The RMT union has announced a week of strike action on the London Underground from later this month.
The union says that different grades and sections of the tube will take strike action from Sunday 23rd July until Friday 28th July, although, at the moment, they’re not confirming exactly which parts of the London Underground will be affected by the strike action.
However, RMT union leader Mike Lynch says that the action will “shut down the London Underground”.
The dispute is over plans by London Underground to reduce its station staff numbers by around 600 people, although TfL has always said that this will be by not filling existing vacancies and does not expect there to be any redundancies.
There are also disputes over pensions, which is in the hands of the government, and working conditions.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “This week of action will shut down the London Underground and show just how important the work of our members is.
“Plans by TfL to cut 600 jobs and attack our members pensions are simply unacceptable.
“We are aware that Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has had the TfL budget cut.
“However, he needs to align himself with our union and his London Underground staff in pushing back against the Tory government, exposing their damaging agenda to a key part of London transport infrastructure.”
The strike is not expected to affect the Elizabeth line, London Overground or buses in London.
The sooner they bring automated trains, the better. Overpaid train drivers should be confined to the dustbin of history as the dockers and printers before them.
Already have automated trains on the DLR and they still have strikes. You’re not thinking this through are you
Not to mention the immense cost, billions as opposed to millions, the scale of disruption where lines have to be closed to complete necessary upgrades, and lost revenue while parts of the system are closed. As staff would still be required in other capacities, strikes would continue to be possible.
This strike is the RMT (maintenance workers, station staff, signallers etc), not the drivers who are mostly ASLEF members. Driverless trains wouldn’t make any difference.
Having a permanent job contract does not mean a ‘Job for life’
If the employer does not need you, you should not be kept the role to just keep someone happy or occupied.
As a paying passenger I rather have nicer trains or stations rather than paying for someone with no real purpose anymore.
Mike Lynch’s and RMT strikes have lost TFL (who had no money in the first place) millions. Only right overpaid RMT union scumbags should lose their jobs and pensions instead of raising ticket prices higher.
Station staff don’t get paid as much as you think they do.
And they definitely aren’t over paid for having to put up with abuse – verbal and physical – from people like you on a daily basis.
There is a mix of tube strikes and rail strikes happening.
But I’m not 100% clear on which days the Overground and Elizabeth lines are affected (if any)–I’ve tried to find that clarity online in a simple to understand summary but haven’t found a clear summary yet.
These are governed by TfL but operated as train lines, not tubes. They don’t seem to be mentioned on rail strike days, but it’s not 100% clear if affected on underground strike days and other strikes, especially whether they share stations.
Any clear definitive source?