TubeLines maintenance and engineering workers held a lively picket line at the Stratford Market Place depot as they struck to win pensions equality.
Only small numbers crossed the picket line, and most of those were managers. Workers said they felt the strike at their depot was solid, and that there was a strong mood to fight now that the dispute had resume after being on hold over the summer.
The strike succeeded in forcing the postponement and rescheduling of planned engineering work on the Northern Line. Pickets at Stratford said that they thought that action such as the 48-hour overtime ban which follows the strike would be particularly effective in keeping up pressure on management, as it would build a backlog of maintenance work.
Most strikers said they were enthusiastic about further action. The concession already won from management on staff and nominee travel passes, which they had initially been intransigent about, has shown that it's possible to make the bosses budge.
Strengthening the strike committee, and improving its relationship to workplaces, is a vital task as the dispute goes on, to make sure workplace delegates are fully in control of the direction of the campaign.
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