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Tube strike costs London nearly £50m per day
Business Digest: London Underground faces major disruption for 24 hours
Millions of commuters in London face travel chaos today as two 24-hour tube strikes cripple the city's Underground lines and the city's economy.
The strikes are over proposed plans to cut 800 ticket staff jobs and a below inflation pay-rise, and are causing all but the Northern Line services to be suspended or delayed.
The chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce, Colin Stanbridge, said each day the Underground was shut would cost the capital's economy £48m.
The Rail Maritime and Transport said it expected the impact of the strikes to be "massive", with further action planned for October and November.
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The strikes are certainly not over the loss of 800 jobs as affected workers were told they will be given jobs elsewhere whilst the mantra from the RMT to justify the strike remains the same pathetic 'Safety Reasons.'
Bob Crow belongs to the days of those who ruined other industries;
Red Robbo - British auto; Arthur Scargill - Coal/Mining; Tom Jackson - POWU & postal services, Jack Jones - Dockers.
Bob Crow has another agenda here; the removal of the Coalition - he is an ardent Communist and I must wonder who dreams all his nonsense up. Let's hope he eventually gets the same response from his members as Derek Robinson, 'Red Robbo,' did when his members finally rumbled him.