Tube strikes causing chaos

As the tube strikes continue for a second week, we see the stations piling up with angered people, waiting for an extensive amount of time, desperate to get to work. These strikes have lead to an unimaginable build up at the underground stations, to at some points it becoming dangerous as to how crowded they are. This week the strikes are going on from Tuesday 21st of June to Sunday 26th of June with no services before 8am and delays expected after this time. And the London Overground will run a reduced service ending at 6pm. Only 60 per cent of trains are going to be running, mainly due to a delay to the start of services because signallers and control room staff are not doing overnight shifts. Traffic on the roads is also being affected due to more people having to travel by car.

But why are these strikes so necessary? Train drivers have claimed proposals by bosses that they will cut jobs, change working agreements and pensions which they believe isn’t fair. However Boris Johnson has said he “will not give in to demands from rail unions so it is unlikely we will see a stop to these strikes for now.

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