Members


of
the
RMT
and
ASLEF
on
London
Underground
are
set
to
strike
during
November
unless
an
agreement
can
be
reached
over
pay.

The
RMT
said
a
pay
offer
is
‘wholly
inadequate’,
and
many
staff
will
continue
to
be
excluded
from
collective
bargaining.
RMT
staff
will
stage
various
stoppages
between
1
and
8
November.

RMT
general
secretary
Mick
Lynch
said:
‘London
Underground’s
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’
rights
and
the
core
principles
of
fair
negotiation.

’No
trade
union
can
accept
any
pay
proposal
where
management
decide
which
of
our
members
gets
a
pay
rise
and
those
who
do
not.’

The
strikes
will
involve
train
operators,
instructors,
managers
and
other
staff,
and
ASLEF
members
are
set
to
walk
out
7
and
12
November.
Engineering
staff
will
strike
separately
for
24
hours
from
18.00
on
1
November.

ASLEF
organiser
Finn
Brennan
said:
‘We
don’t
want
to
go
on
strike
–
we
don’t
want
to
make
travelling
in
and
around
the
capital
more
difficult
for
passengers
and
we
don’t
want
to
lose
a
day’s
pay
–
but
we
have
been
forced
into
this
position
because
management
won’t
sit
down
properly
and
negotiate
with
us.’

TfL
said
talks
had
been
held
in
‘good
faith’,
continuing:
‘We
have
held
several
constructive
discussions
with
our
trade
unions
and,
after
considering
their
feedback,
have
made
a
revised
offer
with
an
average
uplift
of
4.6
per
cent,
which
rewards
our
staff
for
their
hard
work
and
benefits
the
lowest-paid
staff
the
most.

‘Our
offer
is
fair
for
our
people
and
affordable
for
London,
and
we
urge
our
unions
to
continue
working
with
us
to
support
London
and
the
wider
economy.’

Railnews
understands
further
talks
are
to
be
held
next
week.