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On Mon, 5 May 2014 13:13:46 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
"Mr Hufton added: "Modernisation of the Tube means that it is our
intention to close all ticket offices, used in less than 3% of journeys"

As ever, it would aid transparency to know what the percentage was if
they excluded season tickets (to a first approximation I won't insist
that an annual season ticket bought at a ticket office counts as 400+
journeys).

3% of journeys is still a hell of a lot and more than enough reason to
keep
them. If it really is just modernisation and not cost cutting why are they
seeking voluntary redundancies? The unions should call their bluff and say
fine - close the offices and modernise practises , but keep all the staff.
Lets see what Mike Brown has to say then.

Unions are supposed to act in the interests of the work force [1]

If my employer were offing redundancy terms that I (or others) were minded
to accept and the union wanted to go on strike to get them to withdraw that
offer I'd be sending back my union card

tim

[1] I know that frequently they don't, but this is just so blatantly the
wrong thing to do it would get noticed