20 Quotes by Bob Crow

Without these enforceable minimum standards, operators will be invited to cut corners and compromise fire safety.

The private sector is making millions each week out of its contracts on the Tube. Yet it is not only failing to deliver promised improvements but has also demonstrably failed to maintain a crucial safety system to acceptable standards.

A track inspector will have miles and miles of track to cover,

The travelling public wants to see more staff on stations, not fewer, and our members have the right to work in safety.

After months of trying to stop these attacks it has become clear that the only path left open to us is to ballot our entire tube membership for industrial action, and we have given London Underground notice to that effect.

There needs to be four times as many track inspectors.

The number of staff being displaced is many times the 200 we were told would be the case during negotiations.

Once again Tube management have jumped the gun and are trying to impose policies without agreement.

The company has confirmed that it will not impose a range of new procedures, and we have agreed a way forward to deal with the issues involved.