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TUBE control room staff are to be balloted on strike action in a row over pay and the “off-loading” of maintenance responsibilities, TSSA announced yesterday.
The union said London Underground (LU) bosses were “continuing to drag out this unnecessary dispute” and were at risk of “forcing” a strike.
“LU are still guilty of breaking all agreed procedures with the control service and our staff have run out of patience and are prepared to take action because LU have spent four months refusing to negotiate,” the union’s general secretary Manuel Cortes said.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains