Tube strike stokes London traffic chaos
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Millions of Londoners were caught up in commuting chaos yesterday, as Underground workers began the first in a series of strikes that British Prime Minister David Cameron branded as “shameful.”
As tempers frayed on packed buses and the streets swarmed with commuters walking, running and cycling to work through gale-force winds, Mayor Boris Johnson and union leader Bob Crow traded recriminations over the latest walkout.
London’s Underground rail drivers plan to stay out for two days this week and another two next week, in a row over job cuts and modernization. The action has brought new calls to curtail the rights of unions to strike in key infrastructure areas.
Some 3 million people use the Tube system daily. Only a lucky few could cram themselves on the handful of trains that were running.
Cameron said on his official Twitter feed that the strike was “shameful, bringing misery to millions of Londoners.”
Thousands of workers took to the roads on bikes. Boat services along the River Thames were running extra trips. Others used the strike as a chance to run to work from the suburbs.
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