{"id":16417,"date":"2018-09-28T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16417"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:11","slug":"jobs-assurances-tfl-bus-routes-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16417","title":{"rendered":"Central London bus shake-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Proposals for the biggest shake-up in over 16 years of London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s central bus network will leave bus drivers worried for their future their union Unite warned today (September 28), as it called on Transport for London (TfL) to give assurances on jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite, which represents over 26,000 London bus workers, said it would be scrutinising the plans announced by TfL today, to ensure they delivered on the promise of more outer London buses and were not being used as cover to cut drivers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Transport for London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plans represent the biggest shake-up of London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s central bus network in years and will leave many bus workers worried about their future,&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0said Unite regional officer John Murphy as he called on TfL to consult fully with the union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will be seeking assurances over jobs and expects to be fully consulted on the impact any changes may have on the workforce such as drivers having to move bus garages or be retrained on new routes,&#8221; he added.\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIf TfL is to succeed with its promise of putting more buses where they are needed in places like outer London, then it is vital that it engages and listens to the capital\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bus workers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s population set to grow significantly, buses must remain central to mayor of London Sadiq Khan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ambitious aspirations to move away from private car use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is essential that throughout the process the views of the public and bus workers are taken into account to ensure we have a central London bus network that meets the needs of passengers in the years to come.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposals for the biggest shake-up in over 16 years of London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s central bus network will leave bus drivers worried for their future their union Unite warned today (September 28), as it called on Transport for London (TfL) to give assurances on jobs. &nbsp; Unite, which represents over 26,000 London bus workers, said it would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[193,176,964,238],"wps_subtitle":"Unite calls for assurances over jobs as TfL announces review of London bus routes","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25824,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16417\/revisions\/25824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}