Pay

TRANSPORT UNION RMT has revealed today that the Government proposes savage cuts on London Underground and Overground in spite of the high productivity levels of its workers.

The proposed cuts are part of an austerity package being demanded by the Government in exchange for a 6 month period of ‘workplace reform’ including a return to the idea of ‘driverless trains’ and an attack on workers’ pension schemes.

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2020 - TFL (LUL/0001/TFL)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/339/20, 27th August 2020), the Lead Officer submitted a further report advising that TfL management intend to implement the pay offer which is based on performance pay and has been rejected by this union.

ROP & COS 2020 - ISS (DLR CONTRACT) (LUL/0001/ISS(DLR))

The Lead Officer and Reps recently met with ISS to discuss the 2020 pay review and following discussions, the final offer which was received was as follows:-

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2020 - DOPPELMAYR CABLE CAR (DCC) ON EMIRATES AIR LINE CABLE CAR

In line with Union policy a pay claim for an increase in pay and improved terms and conditions has been submitted. The Regional Organiser has met with the company and the following revised offer has been tabled:-

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Most drivers will be aware of the Boxing Day “agreement” that was hastily signed off by Aslef about 9 years ago. It was a very unsatisfactory deal because the bonus of £350 wasn’t index linked and has consequently gone down in value every year.

RMT Upfront is the newsletter for tube drivers, produced by RMT activists.

This editions focusses on the decision to ballot our 1700 tube drivers and 12,000 members across the tube.

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RMT moves to ballot all tube staff over failure of London Underground to come up with acceptable pay offer.

TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today this it is moving to an urgent ballot of 10,000 staff across London Underground for both strike action and action short of a strike after more than a year of negotiations have failed to produce an offer on pay that meets the very reasonable demands of the workforce.

RMT Upfront is the newsletter for London Underground train drivers, produced by RMT activists.

In this special 'pay dispute' edition, we look at where we are now with the dispute and where we go next.

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