Rail militants vote to strike [Mail]
Date: 13/05/2011
Workers on the Heathrow Express yesterday voted to strike in the latest round of militant union demands for ‘Olympic bonuses’.
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Rail militants vote to strike: Heathrow Express staff demand 'Olympic bonuses'
It is understood that Heathrow Express workers were offered a pay rise of 4.5 per cent this year, which is above the current 4 per cent rate of inflation, and 3.5 per cent in 2012, but rejected it.
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An aggressive looking Heathrow Express stands at Paddington on 20 July 2005, with its minder bearing more than a passing resemblance to Vinnie (mind your head in the door sir) Jones.
Location: Paddington
Company: Great Western Railway
20/07/2005 John Furnevel
Location: Paddington
Company: Great Western Railway
20/07/2005 John Furnevel
The pantograph of a Heathrow Express exerts a squeegee effect on the overhead wire as it speeds through Ealing Broadway in a rainstorm in July 2005 heading for the airport.
Location: Ealing Broadway
Company: Great Western Railway
20/07/2005 John Furnevel
Location: Ealing Broadway
Company: Great Western Railway
20/07/2005 John Furnevel
