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Disputes

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


Anti-Victimisation Disputes

Campaigns for justice for sacked and unfairly-treated workmates


Casualisation dispute 2007-08

As London Underground attacked the workforce on several fronts - eg mobile station supervision, ticket office closures and weakening the right to refuse to work on safety grounds - the unions stopped


Detrainment dispute 2007-08

Detrainment staff on the Bakerloo line fighting LUL's attempts to impose lone working.


Disputes As Metronet Collapses 2007-08

Disputes arising from Metronet's collapse and move into administration.


DLR Pay 2007

Rejecting management's various offers, winning an improvement - but could we have more?


GrantRail Redundancies 2007

The mainly-unsuccessful dispute to stop job losses when GrantRail lost its work with TubeLines.


Ill-Health Pensions 2007

The successful fight to stop TfL attacking enhanced pensions for workers who retire early for medical reasons.


Rule Book (Non-)Dispute 2007

The threat - then collapse - of a fight to stop LUL imposing its unsafe new Rule Book.


DLR Pay 2006

The campaign for a decent pay rise for DLR workers


DLR Reorganisation 2006

Resistance to DLR's attempt to cut jobs and staff


LUL Attendance, Performance and Conduct at Work 2006

LUL's abortive attempt to bring in new, draconian sickness and discipline policies


LUL Pay 2006

... a dispute which went on into 2007 - one of the reasons why it ended up with an unsatisfactory multi-year deal.


Service Control 35-Hour Week & Restructuring 2005-06


Stop Transfers From Metronet To Bombardier 2005-07

The successful fight to stop Metronet re-privatising some of its workers by transferring them to Bombardier.


Stations 35-Hour Week 2004-6

The struggle for the long-awaited 35-hour week for station staff, and how the unions failed to stop it bringing staffing cuts with it.


Older disputes


Dig Deep For The Cleaners

Submitted on 27 April, 2008 - 21:16
Cleaners

RMT is apparently moving closer to organising a strike of cleaners demanding better pay and conditions.


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TubeLines Workers Vote For Action

Submitted on 26 April, 2008 - 08:52
Disputes

RMT's strike ballot on TubeLines has come back with a whopping mandate for action: 266-42 (85%) for strikes, 289-24 (92%) for action short of strikes.


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Acton Town Drivers To Ballot For Strikes

Submitted on 25 April, 2008 - 06:12
Attendance and Discipline

Drivers at Bollo House (Acton Town) have had enough of the management regime in their depot and have asked RMT to ballot them for strike action.


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Infracos Beware

Submitted on 16 April, 2008 - 20:08
Disputes

Metronet and TubeLines workers' strike committee met last night to co-ordinate their action across the entire network.


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TubeLines Ballot For Allowances

Submitted on 31 March, 2008 - 08:14
Disputes

It's two years since the last pay deal on TubeLines. That deal included a commitment to negotiate the payment of allowances to workers undertaking Protection Master and Site Person In Charge duties.


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All Change, Please!

Submitted on 27 March, 2008 - 11:31
Disputes

Thoughts on our unions' industrial strategies - comments welcome.


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Looking Into It

Submitted on 1 October, 2006 - 17:53
Disputes

Just to update readers on the situation on Canary Wharf group.


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Trouble At The Wharf

Submitted on 9 August, 2006 - 11:15
Disputes

Staff on the Canary Wharf group have had enough of the GSM's abuse of staff. The GSM's actions affect all grades, races and genders. Everyone thinks he is a bully, and enough is enough.


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Saturday Night's Not Alright

Submitted on 6 August, 2006 - 11:10
Disputes

Management want to impose a vastly anti-social roster for fleet staff at Northfields, making them work on Saturday nights when they have not done before. Social life?! Humbug!


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Remote booking dispute ends

Submitted on 25 April, 2006 - 13:35
Disputes

After running for years - literally - the dispute over remote booking on and off at Acton Town is over. So what is the deal? We quote verbatim ...


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Pull the pay fights together

Submitted on 24 April, 2006 - 10:05
Cleaners

Meanwhile, TubeLines have settled for a two-year deal with a 4% rise this year.


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Friday Night's Not Alright

Submitted on 3 September, 2005 - 14:35
Disputes

As Ruislip depot, Balfour Beatty management want Tube Recon Gangs to sign away the Friday night agreement, and agree instead to flat-rate compulsory overtime every rostered Friday. And they think we are cheap enough to accept this for a one-off £150.

Don't sign the slip. Vote Yes in the RMT's ballot for action.


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