Tube strikes 2016: TfL blasts “absurd” Tube strikes by Aslef January 10, 2016 Update: Aslef has now confirmed three days of strikes will go ahead, as has RMT. Transport for London has branded three days of fresh walkouts by London Underground drivers over the Night Tube "absurd". Aslef is tomorrow expected to decide that strike action will go ahead, disrupting Tube travel for 24-hours on three separate days over the next [...]
London facing more Night Tube strikes as unions threaten action – while insiders believe project will “wither on the vine” January 6, 2016 Commuters are facing the prospect of more Tube strikes this year, after the dispute over the Night Tube flared up once again – with one union source telling City A.M. that the project may never get off the ground. Transport unions RMT and Aslef have both flexed their muscles with threats of further industrial action [...]
RMT ballots members over yet another Night Tube strike as Aslef ramps up the fighting talk January 6, 2016 Tube maintenance workers are to be balloted over potentially more strike action over the Night Tube and pay, after union representatives rejected the offer on the table. RMT said its reps had "overwhelmingly" dismissed the new deal, saying it mirrored proposals that had already been thrown out by workers on the rest of the Tube network. [...]
Bad news, commuters: Southern Rail conductors have just voted for a strike December 15, 2015 Bad news, Southern Rail commuters: conductors working for the train operator have voted in favour of a strike over staff shortages. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said 70 per cent of staff balloted on the issue voted for the action to take place. The ballot result will now be considered by RMT’s executive, [...]
RMT confirms 17 days of DLR strikes in 2016 December 4, 2015 Rail Union RMT announced today that there will be a series of strikes on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) next year, as part of an ongoing dispute over working practices. The strikes, which will run between January and March, are over a number of issues, including DLR operator Keolis Amey's use of agency staff. Last month, DLR workers went [...]
Union mulls next move over Night Tube and worker pay following a meeting of representatives December 1, 2015 There could be further delays down the line for London's Night Tube, as RMT's general secretary Mick Cash has today revealed that representatives from the union were not satisfied with London Underground's latest offer on pay and conditions. Cash said: "The feedback from the meeting is that the offer has not matched up to the expectations of our [...]
City Link directors Robert Peto, David Smith and Thomas Wright found not guilty over the timing of notice about administration to business secretary November 13, 2015 The three former directors of delivery firm City Link have been found not guilty of failing to let the government know about the redundancies made last Christmas, following a court case in Coventry. Finance director Robert Peto, managing director David Smith and non-executive director Thomas Wright were accused of having failed to provide 45 days [...]
TfL and unions go back to the table over Night Tube November 10, 2015 The Night Tube negotiations are the will-they-won't-they debate of our generation. Who needs Harry and Sally when you have Transport for London and the unions? Today the two sides return to the table to see if they can thrash out a deal around the 24-hour service, which was supposed to have launched on 12 September [...]
Kill the Bill rally organised targets Parliament Square ahead of final Commons vote on Trade Union bill November 9, 2015 Trade union bill protestors will be taking to the streets one more time in an attempt to stop the controversial law passing as it reaches its final vote in the Commons this week. The Kill the Bill rally will take place outside Parliament Square from 6pm tomorrow (10 November). It has been organised by the [...]
DLR strike tomorrow: Transport union RMT going ahead with 3 and 4 November 2015 strikes after talks fail November 2, 2015 Transport union RMT has said tomorrow's strike on the DLR will go ahead after talks failed to solve workers' grievances. The union has called a 48-hour strike, starting at 3:59am on Tuesday 3 November and running until 3:58am Thursday 5 November to address "abuse of procedures and the adoption of a wholly cavalier attitude to the issues [...]