TfL’s bus ticket inspectors to strike this week

Nearly 300 staff working across the Transport for London (TfL) network in its compliance and policing roles are to go on strike this week in a pay dispute.

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The staff are responsible for tasks including ticket inspections on buses and anti-violence and aggression policing across the TFL network. Although the strike will impact TfL’s fare evasion work, it’s unlikely to directly affect passenger services on the buses.

The Unite union says that its members at the Compliance, Policing, Operations and Security Directorate (CPOS) division have not accepted a pay offer that was put forward by TfL

Additionally, the union says that TfL is refusing to deal with pay parity issues with equivalent London Underground staff which the union says earn considerably more than its members.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Our members keep London and its residents safe and sound on the TfL network. Yet these vital workers are being undervalued and have been offered an unacceptable pay deal. Unless TfL think again and come back to the table with an improved offer, London will see a fares free-for-all in the run up to Christmas.”

Unite has announced strike dates on 12th,13th and 14th December and then the 20th, 21th and 22nd December.

Unite regional officer Steven Stockwell said: “These workers are putting themselves in harms way on a daily basis and just want pay parity compared to other colleagues in London on a different part of the network.

“That TfL has decided to make such an unacceptable offer has made our members furious and their anger will be on display on picket lines later this month.”