Far from over: New rail strike alert amid fears of weekend travel chaos June 24, 2022 A fresh alert has been issued to train passengers amid fears that many are reluctant to abandon leisure trips planned for Saturday despite another rail strike taking place. Only a fifth of services will run and half of lines will be closed as 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network [...]
Checking out: CEO of travel giant TUI announces departure after more than 10 years in the job June 24, 2022 Fritz Joussen, the CEO of travel group Tui has announced his resignation after 10 years as boss of the firm and leading it through the pandemic. Joussen will step down from the German holiday giant at the end of September, when he will be replaced by the company’s chief financial officer, Sebastian Ebel. Mr Joussen [...]
AA praises Asda for not surging petrol prices as diesel approaches dreaded £2 litre milestone June 24, 2022 Motoring group the AA has praised supermarket chain Asda for preventing further fuel surges, as the price of diesel moved within 0.2p of the dreaded £2-litre. The organisation’s fuel price report showed this morning that on average, big oil firms’ forecourt reached the milestone, but it could have been much worse. The AA said while [...]
Editorial: Is anybody willing to take responsibility for Strike Island? June 23, 2022 Welcome to Strike Island, then. British Airways’ ground handlers – or at least, a chunk of them – are now joining an ever-growing list of unionised workers who have picked walkouts over work amid a heightening cost of everything crisis. Whether it’s wise for union leaders to take their staff out on strike at the [...]
Govt’s union bill could break law, legal experts say June 23, 2022 Lawyers have said the government’s plans to overturn laws that prevent agency staff from filling in for striking workers could face legal challenges under both UK and international law. The comments come after the government set out plans to repeal the “burdensome legal restrictions” that block staffing agencies from sending in temporary workers during strikes. [...]
Khan lashes Shapps for refusing to meet over TfL funding as latest deal runs out June 23, 2022 Sadiq Khan has hit out at transport secretary Grant Shapps for refusing to meet with him over Transport for London (TfL) funding, despite the body’s latest deal running out tomorrow. The mayor of London told a group of journalists today that Shapps had not answered formal requests for a meeting that was made two weeks [...]
‘Boring’ breakthrough: Tunnel-making machine completes 6.7km journey under south London June 23, 2022 The first of five drives by four tunnel boring machines in London was completed yesterday, travelling 6.7km underneath the capital. A team of ‘boring’ National Grid workers marked the completion of its journey across south London, with the breakthrough in Eltham. The London Power Tunnels project started in July last year reaching depths of 50m [...]
Fuel hikes could push taxi drivers into insolvency June 23, 2022 The surge in fuel prices could push taxi drivers into bankruptcy, according to data from London insolvency firm Company Debt. Despite falling wholesale costs, fuel at the pump went up to 189.84p on Wednesday, while diesel reached 198p a litre, one step closer to approaching the £2 a litre mark. Company Debt reported that that [...]
BA workers join the industrial action wave by voting in favour of strike June 23, 2022 British Airways (BA) workers are set to join the wave of industrial action that is bringing the country to a standstill after members of the unions GMB and Unite have voted in favour of strike action. The unions announced the results this afternoon, with GMB’s national officer Nadine Houghton saying 95 per cent of those [...]
Fuel traders urged to take responsibility as wholesale price falls but petrol hits new record at pump June 23, 2022 Despite falling wholesale costs of petrol and diesel, prices are still going up at the pump as motoring groups call on fuel traders to offer consumers relief.
