TfL ticket inspectors to strike

Nearly 300 ticket inspectors at Transport for London (TfL) will go on strike later this week over what they say are unfair wages.

The Compliance, Policing, Operations and Security Directorate (CPOS) workers, who enforce ticket checks at railways stations and on buses, will strike on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and then again on 20, 21 and 22 December.

Sharon Graham, general secretary of the trade union Unite, said: “These vital workers are being undervalued and have been offered an unacceptable pay deal.”

TfL said in a statement: “We have held a number of constructive discussions with our trade unions and have presented an attractive pay offer that has been accepted by other unions.”