DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY CLEANERS STRIKE FOR A FURTHER 48 HOURS

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: june 2015 :: RMTnews 4 A fter a vote of over 80 per cent yes vote and 48 hours of rock solid strike action at the end of May, staff working for notorious anti-union facilities company Interserve on Docklands Light Railway struck for a further 48 hours in a dispute over an assault on pay and working conditions. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said that the union had no option but to move to further strike action. “The union will not sit back while core issues on pay and working conditions are left unresolved. “The ballot result delivered a huge democratic mandate that shows the anger amongst our members and it is about time that Interserve woke up and took note. “That anger, determination and solidarity is displayed by two lots of rock solid action,” he said. RMT reps have been in talks with Interserve management regarding a series of issues that remained unresolved including members not receiving pay increases which maintain the differentials between grades, a long-standing claim from when the contract was with Carlisle Cleaning and Security. R MT is in dispute with London Underground over attempts to impose new rosters on staff in the run up to the scheduled date for the introduction of night tube operation on September 12. The union as argued that the rosters would pin staff into a regime of anti-social hours and appalling working conditions on top of a derisory pay offer from London Underground. RMT is preparing a ballot for industrial action and has pledged to co-ordinate its campaign with sister unions who have been hit by the same ripping-up of existing agreements and the same derisory pay offer along with attempts to bully staff into agreement at local level. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said that it was simply outrageous that management, in a mad dash to bulldoze through the Mayor’s night tube vanity project, had smashed apart long-term agreements and resorted to bullying staff into accepting roster changes at a local level. “The message from RMT is clear – we are not having it. “These changes would lock our members into a culture of anti-social hours and appalling working conditions that would rip apart work/life balance whilst at the same time they are being hit with pay proposals that would undermine their standard of living. “RMT will be co-ordinating this campaign with our sister tube unions as we seek to defend negotiating agreements, decent pay and the rights and working conditions of our members,” he said. DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY CLEANERS STRIKE FOR A FURTHER 48 HOURS RMT DECLARES DISPUTE OVER TUBE NIGHT RUNNING