the London Underground carries millions of people each day around one of the busiest cities in the world. So is it record this? I'm sitting waiting for one of the few trains it's actually running on the line, as the trade unions have decided called Strike Action Over Pay and Pensions. Today's letter is from one of the shop stewards. Do you? Keith? We've worked hard all through the pandemic to keep the city going. We work all manner of ships in what is often a thankless in boring job. But someone has to do it. We don't feel like we're asking for the world, but we're just asking for our members to be respected, and they will see what they deserve in terms of pay and pensions. Dear Union, you don't sound unreasonable, but I've been waiting for a train for quite a while, so maybe that I start to sound unreasonable. This is unfortunately how response to trade union strike action works. In theory, we, of course, want fair pay for workers and when pro but But when protests interfere with our daily commute, after two years of anxiety about money and jobs and health and now the possibility of World War. It's a little bit hard to find sympathy, I suppose. I'm saying your timing could have been better, but there's never been a good time for a strike. My only warnings that I grew up in a town with trade unions overplayed their hand in relation to a dockyard in a steel mill in the town. Lost both the London Underground can't move, but I can file for bankruptcy. Is it has already done several times and if it goes under, it may be the unions are not regarded too kindly in such a result. Anyway, my train is here now, so I'm back on your side. Viva la Resistance.

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