Engineering news
The RMT said a meeting on Tuesday revealed the organisation which runs London's transport will be hit by £5.5bn in funding cuts before 2021.
“All the Tube and TfL unions have been sent written details of the next phase in the wrongly named transformation process," said RMT general secretary Mick Cash
“As part of the Mayor’s efforts to slash spending by £5.5 billion by 2021 we are now being told that the company plan to cut up to 1,400 jobs in engineering in TfL and in some areas of LU.
“RMT demands that no cuts take place, so close to the King’s Cross fire anniversary. It would be appalling if there was any hacking back on safety.
“The Mayor needs to stand up for TfL and demand restoration of the full capital grant and proper central government funding for the Tube.”
A TfL spokesperson said: “We are undertaking the largest ever overhaul of our organisation to provide the most efficient and cost effective transport service for Londoners.
“We have already reduced management layers and bureaucracy and merged functions in other areas to eliminate duplication and reliance on expensive agency staff.
“We do not recognise the RMT’s number. Over the next few months we will be consulting on further plans in a number of other managerial, support and other non-frontline areas across TfL and London Underground.
“None of this will compromise safety, which will always remain our top priority.”