Disputes

Reports from disputes as they progress, and assessments of them when they are over.

Never cross a picket line

These strikes will be the first many workers, especially on stations, have seen. Anyone who started since 2017 has never seen a strike on stations. Anyone who started since 2015 has never seen a combine-wide strike.

And, although strikes elsewhere in the economy have revived somewhat in early 2022...

After March strikes, prepare for further action

Over 10,000 Tube workers will strike on 1 and 3 March, in the biggest strike on London Underground since 2015. A strong strike may force LU to reconsider cuts. But in all likelihood, the strikes on 1 and 3 March will not be sufficient to win the dispute. We will need further action.

The pensions...

London Underground is lying to us

RMT reps met with LU via conciliation service Acas on 17 February, to discuss attacks on jobs, conditions, and pensions. The union quite rightly reiterated that we are not interested in negotiating the detail of cuts; we oppose them outright, and want the employer to back off altogether.

Following...

"Do Nothing"?

One of the recurrent themes of LU's communication with staff over RMT's current dispute to defend jobs, pensions, and conditions, has been a kind of pleading. Referencing TfL/LU's dire financial condition, our employer says, in effect, "Well, what do you want us do to?! We've got to cut something!"...

All out on 1 and 3 March!

RMT has called strikes on London Underground for 1 and 3 March. These strikes will be the first time RMT’s entire LU membership - which includes workers in all functions: drivers, station staff, fleet and engineering workers, signallers, service controllers, and others – has struck together since...

Step Up Night Tube Strikes

RMT drivers on the Central and Victoria lines are continuing Night Tube strikes every Friday and Saturday.

Strikers are braving cold weather to maintain picket lines at train depots, and big gaps in the service, especially on the Central line, show the strikes are having an impact.

Action is...

We Must Strike to Stop Station Job Cuts

London Underground (LU) has now given some more detail on which stations it plans to target to cut jobs. Bosses plan to reduce the "welcome function" (i.e. reducing the number of Customer Service Assistants [CSAs] in ticket halls) at the following locations:

• Euston
• Green Park
• King's Cross
•...

Green Park/Euston: Enough is Enough!

RMT will soon be balloting station staff across Green Park and Euston, as members say "enough is enough!" to the overzealous and heavy-handed management culture across the area.

Issues include probationers being sacked on spurious grounds, with one being told they were too proactive, and...

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