In the subsequent media circus about soft snow and problematic train technology, the industrial action and its impact on the capacity of Eurostar to cope with the inclement weather has been conspicuously absent from media reports. Save for yesterday's Morning Star which reported on criticism by rail unions of Eurostar's management for causing a strike which left crucial staff absent on the day that thousands of passengers were trapped in the Channel Tunnel.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/84759
ASLEF general secretary Keith Norman said: "This just proves how ludicrous Eurostar's management has been in causing industrial action through their failure to negotiate. Our members could have managed the inconvenience and been at hand to give advice and keep passengers better updated. Instead, management have paid the price through their own lack of foresight, which left Eurostar understaffed at such a crucial time."
http://www.aslef.org.uk/information/116641/eurostar_strikes_friday__saturday/
