London Underground Job Cuts Dispute 2010-11

The new issue of our 'RMT London Calling' newsletter asks how it is that TfL/LUL 'can't afford' frontline jobs and regular maintenance, but can afford massive salaries for directors. It also reports on the Alstom pay dispute, Euston escalator fire, Northern line runaway train and other issues, and replies in detail to last week's London Underground management bulletin about our industrial action ballot result.

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TSSA News Release 18 August 2010

A second rail union has to voted for strike action in the battle over plans to axe 800 jobs at London Underground ticket offices.

The TSSA white collar union said its members had voted 3 to 1 in a secret ballot for strike action and 6 to 1 for action short of a strike.

Leader Gerry Doherty will meet RMT leader Bob Crow next week to plan a campaign of industrial action which will probably begin in September unless London Mayor Boris Johnson abandons his planned cut backs.

Response from RMT's Station and Revenue Council reps to London Underground's 'employee communcations' bulletin about the strike ballot result.

LU says: The RMT has today announced the result of its ballot for industrial action over changes to Operations.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to read details of TfL / London Underground directors' pay.

A few examples of how much some of our bosses were paid in 2009/10:

• Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport: £393,551
• David Brown, TfL Managing Director Surface Transport: £316,655
• Steve Allen, TfL Managing Director Finance: £310,601
• Vernon Everitt, TfL Managing Director Group Marketing and Communications: £283,919
• Phil Hufton, LU Chief Maintenance Officer: £267,891
• Howard Carter, TfL General Counsel: £268,556

TUBE UNION RMT confirmed this morning that members across London Underground have delivered a rock solid mandate for strike action and action short of a strike in a fight over planned cuts to safety-critical jobs that the union have warned would turn the network into a death trap.

Assistant General Secretary Pat Sikorski discusses cuts to jobs at LU and changes to maintenance routines at London Underground. The interview took place whilst RMT activists were leafletting passengers at Euston station.

In the interview, conducted with Geoff Martin, Pat explains "We're telling everyone here at Euston that it's cuts in jobs in stations like this that is going to cost lives in the future....we had a fire in an escalator, the alarm failed to go off - it took alert station staff members to evacuate the station and save lives"

Are you prepared to take strike action?

• Total Votes Cast...3727
• Number Voting Yes...2810
• Number Voting No...893
• Spoilt Papers...24
• (Yes vote is 76% of valid vote = approx. 3:1 majority)

Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?

• Total Votes Cast...3727
• Number Voting Yes...3253
• Number Voting No...449
• Spoilt Papers...25
• (Yes vote is 88% of valid vote = approx 8:1 majority)

Just to say that I was saddened to hear of the proposed staff cuts on the Bakerloo line. When I last used Warwick Avenue station, the member of staff topped up my Oyster card quicker than I could have done (I was running late as usual).

I have emailed the below message to the helpandcontact page of tfl.gov.uk website and shall email the same to the Mayor. I have printed off the petition and shall collect signatures and send in also.

Good luck and best wishes, Charlotte Keech