Stop RMT Strikes from Holding London Hostage — Protect TfL Tenant Workers and Small Businesses

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📌 Petition Summary

We call on Parliament to introduce urgent legislation that prevents unjustified strike actions by the RMT union. These recurring strikes cripple London’s transport network, devastate TfL tenant businesses, and punish the very workers unions claim to protect. We demand mandatory arbitration, financial penalties for repeated disruption, and legal protections for small businesses and essential workers.

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🗣 Petition Description

Every year, London is brought to a standstill—not by weather, not by crisis, but by RMT union strikes. These walkouts don’t come from solidarity. They come from entitlement. From a place of hate for compromise and disregard for the working people who keep this city alive.

TfL tenant businesses—takeaways, kiosks, cafés—are the first to suffer. We lose footfall. We lose income. We send staff home unpaid. And we explain to our children why dinner’s smaller this week.

“I lost a week’s income. My son missed meals. They call it a strike—I call it cruelty.”
— Amina, grocer, Elephant & Castle

“We’re scraping by. They’re on £60k+ and still shut us down. Where’s the love for London?”
— Khalid, takeaway owner, Bethnal Green

“It’s not negotiation—it’s blackmail. They know we’ll suffer, and they do it anyway.”
— Grace, florist kiosk operator, Victoria Station

RMT workers already enjoy high pay, enviable benefits, and job security most Londoners can only dream of. Yet they weaponise disruption, knowing full well that small businesses, elderly residents, and low-income workers will bear the brunt.

This is not a negotiation tactic. It’s a gun to London’s head.

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⚖️ What We’re Demanding

We urge Parliament to enact legislation that:

• Requires mandatory arbitration before any strike action
• Imposes financial penalties for repeated disruption
• Introduces legal protections for TfL tenant businesses and essential workers

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✍️ Sign Now

Sign this petition to demand an end to unjustified RMT strikes. Let’s restore common sense, protect working families, and build a London that stands together—not one held hostage by selfish demands.