RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2024 – LONDON UNDERGROUND

Our Ref: LUL/0001

 

16^th October 2024

 

Dear RMT Members

 

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2024 – LONDON UNDERGROUND

 

STRIKE ACTION CALLED 

 

Your Union has attended further talks with LUL regarding this years’ pay negotiations and a revised offer was tabled, a summary of which is as follows: 

 

• A pay award of 3.8%. 

 

• In addition to the 3.8% award, a flat rate increase of £450. The range of pay increases as a percentage uplift of base salary, with the addition of the £450, will be from 4.2% to 7.6%, with the average award being 4.6%. As an example, a Train Operator will receive a pay increase of 4.5%, a CSA1 will receive a pay increase of 4.9%. 

 

• An underpin for lower paid staff of £1,970. The underpin has been increased to reflect the additional £450. All employees earning an FTE salary of £40,000 or below will receive a consolidated increase of £1,970. For a CSA2 graded employee that would be an equivalent pay award of 5.9%. 

 

LUL would also make changes to its policies to reflect the following elements of the offer: 

 

• An additional 5 days paid Paternity Leave (three weeks in total) 

 

• 3 years’ protection of earnings to apply when a colleague is displaced or redeployed from a LU position to a TfL position due to medical reasons and moves onto a TfL contract. 

 

Your Lead Officer advised that while this represents an improved offer, LUL’s position on pay banding has not changed. Currently over 20% of LUL members are in pay bands but during negotiations, TfL has advised that the current LUL spot salaries will be incorporated into pay bands defined by so-called job families.

 

A RMT Reps meeting on Thursday 10^th October was unanimous in rejecting the offer and demanding that any offer be paid in full and consolidated to all members in the collective bargaining unit.

 

The National Executive Committee considered this matter yesterday and has taken the decision to call on London Underground members to take part in the following industrial action:

 

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

 

• 18:00 hours on Friday 1^st November and 17:59 hours on Saturday 2^nd November 2024

 

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

 

• 18:00 hours on Saturday 2^nd November and 17:59 hours on Friday 8^th November 2024

 

Track Access Control, Power Control and London Underground Control Centre all Control Centre Duty Manager, Control Centre Operator, LEPS Manager, Network Incident Response Manager, Network Information Co-ordination Manager, Network Operations Controller, Network Operations Tactical Manager, Power Control Room Operator, Shift Supply Engineer, Track Access Control Team Leader, Track Access Controller, Track Access Inspector members are instructed NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts commencing between:

 

• 06:59 hours on Sunday 3^rd November and 06:59 hours on Monday 4^th November 2024

 

Emergency Response Unit all ERU Co-Ordinator, ERU Duty Manager, ERU Operator, ERU Planner Manager, ERU Team Leader members are instructed NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts commencing between:

 

• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Monday 4^th November 2024

 

Service Controller and Service Operator all Duty Reliability Manager,, Line Information Specialist, Service Competence Assurance Controller, Service Control Manager, Service Control Manager’s Assistant, Service Controller, Service Manager, Service Operator, Service Supervisor members are instructed NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts commencing between:

 

• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Wednesday 6^th November 2024
• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Friday 8^th November 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 Tuesday 5^th November 2024
• 00:01 hours and 23:59 hours on Thursday 7^th November 2024

 

STAND FIRM TOGETHER

SUPPORT THE STRIKE ACTION

 

Yours sincerely

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary