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Staff across all grades on Keolis
Amey Docklands Light Railway
took 48-hour strike action in
early November following a
collapse in industrial relations.
Last ditch talks failed as
management refused to address
core issues including use of
agency staff, imposition without
agreement of fundamental
changes to control centre
managment, abuse of
procedures and the adoption of
a cavalier attitude to risk
assessment and the safety and
security of staff and the
travelling public.
RMT members voted by a
massive 92 per cent to also act
against a creeping culture of
bullying and intimidation of
staff, including an abuse of
CCTV as well as breaches of
agreements, procedures and the
recognition framework.
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash said that union negotiators
had made every effort resolve
the dispute through negotiation
but due to the intransigence of
DLR management there had
been the first ever all-out strike
action in the 28 years history of
the railway.
“The responsibility for the
disruption is entirely down to
the aggressive and bullying
attitude of the new KAD
management who don’t seem to
understand the basic principles
of industrial relations.
“Our members on DLR are
furious at the way that
Keolis/Amey are trying to
bulldoze through some of the
worst working practices and
conditions that we associate
with the operations of the most
cheapskate and anti-union
companies in the transport
sector.
“That anger is reflected in the
ballot results. We will not sit
back and allow this aggressive
and bullying culture to develop
on this key part of London’s
DOCKLANDS STRIKES
Docklands Light Railway brought to standstill
after bullying management refuses to negotiate