Engineering and fleet

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Cleaning, catering, security, track protection: in house now!

Cleaners, catering and security staff, track protection workers, and others are employed by private companies rather than by LUL or TfL directly. Contracting out work to private companies is known as “outsourcing”. Invariably, outsourced workers have worse terms and conditions, and less secure work...

Thales workers vote on pay offer

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.

Last year, workers told their bosses a 5.5% offer for 2024 was not good enough. The new proposal adds a further...

Outsourced track protection workers punished for LUL's mistakes

Outsourced track protection workers, many working as self-employed contractors for companies like Cleshar and Morsons, face unemployment and poverty due to LUL's failure to procure proper equipment.

LUL failed to provide adequate supplies of new Current Rail Indicator Devices (CRIDs), devices for...

Thales pay fight

RMT reps are in pay negotiations with Thales, a signalling and communications system contractor with numerous contracts on TfL/LUL. The company's pay offer is 7% for 2023, or 8% for those earning £30k, and 5.5% for 2024.

The union has rightly told Thales the offer is not good enough, and strikes...

Cleshar workers suspend strikes (for now) as bosses budge

Engineering workers employed by the contractor Cleshar on the East London Line, part of London Overground, suspended a strike planned for 12 October, after Cleshar upped its pay offer and made proposals for reducing working hours.

The revised offer doesn't fully meet union demands, though, so the...

Resist Fleet job cuts!

LUL has informed reps in Fleet of plans for major job cuts. The company wants to close all call-points, affecting 67 call-point/SST roles. They plan some redeployments, but with a shortfall of 27 jobs.

They also want to “consult” on changes to minimum staffing levels and rostering, almost certainly...

Vote to strike in ballot on parking

From 1 October all existing car parking for Acton Town District line drivers and REW Acton Works will be removed. RMT is now balloting over the issue. The new and very expensive housing development on Bollo Lane had parking for staff rejected at the planning stage. Management chose not to appeal...

Engineering workers vote for strikes

Two groups of engineering workers in RMT, employed by Cleshar on the East London Line contract and Thales GTS, have voted for strikes over pay.

Both voted by overwhelming majorities (100%, in the Cleshar workers’ case!) to strike.

Engineering contractors are a precarious and often low-paid...

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