Set more action soon!
We will need to take more action. If the unions set a timescale now, it allows us to plan and save up. It keeps momentum and pressure on management.
Plan ahead
We should use the 'industrial truce' to get ready. If management don't budge on the core demands, then sustained action - more than 48 hours, over a few consecutive weeks - could become necessary. Unions could agree to pay strike pay. Locally, we should be raising a strike fund to help people take action when facing hardship. It's all about putting the measures in place to help us take the action we know can win.
Unions: involve us in the talks!
It is good to hear union reps promise to report regularly on the talks. It is important that they tell us what's going on, what is being discussed? Workers affected might have new ideas, so listen to us.
What are our demands?
Our demand is 'No job cuts!' - and also others, such as 'Keep a Supervisor on every station'. We suspended our action from a position of strength. Plans don't come in til next year; we have time to beat them. Our negotiators need to know it's not time for a compromise. Instead, they should hold out for what we want.
Extend the strike committee
The current strike committee needs to make sure it has representatives from all areas involved in the dispute, including RMT and TSSA. After honest discussion and democratic decisions, we can guide our leaders on the best course of action.
Public and political support
The Hands Off London Transport public campaign needs to be supported by both unions. The media's expression of public support for the strike panicked management. Boris is on the ropes too. His dopey image ceases to be lovable or amusing while he revels in privilege while squeezing workers. The Labour Party has been out leafleting against the plans, although its leaders couldn't quite bring themselves to support our strikes.
Labour has passed a motion through the London Assembly to review LU's cuts. Unions need to use these political opportunities, without relying on them as an alternative to industrial action.