Disputes

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This edition reviews the recent developments in the LUL pay dispute, and discusses the implications for union organisation on the job. Plus, an update on the ABM cleaners' ballot, and...

LUL's restructure for Customer Service Managers on stations "went live" on 8 January, prompting some angry responses from workers who felt they hadn't been kept adequately informed of the developments and their implications.

Under the new structure, CSMs can choose between applying for an entirely...

RMT has suspended an industrial action ballot of ABM cleaner members on LUL, after the company agreed to a review of the controversial "Project Lean", which has seen many cleaners face increased workloads.

ABM has now committed to reviewing the workload of any cleaner who was forced to take on...

RMT is re-balloting driver members on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Victoria lines to renew an industrial action mandate in the dispute over the imposition of "flash-and-dash", the unsafe detrainment method whereby drivers are expected to simply flash in-car...

Tubeworker is a pro-union publication, but we are not affiliated with any particular union on London Underground/TfL. However, we do support industrial unionism - the idea that workers in a particular industry/workplace should be in the same union, rather than organising in separate unions on the...

All four LUL unions have now re-entered pay talks with the company, with Mayor Khan's promise of £30m extra funding now on the table. To ensure we get the best outcome possible, we need the maximum possible transparency in those talks.

RMT has suspended the strikes planned for the rest of this week, after an intervention from City Hall which commits £30 million of new money to re-opened pay negotiations. In the coming days, Tubeworker will host contributions from LU workers giving different views and responses to the suspension...

Our week of action is now underway, after an RMT reps' meeting rightly decided that some crumbs from the bosses' table weren't enough to cancel our strikes.

With no movement on the basic pay element of management's offer, which remains at 5%, and no flat-rate minimum for the lowest-paid, it's...

RMT has called a week of strikes from 5 January, after directly-employed London Underground members voting overwhelmingly for strikes over pay.

RMT cleaner reps are working hard to prepare for an upcoming industrial action ballot.

Cleaning contractor ABM has displaced dozens of cleaners via its "Project Lean" restructure, and is yet to respond to an RMT pay claim demanding a pay rise and company sick pay. Meanwhile, the value of cleaners'...