London Underground

Members of the RMT and TSSA rail unions took strike action on 6 September over plans to axe 800 staff and close Tube ticket offices.

RMT general secretary Bob Crow insisted that the dispute was not about new technology or the Oyster Card, and highlighted the safety role of station and platform staff during recent incidents at Euston, Oxford Circus and Moorgate.

Lorraine Ward, TSSA senior regional organiser, said: “We don’t take action very often, but when we do, we mean business.”