London Underground employees vote to increase strike motion mandate
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ondon Underground employees have voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending their mandate to proceed taking strike motion in a long-running dispute over jobs, pensions and circumstances.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) voted by 96% to proceed taking motion for the following six months.
Unions should re-ballot their members each six months for industrial motion to proceed.
The turnout was 56.5%.
RMT common secretary Mick Lynch stated: “I congratulate every single one of our London Underground members for giving us continued industrial leverage at the negotiating table.
“Transport for London cannot continue to simply wish this dispute away and the Government, which has drastically cut the funding to London transport budgets, shares a great deal of responsibility for this continuing impasse.
“London Underground workers want a negotiated settlement and are quite prepared to take more strike action over the next six months to make that a reality.”
The Government is urgent forward with laws aimed toward offering minimal ranges of service throughout strikes.
There was a protest outdoors Parliament on Monday night when the Bill was voted by way of by MPs.
It shall be debated within the Lords once more earlier than changing into regulation within the subsequent few weeks.