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Tube workers went on 24-hour strike once more yesterday in response to management threats to workers’ pay and pensions.
RMT, TSSA and Unite members at Transport for London (TfL) walked out together this Friday against the plans to impose a pay for performance scheme.
“The current TFL pension proposals are nothing less than a concerted attack on terms and conditions,” said RMT acting general secretary Mick Cash.
According to the unions, the new rating system would mean a pay freeze as well as a substantial reduction of staff pensions. It would lead to pay rises that would be determined exclusively by management rather than negotiated with those affected, something the RMT suggests would “unleash a tidal-wave of bullying and harassment.”
The unions are taking joint action for the second time after another strike in April.
The strike — which affected office workers and station travel information staff — started yesterday morning.