Tube workers' pensions

Beware the small print on pensions

The recent announcement from TfL that no changes will be made to our pension until 2026 was seen by some as a concession of some kind.

It was one of the reasons union officials and executive committees gave for cancelling our recent planned strikes.

But has the company actually made any...

Call more strikes to head off threats to pensions, jobs, and conditions

On 17 March, TfL wrote to all employees about the ongoing moves to reform our pension scheme. There was a fair bit of preamble, but one key part was the phrase "we remain committed to continuing to deliver the requirements of the Funding Agreement". That means that TfL's repeated mantra that there...

Next steps after 15 March

We shut down the job completely yesterday. No train moved, no station opened. It was another demonstration of the basic reality of how London Underground runs: by our labour.

It was especially significant that RMT and Aslef struck together. Aslef has maintained near-continuous industrial action...

No complacency as pension deadline pushed back...

TfL announced that the deadline for the next phase of the pension reform process has been pushed back to 28 February.

This is the phase in which TfL has to pick a preferred option for reform, before going on to publish an implementation plan for the reform. Although “no change” is technically still...

"Currently" no plans for pension reform?

Whenever we strike, we're sure to get a mewling employee bulletin from some top boss, telling us our strike is pointless and remonstrating with us to come to work. This time the communiqué, signed by Andy Lord, appends a nasty threat, darkly hinting that the strike might force the company to make...

TfL appoints top bosses to oversee pension reform

Departing TfL commissioner Andy Byford has announced he has convened a team of top bosses to oversee pension reform. Despite stressing that there are "currently" no concrete proposals to reform the scheme, it was a condition of the funding settlement TfL accepted in August that pension reform be...

"Not persuaded"?

Mayor Khan has said in an interview that he is "not persuaded" of the need to change our pension arrangements.

That's the clearest statement anyone from TfL or City Hall has made that they don't agree with the Department for Transport's demands that the scheme must be cut. It's certainly a step...

DfT demands shows pensions fight is far from over

It was revealed recently that Department for Transport officials have laid down the law to TfL commissioner Andy Byford, insisting he must get on with pension reform as a condition of further funding settlements.

Bernadette Kelly, the DfT's most senior civil servant, told Byford in a letter that...

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