RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 – LONDON UNDERGROUND

Our Ref: LUL/0001

 

5^th January 2024

 

Dear RMT Members

 

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 – LONDON UNDERGROUND

 

STRIKE ACTION REMAINS ON 

 

Your RMT negotiating team has been in talks with LUL this week in an effort to receive an improved offer. At the conclusion of these talks, a slightly revised offer was received, dependent on the strike action commencing this evening being suspended. A summary of this offer is as follows:

 

• No improvement in the 5% basic pay increase.

 

• No minimum increase for lower paid grades – LUL stated this would be a cornerstone of negotiations for 2024 but there is no offer for our current pay claim.

 

• Travel Benefits – LUL proposed the establishment of a LU Company Council working group to commence from February 2024 with the aim of overseeing and expediting the process of pursuing additional leisure travel benefits. LUL’s intention would be to seek to implement any additional improved benefits from 1^st April 2025.

 

• Pay Bands – For this year only, LUL would amend the rules so that employees earning £99,500 or less, whose salary is within a current LU pay band, will receive a consolidated pay award for 2023 on a personal salary basis. However, the pay bands will remain frozen.

 

A meeting amongst your Lead Officer and Reps took place this morning and an overwhelming majority were clearly opposed to any suspension of action in response to this offer. This matter has been considered by your National Executive Committee, which has endorsed this view. The details of the strike action as are follows:

 

Engineering Vehicles Operations and Maintenance (formerly Transplant) members are instructed NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts commencing between:

 

• 18:00 hours on Friday 5^th January and 17:59 hours on Saturday 6^th January 2024

 

Also, NOT TO WORK ANY OVERTIME OR REST DAY WORKING between:

 

• 18:00 hours on Saturday 6^th January and 23:59 hours on Friday 12^th January 2024

 

Track Access Control, Power Control and London Underground Control Centre members are instructed NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts commencing between:

 

• 00:01 hours Sunday 7^th January and 23:59 hours on Monday 8^th January 2024

 

Service Controller and Service Operator members are instructed NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts commencing between:

 

• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Tuesday 9^th January 2024
• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Thursday 11^th January 2024

 

All other London Underground members are instructed NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts commencing between:

 

• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Monday 8^th January 2024
• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Wednesday 10^th January 2024

 

STAND FIRM TOGETHER

SUPPORT THE STRIKE ACTION

 

Yours sincerely

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary