Transport - DLR wage cut fight
WORKERS, JULY 2006 ISSUE
SOME 250 Docklands Light Railway RMT members in London are balloting against wage cuts. DLR is planning to reduce junior station staff wages from £28,000 to £25,500.
DLR says these cuts are essential to the improvement of services. Most users of the DLR, with its many trains without any guards, or limited staff at stations, must regard such arguments as nonsense. The Greater London Authority and Mayor's Office are campaigning for more staff to be employed on trains and stations to enhance public safety.
The extension of the DLR into new stations in Docklands and Woolwich will increase the number of DLR Company passengers and ticket sales. The proposed cut in wages is DLR trying to have the cream on its cake.