It is a regular occurrence. Southern trains constantly run late, or a cancelled at short notice even in rush hour. As I said my girlfriend commutes to London. She has not been able to get home several times, none of these have been on strike days. Southern's own figures for the latest time...
Bozza, those shifts do not get filled at the last minute. People are not doing their allotted eight hour shift then going "You know what I will stay for that other eight hour shift as well". People have to sign up for those shifts in advance. Southern are not sitting there each day waiting for a...
Why would they feel that? I do the rota for my staff at my job. I know if a gap isn't filled it isn't filled. And I know it from weeks out. . Southern did not fill the gaps in their rota, they did not get some temps in from other railways (if that is even a thing). Simply Southern knew and did...
If you are talking about Lewes Bonfire, they were made up that there would be no trains running. The bonfire societies would much rather keep the numbers down. As to coincidence, what are you talking about? Lewes Bonfire was a pre arranged strike that everyone knew about. They announced that...
What did the staff do last week? It has been written on here a million times. Those shifts were not covered, Southern knew all week they were not covered. Some guards did not go sick at 17:30 on Friday night, they were never rota'd to start with.
Even Southern do not dispute this.