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Overwhelming RMT London Tube votes for action
From an RMT press release
Overwhelming RMT votes for action in disputes over tube night running, pay, staffing, safety and use of agency staff
Ballots of RMT members concluded today in a series of disputes on London Underground, including the dispute over pay and night running, as the RMT warned again that working conditions, pay, jobs and safety are facing an almost unprecedented assault which has united all four tube unions in a campaign of resistance.
The ballot results are as follows:
- Pay and Night Tube – 91.7% vote YES for strike action; 96.5% vote YES for action short of a strike
- Defending Jobs on London Underground – 91.8% vote YES for strike action; 94.9% vote YES for action short of a strike
- Introduction of agency trainers – 69.2% vote YES for strike action; 92% vote YES for action short of a strike
- Door alarm procedures – Jubilee Line – 93% vote YES for strike action
The issues in the separate disputes are:
- Pay and night running – with RMT demanding a fair deal for all staff including an above inflation pay increase, a safe and fully staffed tube at all times throughout night running, no enforced increase in night and weekend work and a shorter working week to improve work/life balance for all staff.
- Continuing threat to station staff jobs – imposition of rosters, lone working, displacement of staff, loss of 800 safety-critical jobs and detrimental changes to employment policies.
- Employment of agency staff to undertake training at Ruislip depot.
- Changes to door alarm and safety check procedures on the Jubilee Line, removing driver authority over train safety.
