Cycling instructors consider strike action as real-terms pay cuts and poor working conditions spark mass exodus | road.cc
“Transport for London said they want every child and adult to have access to cycle training… Yet we don’t have the staff to deliver this promise
As industrial disputes continue to dominate the headlines in the early days of 2023 – with rail workers, bus drivers, nurses, National Highways workers, teachers, and ambulance staff all set for further walkouts in January – cycling instructors in London have become the latest group to consider strike action due to concerns over pay and working conditions amid the current cost of living crisis.
In October 2021, dozens of instructors cycled from Trafalgar Square to City Hall as part of a protest ride organised by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) to highlight Transport for London’s decision to slash the budget for cycle training in schools.
