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"It has nothing whatever to do with health and safety
-- nor have the union leaderships raised any such fears in the course of the negotiations," Johnson wrote. The Conservative mayor said London's automated fare system -- the Oyster card
-- had reduced the need for ticket office staff. Some stations are now selling fewer than 10 tickets an hour, Johnson said. Bob Crow, leader of the RMT union, said strikers were fighting against "the same cuts that Johnson opposed before he was elected London mayor."
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