The lobby is in protest at plans to:

• cut all ticket offices on the London Underground, slashing almost 1,000 jobs
• privatise TfL Customer Services and
• freeze the pay and slash the pensions of staff working for TfL.

The campaigners are also concerned about the funding cuts to accessible transport services in London and plans to cut funding for the London Transport Museum.

TfL has already removed general public access to its telephone customer information services, limiting one-to-one customer information to disabled and elderly travellers. This was done without any public consultation or information and despite massive demand from the public for this service.

TfL is now planning to outsource these roles to private companies. This means that customer services will be shipped out of London and delivered by a low-paid, transient workforce without a first-hand knowledge of London.

Campaigners say these proposals will have serious implications for passenger safety – particularly given TfL’s plans for a 24 hour tube, and will make it harder for disabled travellers to gain assistance.

Alongside these cuts to customer services, TfL is proposing to freeze the pay and slash the pensions of long-serving staff in TfL without proper consultation or negotiation.

The campaigners are lobbying the TfL Board members to ask them to intervene in these disputes and to instruct TfL to enter into meaningful negotiations at the conciliation service ACAS with the recognised trade unions in TfL and London Underground.

Supporters and members of the public are also welcome to attend the TfL Board meeting as visitors. The meeting begins at 10am in City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA.

TfL Unions Together is an alliance of recognised trade unions in TfL and London Underground.

Better London Transport is a trade union and community alliance campaigning for affordable, safe and accessible transport services for all across London.