#StopKillingBusDrivers @MayorofLondon tells @KeithPrinceAM "from Mar20-May21, 90 @TfL Workers killed by #Covid19" BUT "TfL is unable to report on the number of Taxi or Private Hire drivers who have died in service" @TootlestheTaxi @GMBLondonRegion @BWTUC london.gov.uk/questions/2021…
TfL Data released w that MQT response that reveals OVER HALF (53%, 47 of 90) @TfL Worker Deaths from #Covid19 occurred AFTER May20, i.e. AFTER 1st Wave. Weren't any 'lessons learned' @SadiqKhan @Heidi_LDN @MichaelMarmot? HT>@KevinMustafa16 @therealdojj @MalLunam @LeeOdams
TfL Data released w same MQT response reveals OVER HALF (75%, 67 of 90) @TfL Worker Deaths from #Covid19 were "Bus & Dial-a-Ride" Workers. BUT TfL refused to correlate Death Timeline Data w/ Worker Occupation. Why? Why conflate Bus & Dial-a-Ride" Worker data? WHAT is TfL Hiding?
Another @MayorofLondon response to @KeithPrinceAM reveals 53 @TfL Bus Drivers have died from #Covid19 since Mar20 london.gov.uk/questions/2021…
NOTE: What seems to be a #Covid19 Death Cluster at @ComfortDelGro Metroline PLUS @AbellioLondon Driver death since March 2021. Did @BBCLondonNews @standardnews report any of this information? Just asking @BBCTomEdwards @RossLydall! @Topdeck1917 @skinnerzboy
I'm asking b/c @MayorofLondon & @TfL Commissioner Andy Byford are going around telling public & @LondonAssembly that TfL had 'World Leading' response in #Covid19 Protection for London Bus Drivers. Did @marmotihe Reports say that anywhere? I can't find it.
I'm asking b/c AFAIK @ComfortDelGro Metroline FIRED Bus Driver for asserting "rights to a safe workplace under Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act (1996)" & warning @Heidi_LDN @unitetheunion of #Covid19 Outbreak at Metroline Cricklewood Garage crowdjustice.com/case/test-case…
ICYMI @BBCTomEdwards @RossLydall: @KeithPrinceAM asked @MayorofLondon about Cricklewood #Covid19 Outbreak in Oct20 but @SadiqKhan assured "Metroline has introduced measures to ensure a COVID-secure workplace..." london.gov.uk/questions/2020…
Look at the Data AGAIN: recent @MayorofLondon MQT response to @KeithPrinceAM reveals @ComfortDelGro Metroline has nearly 30% of London Bus Driver #Covid19 Deaths since Mar20
but @marmotihe Phase Report shows @ComfortDelGro Metroline only employs about 16% of London Bus Drivers. Did @TfL or @MichaelMarmot @marmotihe investigate why there appear to be CLUSTERS of #Covid19 Deaths at certain operators? You know? Lessons Learned? content.tfl.gov.uk/initial-assess…
Did @Heidi_LDN even answer @ComfortDelGro Metroline Bus Driver David O'Sullivan's letter warning @TfL of #Covid19 Outbreak at Cricklewood? Did @unitetheunion? #JustAskin...& I'd wager @KeithPrince will ask too crowdjustice.com/case/test-case…
& now w @MayorofLondon revealing to @KeithPrinceAM about recent @AbellioLondon Bus Driver #Covid19 Death, will @BBCTomEdwards @RossLydall investigate reasons why @BusSafetyRep recently sacked? 1st O'Sullivan at @ComfortDelGro Metroline. Now Moe at @AbellioLondon. Why?
As #CroydonCrash Inquest grinds away, we learn @FirstGroupplc FIRED Tram Drivers who fell asleep creating #SafetyCulture where Drivers feared reporting Safety issues & on 9Nov2016 PEOPLE DIED #Sandilands. FFS @VictoriaLIVE covered this story APR 2017! bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05…
Will @BBCLondonNews @standardnews ask @Heidi_LDN if she responded to David O'Sullivan's report about #Covid19 outbreak at @ComfortDelGro Metroline Cricklewood Garage? crowdjustice.com/case/test-case…
Will @BBCTomEdwards @RossLydall ask @AbellioLondon why that Bus Operator sacked @BusSafetyRep? Maybe Moe should write a letter to @Heidi_LDN & @TfL Commissioner Andy Byford? At least it will be on the public record & then public & @LondonAssembly can FOI it.
Will @BBCTomEdwards @RossLydall ask @Heidi_LDN why she told @VanessaOnAir that @TfL takes NO RESPONSIBILITY for #Covid19 Deaths of London Transport Workers?
Since @SadiqKhan told @KeithPrinceAM OVER HALF London Transport Worker #Covid19 Deaths have occurred SINCE May 2020, what were—if any—the 'Lessons Learned'? IMO it appears @ComfortDelGro Metroline & @AbellioLondon learned: SACK THE WHISTLEBLOWER. Does @TfL agree w Operators?

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