Aslef called off its planned strikes on the Tube after a letter from the company making various concessions on several of the issues under dispute. An almost-identical letter which issued to the RMT, which had been in parallel, but separate, talks with LUL on the same issues.
This edition reflects on discussion at our recent meeting about the 40th anniversary of the miners' strike, and argues for a real fightback against LUL's plans for attacks on drivers' conditions. Plus local and workplace stories.
TSSA is balloting its Customer Service Manager members across LU for industrial action against the ongoing restructure of the grade, with the ballot closing on 7 March.
LUL unions remain in negotiations with the company over how to distribute the £30 million of additional funding secured thanks to RMT's threatened week of action from 5-11 January.
RMT is recommending members working for Thales (GTS), a signalling and communications system contractor with numerous contracts on TfL/LUL, vote to accept the company's latest pay offer.
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.
RMT has suspended an industrial action ballot of ABM cleaner members, after the company agreed to a review of the controversial "Project Lean", which has seen many cleaners face increased workloads.
RMT is re-balloting driver members on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Victorai 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 lights on and off before taking the train into the sidings/depot.
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.
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.
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