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TSSA ballots for possible London Underground strike
Transport and travel union TSSA is balloting members for industrial action, including a strike, across London Underground in a dispute over pay, and terms and conditions.
TSSA, which represents hundreds of members working in a variety of jobs including Customer Service Assistants (advising/supporting passengers in stations), Customer Service Managers (running the station) and Service Control - is asking members to vote on strike action and action short of a strike.
The ballot closes on 18th October (ballot papers were posted on Friday, 4 October).
The union took the step after London Underground failed to meet the demands in the TSSA 2024 pay claim. LU has made an offer which would see most grades receive a below inflation pay offer based on February RPI inflation of 4.5 per cent.
London Underground are also freezing most pay ranges – raising the possibility of long term, or indefinite, pay freezes.
Commenting, TSSA General Secretary, Maryam Eslamdoust said: “This situation is wholly of London Underground's making, and our members are highly likely to vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action and action short of a strike.
“Our intention is to send a strong and clear message to London Underground that significant industrial action is on the cards across the network unless they are prepared to meet our aspirations on pay, as well as dealing positively with all other aspects of our dispute.
“We always prefer negotiating and only move towards a strike as a last resort, but the ball is now firmly in LU’s court. Our members are determined to get the deal they deserve – one which meets the cost of living now and in the longer term."
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TSSA’s dispute with London Underground centers around -
London Underground Limited’s failure to meet the demands in the TSSA 2024 claim in relation to pay and terms and conditions.
London Underground Limited seeking to exclude pay ranges from collective bargaining and insisting that these will only change at their discretion.
The ongoing review of the TfL Pension Fund and any proposed detrimental changes to pensions arrangements
Pay talks are due to reconvene on Tuesday 8 Oct.
*TSSA is an independent trade union for the transport and travel industries. We have thousands of members right across the UK and Ireland, working for the railways and associated companies, as well as ferries, bus services and the travel trade.