Tube staff are locked in a pensions and jobs dispute with TfL, while members of the Overground union, employed by Arriva Rail London, are set to strike over pay. The RMT said TfL had refused to share details of the government’s “final” funding proposal, which City Hall has until tomorrow afternoon to accept or reject. The union added that it had received no assurances from the transport provider that there would be no job cuts or detrimental changes to pensions and working conditions by Tuesday’s deadline.
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Arriva Rail London members have rejected a 5% pay rise. More than 40,000 union members at more than a dozen train companies are also due to strike on August 12, 18 and 20 in a dispute with Network Rail over pay. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “This strike action by our members on London Underground and the Overground is further evidence of how transport workers are refusing to accept a raw deal. “TfL has had many opportunities to be transparent about the funding it will receive and to give the pipeline workers the assurances they need. “However, they have not fully given these guarantees. “And Arriva Rail London, a company swimming in money, is refusing to give our members a pay rise to tackle the escalating cost of living crisis. “There will be significant disruption on August 19, but TfL and Arriva Rail London bear responsibility for this breakdown in industrial relations.”
