Staff reporter(wp/es):
A long-running pay dispute between TfL and Tube workers has come to end, with unions calling off some threats of Christmas strike action.
The deal, which was hailed a "massive victory” for Tube workers by union bosses, will grant them access pension schemes, pay rises in line with inflation every year until 2019. They will also get extra money for the launch of the Night Tube.
The RMT union described the agreement, reached after “strike action, campaigning and years of resolve”, as "groundbreaking".
It "turns the tide" on the wave of closures of final-salary pensions schemes across the industry, it said.
Mick Cash, RMT union general secretary, said a deal had been secured for “specific disputes with Tube Lines”.
He said: "The dispute over pensions goes back years. This victory proves once again that the RMT model of militant, industrial trade unionism, backed up by professional negotiations and campaigning, gets results where it matters.”
Other disputes are still ongoing.
More than 3,500 Tube station and other staff are currently ballotingfor strikes over jobs and the closure of ticket offices, with the results expected on Tuesday.
In a separate dispute, 400 members of the RMT union are balloting over whether to launch a campaign of industrial action on the Piccadilly Line.
The union said there had been a "wholesale breakdown" of industrial relations on the line, which serves Heathrow Airport.
TfL has been contacted for comment.
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