A striking Aslef driver addresses fellow Aslef members…
I'm an Aslef driver for a mainline Train Operating Company. I have been on strike multiple times, most recently in early December, to win a better pay deal.
Pay awards and disputes
I'm an Aslef driver for a mainline Train Operating Company. I have been on strike multiple times, most recently in early December, to win a better pay deal.
RMT has called a week of strikes from 5 January, after directly-employed London Underground members voting overwhelmingly for strikes over pay.
From 19 December, RMT will ballot ABM cleaners on the LUL contract for industrial action.
Senior LUL manager Nick Dent has written to Aslef thanking them for accepting the company's 5% pay offer (i.e., a pay cut). Scandalously, the letter also says that, unless the three other unions have accepted the cut by 31 December, LUL will being the process of imposing it.
As voting papers land on doormats in RMT's ballot for industrial action over LUL pay, there's plenty of discussion in mess rooms across the job about the issue.
Aslef is recommending acceptance, but even the most union-loyal Aslef drivers typically concede that, given inflation in April 2023 was 11...
The new edition of our bulletin is now online.
We discuss the Tories' "Minimum Service Levels" anti-strike law, and encourage readers in RMT to vote yes in the ballot for industrial action over LUL pay.
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Following a reps' assembly on 3 November, RMT has announced it is rejected LUL's latest pay offer of 5% for 2023-4, and will prepare for an industrial action ballot to win a better offer.
That ballot needs to be organised with urgency, and accompanied by a vibrant, energetic campaign that harnesses...
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...
The latest edition of our bulletin is now online.
This edition encourages readers to vote yes in the RMT's re-ballot for action over jobs, pensions, and agreements, and argues for a dispute/ballot on LUL pay. Plus an article on the war in Israel/Palestine, and news on local and workplaces disputes...
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