Station
staff at all stations from North Harrow to Amersham, Chesham and Watford will
not book on for shifts that commence between 05:30 tomorrow, Thursday August 7,
and 05:29 the following day.
“The five
people involved were all on permanent postings and some have even moved house
to be closer to their work,” RMT general secretary Bob Crow said today.
“LUL
management has now ridden roughshod over its own procedures and told them that
they will have to move, even though local reps had hammered out a potential
solution which would have seen everyone’s wishes catered for.
“This isn’t
about inconvenience, it’s about management throwing its weight around when they
know there is an acceptable solution to the problem.
“Our members
have shown that they are not prepared to tolerate this treatment of their
colleagues and we hope that LUL will now sit down and work out the sensible
solution that could have prevented this strike,” Bob Crow said.
