Responding immediately to London Underground's job cuts announcement, RMT's National Executive (General Grades Committee) took the following decision at 15.30 today (11 March):

That RMT will not accept the disastrous plan by LUL Management and the Mayor of London to cut 7 – 900 jobs. The Mayor was elected on a promise to keep ticket offices open and is showing his contempt for electors, staff and passengers by cutting jobs. We note that LU are claiming there will be no effect on the service and safety, yet they are in the process of undermining long term safety procedures for stations trains and signals in order to run trains without station staff available.

RMT will not accept these savage cuts to jobs and safety. The General Secretary is instructed to make this clear to LUL and to seek an urgent meeting.

The GS is further instructed to run a high profile campaign involving our Parliamentary Group, a leaflet for the public, a public meeting and press releases.

The GS is to prepare a matrix that would enable industrial action, to liaise with other rail unions and to write to all members.