Ballot
papers


are
being
sent
to
RMT
members
working
for
London
Underground,
as
the
RMT
pursues
its
claim
for
better
pay
and
a
restoration
of
free
travel
for
all
Underground
staff.

The
union
said
Transport
for
London
has
created
a
‘bonus
pot’
worth
£13
million
for
senior
managers,
while
the
commissioner’s
pay
has
been
increased
by
11
per
cent
this
year.

It
is
also
unhappy
about
a
‘freezing’
of
pay
bands,
and
claimed
that
the
freeze
will
create
a
two-tier
workforce.

The
ballot
opened
yesterday
and
will
continue
until
19
December.

RMT
general
secretary
Mick
Lynch
said:
‘Tube
workers
who
help
bring
vast
amounts
of
value
to
the
London
economy
are
not
going
to
put
up
with
senior
managers
and
commissioners
raking
it
in,
while
they
are
given
modest
below
inflation
offers.

‘The
refusal
of
TfL
not
to
restore
staff
travel
facilities
and
create
a
two-tier
workforce
is
also
unacceptable. Our
members
will
now
decide
whether
to
set
a
mandate
for
strike
action
over
pay
and
we
urge
TfL
to
improve
their
offer
to
avert
disruption
to
Londoners.’

Transport
for
London
said
it
was
encouraging
the
RMT
to
‘continue
to
engage
with
us’
and
put
the
latest
offer
to
its
members.

It
had
offered
staff
a
5
per
cent
pay
increase
for
2023,
and
although
some
jobs
did
come
within
a
pay
range
which
has
been
frozen
for
this
year,
is
said
this
applied
to
‘less
than
2
per
cent’
of
staff.