Strike ballot over sacking
Tube drivers on the Jubilee Line are to be balloted for industrial action because of the unbelievably unfair sacking of a colleague. Raj Nathvani is a RMT member with driving experience of over eight and a half years and an exemplary safety record. Despite this he was sacked after he reported he had overrun a signal — and did not follow procedures exactly. This overlooks the fact there are other drivers who made similar mistakes, learnt from them and are still driving today. London Underground breached their own procedures by refusing him a union rep until his actual disciplinary hearing and...