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Commuters face combined strikes on bus and Tube

20.11.09
London faces a wave of bus and Tube strikes that could cause chaos for millions of passengers as unions walkout over pay and conditions... more

Tube could halt at Christmas as unions ballot for five strikes

19.11.09
Tube union bosses order four ballots calling for strike action — and are set to announce a fifth... more

First Capital Connect rail strike is called off

11.09.09
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Legal bid to end wind farm sit-in delayed

29.07.09
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MPs attack train firms for ‘backdoor’ fare rises

27.07.09
Rail companies attacked for taking passengers for granted and fleecing commuters with fare increases... more

Talks resume to stop more Tube strikes

24.06.09
Talks have resumed to prevent further Tube strikes... more

Tube talks start in bid to stop strikes

19.06.09
Talks to try to prevent further Tube strikes began at Acas, the conciliation service... more

Tube chiefs in talks on job cuts to avert more strikes

17.06.09
Crisis talks intended to prevent more strikes on the Underground are to take place later this week... more

Blame greedy bosses for the great Tube mess

16.06.09
Bob Crow is an easy scapegoat for London’s transport woes but weak management has played a major part...... more

Tube strikers back at work and union ready for talks

12.06.09
London Underground services returned to normal after the travel chaos caused by a 48-hour strike by thousands of Tube workers in a row over jobs and pay... more

Has Bob Crow bitten off more than he can chew?

11.06.09
He may be no friend of the London commuter but there is no doubting the respect afforded the skilful leadership of Bob Crow by the union movement... more

Tube strike is a success, says Bob Crow

11.06.09
Union boss Bob Crow gloated over the "success" of the Tube strike as he threatened more walkouts... more

Union picket lines are deserted as support for action starts to slip

11.06.09
The RMT's Tube strike was showing signs of crumbling as more trains ran and picket lines were almost deserted... more

Strikebreakers are doing a public service

10.06.09
The remarkable aspect of the first day of the RMT-led Tube strike is not that so many Londoners managed to get into work — by bus, bike, boat or on foot — but that many did so on the Underground. ... more

Tube unions at war over strike

10.06.09
A war broke out between the two Tube drivers' unions as a strike failed to bring the network to a halt ... more

Bob Crow quit Tube talks saying: I've got a strike to run

10.06.09
Talks to avert the Tube strike collapsed at the very last minute after both sides believed they had agreed a deal on redundancies, the Standard can reveal... more

Has the mighty RMT gone too far?

10.06.09
The RMT has form when it comes to one and two-day strikes on the Underground. Over the years, the union has threatened strikes to terrorise the government... more

Tube and rail workers protest at Parliament

05.05.09
Hundreds of Tube and mainline rail workers protested outside Parliament over job losses... more

Rail unions demand freeze on jobs 'massacre'

28.04.09
Rail union bosses are meeting Geoff Hoon, the transport secretary, today in an escalating dispute over job losses, service cuts and fare rises... more

Tube faces stoppages as staff vote over strike for jobs

23.03.09
Up to 10,000 Tube and Transport for London staff are to be balloted over strike action in a dispute over job losses and pay... more

Rail commuters face major strike

19.02.09
London's busiest rail commuter lines face shutdown in the biggest co-ordinated strike action since the early Nineties... more

Battle lines drawn to keep ticket offices open closure

28.01.09
Politicians and union leaders have urged rail commuters to back the Evening Standard’s campaign for safer stations... more

Inflation-busting rail fare rises 'are national scandal'

30.12.08
Unions condemned London's rail bosses for levying maximum fare rises while reaping "bumper profits" of tens of millions of pounds... more

Unions attack plan to leave stations unstaffed for longer

29.12.08
Main line rail stations serving London could be left unstaffed for longer periods during the day, and late at night... more

Tube travellers told: Shut doors on leaving station

12.12.08
Tube commuters are to be instructed to push shut any sliding doors they find open while the train is moving, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

£4,600 for some as Tube bosses agree strike deal

20.08.08
Tube workers who threatened eight days of strikes will receive pay increases of up to £4,600, it was revealed... more

Tube boss: these strikers aim to bring down our firm

18.08.08
The main Tube union has hit back at accusations it is orchestrating an illegal political strike... more

Signal staff reject RMT ballot for national walkout

23.05.08
The RMT union suffered an embarrassing defeat as thousands of signal workers rejected a call to go on strike over pay and conditions... more

Tube strikes on the eve of Mayor vote

18.04.08
Union bosses have ordered a 48-hour Tube strike, days before the elections for London Mayor... more

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05.09.07
Everything Marlena Shaw touches turns to jazz and young singers should study her artful pacing and easy-going audience control.... more

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