for work.

Left work again this evening at 6 and didn't get home until almost 9.

I am now in a foul mood.
 
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I drove out of London around 06:30 this morning and the A13 was carnage, pretty much standstill from Blackwall to just shy of the M25. Saw about 5 minor shunts as well, mainly involving motorbikes.
 
just means that people will be up for redundancy come the end of that period of time. At which point, what happens then? Do you strike again or just deal with it
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We've just entered into negotiations for the next pay round (the one we've just signed was for July 2009) which includes discussions to extend the no CR agreement.

I suppose HP is a bad example though as they aren't in financial trouble ($6bil profit) and all sections are over utilised, so it's an easier platform to campaign from.
 
yep +1 here for travel issues. Took me 3 hours to get into work this morning, I probably spent as much time waiting as I did travelling.
 
Yup. One of them is opposite my place of work - Mornington Crescent. :mad:

Tubes will be a nightmare though. I'm planning to give myself an extra hour.
 
Pay, government cuts, Bob Crow wants more money. Delete as appropriate.

I have to go Victoria-> Green Park -> Baker Street -> Uxbridge.

Hoping it shouldn't be that bad.
 
Not too bad today, but it helps when working on the network day in day out :p

Walked from Pancras to Euston and took a packed N. Line Train to Bank, then DLR to the Wharf :)

N. Line train was rammed at Euston, 2nd one was 13mins behind, but it went all the way to Bank then L. Bridge. Jubilee also working from Waterloo Eastbound but I dread to think how it is at the moment with people in for 9am. Office is still very empty and I got in before 8 :eek:
 
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I ran into work today to avoid the DLR, I'll probably leave a bit early on the way back.

Not that much hassle for me but I wanted to post some packages which I'll have to leave until tomorrow now.

Completely pointless strike IMO, all Crow is doing is annoying the people of London. I really hope they don't back down to them.
 
Not too bad for me, only had a delay at wembley as the driver needed to empty his bladder. On the plus side a was motorboating a very nice personality as the Victoria line was a sardine can.
 
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