London Underground

Transport union RMT is balloting its members on the London Underground over the issue of casualisation and threats to jobs and conditions. The ballot closes on 2 December.

The union says the issues include the use of agency staff and the casualisation and downgrading of existing jobs across the network.

RMT general secretary Bob Crow said the union had demanded that London Underground “urgently stops the use of agency staff and offers permanent, direct employment to agency workers”.

But the company’s failure to address these concerns meant “we have had no option but to declare a dispute”.

www.rmt.org.uk/news/strike-ballot-underway-across-london-underground