Last night the RMT staff at DLR which serves East London and London City Airport and Greenwich among others have accepted an offer form TfL and have been directed by the RMT to return to work.
This is a completely different dispute than that with the Underground or trains so has no effect on any industrial disputes on those.
Merry Christmas to you,Nigel.
And thank you for all your helpful information on train and other strikes that have potential to affect travelers’ plans. Will there be an end to it, or is his the new normal for travel in the UK?
There is no obvious end to it. The tube strikes are still on in the New Year and word is awaited on new strike dates on National Rail- that was expected on Friday after the ASLEF executive met, but has been deferred.
One of my local major employers has been notified of expected rail strikes until June, and has accordingly now chartered buses to get employees to work at Sellafield, due to serious rail reliability problems.
On the tube the RMT are still disputing the pay offer but ASLEF have accepted it. However TfL won't pay anyone the increase until all unions accept it- so an interesting situation.
Although there is no current overtime ban Avanti and Northern trains have had massive problems today with large numbers of staff failing to present for work.
EDIT- This is the thread about the underground/tube disputes which are upcoming- https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/england/london-underground-strikes-5-to-12-january-2024
and to you and your husband, Lola.
The RMT on the trains accepted a 2023 offer recently too (no guarantees how the 2024 talks will go).
The ASLEF train drivers amd RMT Underground are still not resolved, but maybe we are on the good side of the hill now.... at least one can help.
The only really long strike in January is the continuation of the December walkout of the Junior Doctors.
