Campaigning for better working conditions
21st August 2025
RMT CALLS STRIKE ACTION
Dear RMT Member
RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2025 - LONDON UNDERGROUND
Your RMT negotiators have attended a dispute resolution meeting with LUL and set out the most urgent priorities that they wished the company to address:
Our Ref: LUL/0004
1st April 2025
Dear RMT Member,
4-DAY WORKING WEEK, TRAIN OPERATORS - LONDON UNDERGROUND
The referendum has now concluded with members' voting as follows:
Total Votes Cast… 1345
Number Voting 'Yes'… 126
Number Voting 'No'… 1219
The National Executive Committee has noted the resounding result of this referendum to overwhelmingly reject the Company's offer and has congratulated members on their steadfast resolve to defend their terms and conditions.
Let's talk about motions.
Last year a local representative discovered that period products varied not only in availability but also in price on their group. Train operators were being charged double and in one station five times the amount that station staff were for the same products. Responding to this feedback from members, the rep raised the matter and discussed it at their local branch, Piccadilly & District West.
DEFENDING JOBS, PENSIONS & AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/341/23, 15th November 2023), the Union has been in discussions with LUL regarding the Company's plans to introduce a trial of the use of iPads by Instructor Operators on LUL Trains.
This matter has been considered by the National Executive Committee and I have written to LUL to reiterate that RMT is opposed to any such trial of this nature and that the Union considers this move to be a step towards imposing Trains Modernisation.
To: All RMT LUL Members
Dear Colleague,
RMT LUL REBALLOT - ONLINE MEMBER BRIEFING - 4PM MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER
Please join an important online briefing for all RMT LUL members about the reballot in our campaign to defend your jobs, pensions and agreements.
This is an opportunity to hear from the lead officers and negotiators about why it is so important to deliver a big YES vote in the reballot and have your questions answered.
If you would like to submit a question for the panel, please do so here by 12pm on Monday at the latest.
Our Ref: LUL/9/8
5th July 2023
Dear RMT Member
CALCULATION OF HOLIDAY PAY
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON / LONDON UNDERGROUND
Recent discussions have taken place and an offer of agreement was received from TfL and LUL for the payment of overtime and other regular payments in holiday pay.
The National Executive Committee has taken the decision to accept the arrangement for holiday pay and I have advised the Company accordingly. A copy of the agreement is available to view here for TfL and LUL. [attached]
The latest edition of Upfront, the newsletter for Tube train drivers, looks at how RMT will fight LU's plan to increase train operator flexibility and likely cut jobs.
Please download and distribute in your workplace and share online.
Dear colleague
RMT's victory on TfL travel passes for sub-contracted cleaners - passes issued from now
As I have reported before, RMT's campaigning has won a major concession for sub-contracted cleaners working at Transport for London. Cleaners who work at TfL will now receive an Oystercard for travel on TfL's network. I'm writing now with more details about the eligibility and process for getting this travel pass.
Dear colleague,
RMT campaign wins cleaners free travel
On Sunday the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced that from April next year ABM cleaners will be given the same free travel as other directly employed TfL staff. The Mayor also announced that he will instruct TfL to look at ensuring cleaners get sick pay and will review again the outsourcing contract with ABM in April 2023.
21st July 2022
Dear colleague
Imposition of Night Tube Duties, Train Operators - London Underground
I am pleased to report that, following over 20 sessions at ACAS and with London Underground management having previously shown no sign of shifting, progress has now been made on the Night Tube dispute. As you will know, this dispute began after management ripped up agreements that Night Tube duties would not be imposed on members and that the service would be run on a voluntary basis.