A reader emailed the Mayor's office the following question:
What talks has the Mayor had with the RMT and other tube unions with regards to implementing a no-strike deal, as pledged in his 2008 manifesto?
It was forwarded to TfL. Some days later came the following reply:
There have been exploratory conversations between our Senior Management and the General Secretaries of the four main Trades Unions in London Underground (RMT, TSSA, ASLEF and UNITE).
We do not expect significant further developments on this until the conclusion of current pay talks, and even then it will always be a difficult issue on which to secure agreement. However, the Mayor remains committed to ensuring that we jointly arrive at a solution which greatly reduces the inconvenience of industrial action to Tube customers.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us. If you have any further queries, please don't hesitate to get back in touch.
In other words, forget it.
