DLR STRIKE ACTION

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: october 2015 :: RMTnews 5 A round 700 staff across all grades on Keolis Amey Docklands Light Railway are being balloted for both strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over a serious breakdown in industrial relations. In a separate dispute over pay, RMT members working for Interserve (KAD) as cleaners took part in a third round of 48-hour strike action earlier this month. RMT reps recently met the new Keolis Amey management, which took over from Serco, to discuss the issues in this long- running dispute. They were promised a response from the company but to date, there has still been no response received. The other dispute affecting all grades on Docklands Light Railway includes a range of serious issues that are wrecking industrial relations. The key issues at the heart of the dispute include the use of agency staff on P-Way operations and elsewhere within the KAD network. Control Centre, stores and other grades are also being undermined as the company is effectively casualising the work of these key functions. There is also a creeping culture of bullying and intimidation of staff and breaches of agreements, procedures and the recognition framework. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said that members on DLR were furious at the way that Keolis/Amey were trying to bulldoze in some of the worst working practices and conditions associated with the operations of the most cheapskate and anti- union companies in the transport sector. “We will not sit back and allow this culture to develop on this key part of London’s transport network. “The company should not underestimate the anger of the workforce and KAD’s abject failure to address pay for cleaners and decent industrial relations for all DLR staff,” he said. DLR STRIKE ACTION Docklands Light Railway cleaners take strike action as all staff balloted over collapse in industrial relations