The TSSA Union has suspended its planned strike action as they have won a revised pay proposal from Rail for London Infrastructure.
The union will now consult its members, but says it has cancelled its strike action that was planned for Wednesday 24th May 2023.
Strike action was taken after it emerged that Elizabeth Line workers were paid less than colleagues performing similar roles on the rest of the Transport for London network.
Commenting TSSA Interim Organising Director, Mel Taylor, said, “We have had a very constructive meeting and as a result TSSA has agreed to suspend the strike action planned on 24th May.
“This will enable our teams to fully digest the changes and allow for further consultation and discussion over the coming days. We certainly do not take strike action lightly, but we have made this progress as a result of the action we have taken and planned to take.
“Elizabeth Line staff work weekends, nights and even Christmas Day. They are multi-skilled and operate the world's only fully digital railway, but many earn significantly less than the salary paid to other TfL staff in similar roles. That is clearly not an acceptable or sustainable position and it looks as though the company is waking up to the fact.”
That’s even better news. Still TfL should allow the Elizabeth Line trains to run to Reading coming from Shenfield and Abbey Wood including commuters travelling from Reading, Twyford, Maidenhead, Taplow, Burnham, Slough, Langley, Iver and West Drayton to travel into Central London and eastwards towards Stratford, Canary Wharf, Shenfield and Abbey Wood.