FOI request detail

Strike dates

Request ID: FOI-2147-1617
Date published: 10 March 2017

You asked

Would it be possible to advise me of all the dates that London Underground / Overground / DLR have been on strike and for how long since the beginning on 2015 please?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-2147-1617

 

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 February 2017 asking for information about strikes since 2015.

 

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require.

 

A strike is what is normally referred to as a withdrawal of labour from an organised group of employees in protest to the organisation’s action or proposed course of action in a particular matter. The impact of any strike action taken against the organisation varies and is dependent on the nature of the dispute, the number of unions involved and where the strike has been called. Therefore the impact of the strikes listed below vary from affecting the whole tube network to localised action affecting only part of the network.

 

We encourage unions to engage in discussions to resolve any disputes that may result in industrial action. When it has not been possible to prevent industrial action, we roll out well prepared operational plans to ensure that services operate safely at all times under busier than normal conditions. We deploy additional staff (including managers and revenue control staff) to assist local staff and provide advice to customers. We issue communications to inform customers that services will be busier than usual. Extra bus and river services are operated to help people get around, and we continue to update the TfL website as well as our other social media outlets which we encourage our customers to check frequently to see how their journeys could be affected.

 

I can confirm that there has been no strike action on the London Overground in the time period requested. There was one instance of strike action on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) between 3 November to 5 November 2015, however please note that DLR staff are not employed by TfL.

 

Please see the information you have requested below regarding strike action on London Underground since 2015

 

Year

Nature of Dispute

Strike Dates

Line / Network

2017

Employee relocation

25/01/17 to 26/01/17

Central and Waterloo & City Line

Station Staffing and Safety Arrangements

08/01/17 to 09/01/17

Network wide

2016

Christmas and New Year Working

24/12/16 to 25/12/16

Hammersmith & City Line and District Line

Breakdown of Industrial Relations

23/03/16 to 24/03/16

Piccadilly Line

Breakdown of Industrial Relations

15/09/16 to 16/09/16

Hammersmith & City Line and District Line

2015

Employee Terms and Conditions

28/09/2015

Waterloo & City Line

Dismissal of Employee

07/03/15 to 08/03/15

Network wide

Pay, Night Tube and Every Job Matters

08/07/15 to 09/07/15

Network wide

05/08/15 to 06/08/15

Network wide

 

 

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Lee Hill

Senior FOI Case Officer

 

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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