Less than a month after a strike threat convinced the management of the London Underground to agree to the pay demands of Britain’s Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT), the public transportation system is again facing possible strike action. This latest dispute stems from the alleged violation by management of job security provisions in the existing contract. The recently elected left-wing leader of the union, Bob Crow (see WIT for Feb. 14, 2002), has accused the Underground’s management of weakening “jobs for life” guarantees designed to protect workers in a planned partial privatization of the transportation system.
See "Tube workers threaten strikes over jobs deal", CHRISTOPHER ADAMS and JULIETTE JOWIT, Financial Times, March 21, 2002