{"id":13191,"date":"2024-10-16T13:12:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T12:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=13191"},"modified":"2024-10-16T13:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T12:12:59","slug":"london-underground-strikes-announced-for-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/europe\/uk-news\/london-underground-strikes-announced-for-november\/2024\/10\/16\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"London Underground strikes announced for November"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON,Oct 16\/TT\/– London Underground<\/a>\u00a0workers will strike for multiple days at the beginning of November over pay and working conditions.<\/p>\n

Members of the Aslef trade union will walk out on Nov 7 and Nov 12, it was announced on Wednesday, as the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) also confirmed its members will strike the week before.<\/p>\n

Aslef, the smaller of two unions representing Tube drivers, rejected an inflation-topping 3.8 per cent\u00a0pay increase<\/a>\u00a0offer from\u00a0Transport for London (TfL)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unions also previously complained that London Underground managers had refused to discuss a reduction in Tube drivers\u2019 working hours. TfL said\u00a0Tube drivers<\/a>\u00a0are \u201cscheduled to work a 36-hour week averaged over their whole rota\u201d.<\/p>\n

RMT also announced its members, which include signalling and station staff, will walk out on different days between Nov 1 and 8 after rejecting a \u201cwholly inadequate\u201d pay offer.<\/p>\n

The union said some progress was made in negotiations, but maintained that the current proposal left a large number of staff excluded from collective bargaining.<\/p>\n

Sources familiar with the negotiations told The Telegraph that both Aslef and RMT rejected\u00a0three pay offers from London Underground over the past few months.<\/p>\n

\u2018Non-consolidated payments\u2019 rejected<\/h2>\n

Sources said that one of the main sticking points came about because the\u00a0unions want to ensure their richest members get the same pay increases as the poorest.<\/p>\n

Tube bosses want to introduce banded pay grades and pay rises given as a one-off bonus instead of part of drivers\u2019 salaries for those outside the top pay band.<\/p>\n

Such so-called \u201cnon-consolidated payments\u201d were rejected by union negotiators, the sources said.<\/p>\n

Mick Lynch, the RMT general secretary, said: \u201cLondon Underground\u2019s pay offer falls short of what our members deserve. It threatens to remove collective bargaining for a growing portion of staff, pushing them into pay bands that are decided solely by management. This undermines our members\u2019 rights and the core principles of fair negotiation.<\/p>\n

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