Members of Unite walked out on Sunday and were due to strike until Monday and again from July 11-15, hitting passengers including tennis fans going to Wimbledon
Strikes by engineers on London Trams have been called off after a pay row was settled.
Unite members downed tools on Sunday and were set to continue their walkout until Monday, with another round of strikes planned from July 11-15, which would have affected travellers including those heading to Wimbledon for the tennis. The union has announced it clinched an improved pay offer, having previously voiced concerns over pay differences between Tram workers and their counterparts on the London Underground doing similar jobs.
An enhanced proposal that significantly narrows the pay gap has been approved in a union vote. Sharon Graham, Unite’s general secretary, said: “London Trams engineers secured this deal by standing together in their union and taking strike action.”
Navid Golshan, TfL’s general manager for London Trams, commented: “We are pleased that we have resolved this dispute with Unite and the union has withdrawn their industrial action by the London Trams engineers.”
“We are currently running as many services as possible, but this is dependent on tram availability, so we recommend customers continue to check before they travel and allow extra time for their journeys until a full planned service can be restored. We would like to thank customers for their patience.”
