Reports from disputes as they progress, and assessments of them when they are over.
RMT reps will meet on Friday 18 March to discuss the next steps in the fight for jobs, pensions, and conditions, following our excellent strikes on 1/3 March. Tubeworker supporters in the meeting will argue for the following:
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We have the wind in our sails following one of the...
An RMT rep shares some reflections on today's strike...
Today's action was more effective than LU - and, if we're honest, probably some of us - were expecting. In the week leading up to the strike the messaging from the company became slightly more panicked, shifting from emphasising significant...
An article in the Daily Telegraph attempts to smear 10,000+ London Underground workers as "Putin apologists" by linking our strike to the RMT's historic policies, and to the personal views and activity of one union official (Assistant General Secretary Eddie Dempsey) on Ukraine/Russia.
Those of us...
These strikes will be the first many workers, especially on stations, have seen. Anyone who started since 2017 has never seen a strike on stations. Anyone who started since 2015 has never seen a combine-wide strike.
And, although strikes elsewhere in the economy have revived somewhat in early 2022...
Over 10,000 Tube workers will strike on 1 and 3 March, in the biggest strike on London Underground since 2015. A strong strike may force LU to reconsider cuts. But in all likelihood, the strikes on 1 and 3 March will not be sufficient to win the dispute. We will need further action.
The pensions...
RMT reps met with LU via conciliation service Acas on 17 February, to discuss attacks on jobs, conditions, and pensions. The union quite rightly reiterated that we are not interested in negotiating the detail of cuts; we oppose them outright, and want the employer to back off altogether.
Following...
One of the recurrent themes of LU's communication with staff over RMT's current dispute to defend jobs, pensions, and conditions, has been a kind of pleading. Referencing TfL/LU's dire financial condition, our employer says, in effect, "Well, what do you want us do to?! We've got to cut something!"...
With the deadline for the latest round of TfL funding negotiations extended by a fortnight to 18 February, many Tube workers raised an eyebrow at the news that commissioner Andy Byford had rejected the government’s latest funding proposal, saying the strings attached were unreasonable.
We might be...
RMT has called strikes on London Underground for 1 and 3 March. These strikes will be the first time RMT’s entire LU membership - which includes workers in all functions: drivers, station staff, fleet and engineering workers, signallers, service controllers, and others – has struck together since...
RMT reps are due to meet on 1 February to discuss a strategy for the dispute for jobs, conditions, and pensions. Tubeworker has already set out our views on the next steps, arguing for a programme of escalating strikes to be called as soon as possible.
Whenever we strike, we expect a barrage of...
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