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| Tube staff anger over snow leave | Tube staff anger over snow leave |
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| Tube bosses have been been accused of "hypocrisy" after telling staff they will not be paid for failing to turn up for work during last week's heavy snow. | Tube bosses have been been accused of "hypocrisy" after telling staff they will not be paid for failing to turn up for work during last week's heavy snow. |
| London's entire bus network and much of the Tube was withdrawn from service due to Monday's extreme weather. | London's entire bus network and much of the Tube was withdrawn from service due to Monday's extreme weather. |
| Union leaders said it was therefore unfair to penalise staff for not coming into work. | Union leaders said it was therefore unfair to penalise staff for not coming into work. |
| Transport for London (TfL) said workers needed to provide a good reason for not attending work last Monday. | |
| Union leaders are holding talks with managers later amid growing anger against bosses and London Mayor Boris Johnson. | |
| 'Loyal staff' | 'Loyal staff' |
| The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said its members working in ticket offices and in other grades on the London Underground network have been told they must claim last Monday as unpaid leave or a day out of their annual holidays. | The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said its members working in ticket offices and in other grades on the London Underground network have been told they must claim last Monday as unpaid leave or a day out of their annual holidays. |
| If staff are not able to provide a good reason for why they were not at work, they will be expected to take annual or unpaid leave for that day. TfL spokesman | |
| "We think this is gross hypocrisy on the mayor's part," said Manuel Cortes, assistant general secretary of the TSSA. | "We think this is gross hypocrisy on the mayor's part," said Manuel Cortes, assistant general secretary of the TSSA. |
| "He cancels all the buses and most of the Tube and urges Londoners not to risk trying to get to work in the worst snowstorm for a generation. | "He cancels all the buses and most of the Tube and urges Londoners not to risk trying to get to work in the worst snowstorm for a generation. |
| "So our members could not get in because Boris had effectively halted all public transport because the main line trains weren't running either. | "So our members could not get in because Boris had effectively halted all public transport because the main line trains weren't running either. |
| "Yet here he is wanting to penalise them because of his own actions. It is unfair and he should tell Transport for London to stop being so mean to its loyal staff." | "Yet here he is wanting to penalise them because of his own actions. It is unfair and he should tell Transport for London to stop being so mean to its loyal staff." |
| A TfL spokesman said Tube bosses did not make a "conscious decision" to cancel any services . | |
| "We recognise that exceptional weather conditions made it impossible for some staff to get to work, but we maintain a strict policy that anyone who can get into work should do so. | |
| "If staff are not able to provide a good reason for why they were not at work, they will be expected to take annual or unpaid leave for that day." |