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Appointment Of Ex-AA Boss Tim Parker To Run Transport For London Is A Scary Moment For Commuters Says GMB

Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary commenting on the appointment of Tim Parker the former AA boss to run London Transport.
22 May 2008

Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary commenting on the appointment of Tim Parker the former AA boss to run London Transport said, "This is a scary moment for London’s commuters. Tim Parker is one of the multi- millionaire elite private equity buccaneers who asset stripped the AA by cutting jobs and cutting services and raising prices to customers. At AA he targeted and sacked by bullying out of the door the sick and disabled staff. He took £30 million out of AA when he left it last year, having saddled AA/SAGA with £4.8 billions of debt. The good work of the last number of years is under threat."

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