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London Underground dispute and cuts to
Transport for London’s operating grant
1 Conference, notes that in April 2016, Mayor Boris Johnson implemented
the Fit for the Future (FFtF) scheme in London Underground (LU) that saw
ticket offices closed and 800 jobs lost. The Conservative Mayor’s legacy has,
however, been to make LU a dangerous place to work and travel. Reports
from reps led to TSSA surveying station staff members with the finding
that 80% of LU customer facing workers feel less safe at work because of a
massive spike in cases of physical and verbal abuse towards them.
2 As a result, TSSA, along with RMT, have been pursuing industrial action within
LU. In a series of meetings at ACAS, and with the new Labour Mayor, Sadiq
Khan, the unions have secured commitments to reinstate 325 new jobs, over
and above replacing existing vacancies.
3 The Conservative legacy remains in London. Transport for London, parent
of LU, has seen its operating grant from government cut completely from
2018-19 meaning that jobs and services are put at risk as the company cuts
its costs and sell assets. In a city with one of the worst pollution records in
Europe and which suffers from chronic congestion, the option of cutting
bus services in a city heavily dependent on public transport is now a real
possibility, something that will see increased car usage and more avoidable
deaths.
4 Conference is appalled by these issues and calls on the GFTU to support the
dispute in LU and to campaign for the reinstatement of the TfL operating
grant.
Selective Education
1 We note with concern the intention of the Government to promote
educational selection through increasing the provision of Grammar Schools.
2 We call upon this Conference to oppose this increase in selection at the end
of Key Stage 2 as children and young people transfer to secondary education.
This opposition is based on clear evidence of the negative effects of selection
on the educational, psychological and social wellbeing of children and young
people.
Motion 12
Transport Salaried Staffs’
Association
Motion 13
Association of Educational
Psychologist