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Saturday, 8th of January '11
RMT Gains Press Coverage of London Underground's Plans for Unstaffed Stations
RMT has achieved significant press coverage of London Underground's plans to leave nearly one-third of stations unstaffed for part of the day. After RMT issued this press release, several newspapers reported on the issue, and items were broadcast on TV and radio news bulletins. Here are some web links to media coverage:
- London Tube documents 'show station staffing cuts' - BBC London News, 6 January
- Tube job cuts will leave third of stations unstaffed, union claims - Evening Standard, 6 January
- Third of Tube stations will be unmanned, says union - The Independent, 6 January
- 'Third of Tube stations will be unmanned - union' - Press Association, 6 January
- Row over 'unmanned' Tube stations - Press Association, 7 January
- Press releases on this site are taken from www.rmt.org.uk.
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