One day after the national railway worker’s strike, that of London metro employees paralyzes, this Friday, the public transport network of the British capital.
by (with AFP)
The movement does not weaken on this weekend day before. The London metro is almost entirely paralyzed, Friday, August 19, due to a strike for wages in the face of inflation at the highest in the United Kingdom, the day after a massive railroad raising. The rest of the public transport network is also strongly disrupted.
“There are almost no service [in the London metro]”, even if “two lines offer reduced traffic” with a train every fifteen minutes, said a spokesperson for the Public transport operator Transport for London (TFL). Bus traffic – also overloaded due to the withdrawal of many Londoners in this mode of transport – was also disturbed.
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If many trains users on Thursday were understanding towards rail strikers, some late Londoners were less lenient on Friday. “I understand the message [that the strikers] want to convey to their bosses, but (…) London is a big city and many people need to go to their work”, criticism Catherine Ondo, a 25 -year -old saleswoman .
mobilization due to inflation
The United Kingdom is experiencing a new salvo of massive debraying in transport, post, ports, the biggest strike for decades in the face of inflation. A new day of strike is notably planned in the trains on Saturday.
Negotiations with the multitude of private rail operators in the sector are deadlocked, according to the unions. The latter have also rejected a salary increase of 8 % over two years of Network Rail, a public enterprise for managing railway lines, which they accuse of being conditioned on massive layoffs.
The Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps, accused by the unions of blocking the situation, criticizes the union organizations for refusing reforms to modernize the rail. He could go into force, he assured, Friday on Sky News . “If we cannot set up these modernizations, we will have to impose them,” he said.