TSSA News Release 18 August 2010

A second rail union has to voted for strike action in the battle over plans to axe 800 jobs at London Underground ticket offices.

The TSSA white collar union said its members had voted 3 to 1 in a secret ballot for strike action and 6 to 1 for action short of a strike.

Leader Gerry Doherty will meet RMT leader Bob Crow next week to plan a campaign of industrial action which will probably begin in September unless London Mayor Boris Johnson abandons his planned cut backs.

Details of the action will be announced by the two union leaders next Tuesday.

Gerry Doherty said:"These cuts are being driven by the Government as much as by Boris so our battle is with Downing Street as much as TfL.

"We want to serve notice on David Cameron that we are not going to sit idly by while he starts cutting jobs and services in London in the run up to the Olympic Games."

TSSA members voted 72.6% in favour of strike action with 27.4% saying no. For action short of strike action, the voting was 88.7% in favour with 11.3% against.

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