Results tagged “strike”

Journalists at Wharf-based Thompson Reuters are to vote on strike action after rejecting an "insulting" 1.5 per cent pay offer. They have demanded a seven per cent rise instead, with future increases at least in line with inflation.

The entire country isn't opposed to the public sector strikes. Just those who haven't got jobs at all, those who haven't got any meaningful pensions, those in the private sector who face far more draconian cutbacks on their benefits, those in the small business sector who live with daily insecurity, and, of course, the army of parents valiantly attempting to arrange childcare as the schools shut.

The RMT union has confirmed that strike action due to start next week has been suspended following an agreement with London Underground over two sacked drivers

It follows the decision by LU to re-emply driver Eamonn Lynch, whose dismissal was held ot have been unfair by an employment tribunal.

The RMT is planning to ballot members working on the Jubilee line on industrial action over safety.

The union, which has already announced two three-day stoppages over an unrelated matter, claim London Underground has reneged on agreements over safety procedures on the line. The RMT intends to ballot on action short of a strike.

The RMT union has announced the dates of two stoppages on London Underground.

The first walkout by Tube drivers will be between 9.01pm on May 16 and 9pm on May 20, followed by a second strike between 9.01pm on June 13 and 9pm on June 17.

Tower Hamlets teachers kicked off a march across East London on Wednesday after union leaders called a strike in protest of education cuts.

At least a thousand were present at the beginning of the rally with the National Union of Teachers saying schools across the borough had closed due to the walk-out.

Members of the University and College Union took strike action across the UK today to protest at changes to pensions and pay cuts.

Staff from Tower Hamlets College, Greenwich University and University of East London took to picket lines over what they believe to be unfair increases in their pension contributions and moves to raise the retirement age.

Docklands Light Railway management is confident of avoiding strike action despite the Court of Appeal overturning bans on walk-outs.

Aslef and the RMT union were both ordered to scrap industrial ballot reports due to discrepancies but a ruling on Friday gave them the all clear to strike over a fall-out on pay and conditions.

The 48-hour strike on the Docklands Light Railway planned for tomorrow and Friday was dramatically halted this afternoon following a last minute High Court ruling.

London's High Court granted an injunction preventing a planned 48-hour strike on the DLR after declaring there had been technical errors with the ballot.

The Docklands Light Railway is set to be hit by strikes on Thursday and Friday after members of the RMT union voted in favour of industrial action.

If the strike goes ahead Serco Docklands aims to run DLR services from Tower Gateway to Mudchute every 5-10 minutes, from 7am to 7pm.

The Docklands Light Railway will be hit by a 48 hour strike from January 20. The RMT union has instructed its members not to book on for shifts on the network between 3.59am that day until 3.58am on Saturday, January 22.

It follows a ballot of union members over disputes between the RMT and Serco Docklands, who operate the DLR, over issues including failure to consult on redundancies and the imposition of a new roster.

The RMT Union is balloting its members over strike action on the Docklands Light Railway.

The ballot is for strike action and action short of a strike, such as refusal to work overtime, and has been prompted by an ongoing dispute between it and Serco Docklands, who operate the DLR.

The latest in a series of strikes on the Tube is due to begin on Tuesday evening but transport chiefs have promised to keep London moving.

Extra bus and river services are being put on, while some roadworks are being delayed for the duration of the 24 hour industrial action.

London life is once again being disrupted by a Tube strike today, but in fact a third of the usual service is running and more stations are open than during the last strike.

Canary Wharf Tube station was able to open at around 9.30am thanks to volunteers and union members who are not striking.

Talks between London Underground and the RMT and TSSA unions to avert a series of Tube strikes have broken down.

The two sides met at the offices of the conciliation service ACAS to try and reach a setttlement to avoid the strikes, the first of which is scheduled for next Monday, but negotiations proved fruitless.

The planned 48-hour strike on the Underground has been suspended as union members consider a new pay offer

RMT members employed by maintenance contractor Tube Lines were due to walk out on the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern lines at 7pm tomorrow over pay and conditions.

The DLR strike due to start tomorrow morning has been suspended.

Staff were due to begin industrial action for 72 hours from 4am tomorrow in protest at not being given a pay rise following the introduction of a third car on DLR trains.

As if looming strikes on the Underground are not enough to contend with the Docklands Light Railway will be hit by industrial action later this month.

The RMT union has announced there will be a walkout on the DLR between 4am on Wednesday, June 23 and 3.59am on Saturday, June 26. The union's members will also refuse to work any overtime on Monday, June 28.

The RMT union has announced the dates of two 48-hour Tube strikes.

RMT members will not book on for any shift starting between 7pm on Wednesday, June 23 and 6.59pm on Friday, June 25, and between 7pm on Wednesday July 14 and 6.59pm on Friday, July 16.

Employees at Tube Lines are being balloted on industrial action over pay and working conditions.

The Canary Wharf-based consortium is set to be be taken over by Transport for London after a £310million buy-out was announced last week, but that has not prevented the RMT union balloting its members about strike action.