The RMT today congratulated members on their determination to challenge the problems at North Greenwich and Stratford depots. Members voted by 85.7% for industrial action.
In line with the strike action called by ASLEF, RMT members are to take strike action by not booking on for duties commencing between:
- 00:01 and 23:59 on 2nd April 2013
- 00:01 and 23:59 on 2nd May 2013
Jubilee Line drivers are striking in a dispute over bullying of staff through the misuse of procedures and an appalling decline in the standard of working conditions.
In a letter to London Underground setting out the reasons for the dispute, RMT has highlighted:
- The unfair and disproportionate treatment of Drivers in disciplinaries
- Many facilities on the Jubilee line being in a very poor and in some cases a “disgusting” state
- The removal and threatened removal of some benefits.
- A severe lack of support from managers for their staff.
As the ballot was going out RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said "RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said: “RMT will not sit back and allow the wilful misuse of procedures on any part of the tube network as a means of bullying and intimidating our members. That is exactly what is happening at the moment to drivers working out of Greenwich and Stratford on the Jubilee Line and we are demanding that the practice be called to an immediate halt."
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