Disputes

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

If LU isn't listening, we have to make ourselves impossible to ignore.

Union reps on stations are currently busy conducting another "roster consultation" process. We went through this once already in the spring; LU released absolutely nightmarish draft rosters, which involved drastic reductions in weekends off for almost all of us, a big increase in lone working,...

W&C Service Controllers Strike Back

Waterloo and City line service controllers will strike for 48 hours next week in their fight to have their job uprated.

W&C controllers are paid less than every other service controller on the job - they have a grade all to themselves so that the company can pay them five grand less than others...

Tell LU: The Clock Is Ticking! Count Down To More Action!

Talks between LU and the unions on our disputes over pay/Night Tube and job cuts (and other issues relating to "Fit for the Future - Stations") are ongoing. Negotiators say they are making progress, and significant concessions, such as LU's commitment to retain fixed-term contract station staff on a...

Update Please

Tube workers gradually found out via rumour and the BBC that RMT will not, after all, strike on 8 and 10 September. The usual text and email notifications were not sent out. This is presumably because the union never actually officially put the strikes on - instead, it declared its intention to call...

"Progress"?

We have been receiving messages from our respective unions telling us that this week's strikes are off, with an explanation that talks are making "progress". Perhaps we are supposed to just accept this without wanting to know more, but rank-and-file Tube workers do want to know more, and local reps...

How To Keep The Pressure On

As the media carries sensationalised reports of talks between LU and the unions going down to the wire, there's been a lot talk around the job about whether next week's strikes will go ahead.

That intense negotiations between unions and an employer will continue for as long as possible is hardly...

A Two-Tier Workforce?

Unity between unions on London Underground has been strong recently, as workers unite against a common enemy - a boss determined to increase workloads and cut jobs and pay.

However, there is a risk of allowing changes to new starters' pay or terms and conditions in a misplaced belief that offering...

Delays pile on pressure

Our action short of strike in the depots as part of the Night Tube/pay dispute has led to cancelled trains on the District, Circle, Hammersmith and City, and Central Lines, causing delays every day for weeks.

On Wednesday 12 August, LU only ran 70% of its scheduled trains through the morning peak...

Next week's strikes are live: all grades, stand firm!

An RMT reps' meeting this morning resolved to keep the strikes planned for 25-26 and 27-28 August live. TSSA and Unite are also due to participate.

Senior reps reported that some progress had been made in negotiations, with the company finally budging, for example, on some of the issues surrounding...

An appeal to Aslef drivers: don't cross the picket lines!

Here at Tubeworker, we've shared the widespread feeling of galvanisation and collective strength that's been prevalent since the start of the Night Tube dispute. With all four unions striking together, we've asserted ourselves as a workforce in a way we haven't for decades.

That's why it's...

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