Docklands Light Railway

Reports of issues and struggles form the DLR

DLR workers to strike

DLR workers will strike on 7 and 8 November as they attempt to win a decent settlement on pay and conditions.

They’re employed by Keolis Amey Docklands, the private consortium that runs the DLR on a contract from TfL.

The company’s latest pay offer, for a 5% increase with a one-off £1,000 bonus...

Outsourced DLR workers to strike again

Outsourced ISS staff in the DLR will strike again on 12 and 14 September, as their fight for decent pay goes on.

These workers have struck several times in recent months but bosses are yet to make a satisfactory offer.

It’s good that the dispute is continuing but if the pattern of 48-hour...

Cable car workers plan strikes

Maintenance workers on the TfL cable car - known as the "IFS Cloud Cable Car" due to its current sponsor - plan strikes from 7-10 April.

26 out of 27 RMT members working for the companies which provide maintenance voted for strikes to win improved pay and conditions. The threat of action has...

Outsourced DLR workers back on the picket line

It was another solid strike for outsourced workers on the DLR on 1-2 April, as cleaners, security staff, and others employed by the contractor ISS kept up their fight for improved pay and conditions.

As elsewhere on the TfL network, their fight for immediate improvements is part of a wider struggle...

Outsourced workers on the DLR strike again

Outsourced cleaners, security staff, and revenue protection workers employed by ISS on the Docklands Light Railway are striking from 24-25 February, as they continue their fight for decent pay. ISS has offer just 1.8%; given rising inflation and soaring living costs, the workers have understandably...

Outsourced workers on the DLR to strike

Outsourced cleaning and security staff employed by ISS on the Docklands Light Railway will strike on 30 and 31 December, demanding improved pay and conditions.

The second day of the strike sees them strike alongside over 1,000 other outsourced cleaning workers on mainline train operating companies...

DLR workers to strike again

Workers on London's Docklands Light Railway will strike from 20-24 April, as part of an ongoing dispute over a range of attacks by Keolis Amey Docklands (KAD), the contractor that operates the DLR.

KAD has begun to outsource more work on the DLR, which the RMT union undermines the job security of...

Is ISS shipping in strike-breakers?

Cleaners and security workers employed by ISS on the DLR contract struck again today. The strike will last until 3 February; workers have also planned a work-to-rule from 5 February.

The strike follows a successful action on New Year's Eve, and is over a raft of issues; ISS has unilaterally slashed...

DLR ISS workers to strike again

Cleaners and security workers employed by ISS on the DLR will strike again from 1-3 February.

Following a solid strike on New Year's Eve, RMT is organising further action in an attempt to force ISS to adhere to its own agreed procedures for negotiating changes to working practises. The union also...

DLR security workers balloting for strikes

RMT is balloting its members working as security staff for ISS on the DLR contract for strikes.

Neither ISS nor Keolis Amey Docklands, the contract holder, has meaningfully responded to the union's pay claim. On top of this, ISS is making a mess of rostering by offering shifts to workers outside of...

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