Six days of strikes is certainly a statement of intent from the RMT Union.
Of the 300 who took part in the RMT ballot, 85% voted for strike action.
Arriva has offered a 3% pay rise to RMT conductors plus another 5%, based on productivity.
London Mayor Boris Johnson urged the RMT to negotiate with LU to avert a strike.
The union claimed Network Rail had refused to negotiate over RMT proposals for 12-hour shifts for signallers.
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The RMT said using casual, agency staff undermined the job security, pay and working conditions of its members.
An RMT trade union spokesman said 31 drivers had recently joined other operators for better pay and conditions.
"The RMT along with the other unions agreed a pay deal in the autumn of 2003, " she added.
The additional payments have already been accepted by RMT staff working at Central's stations and ticket offices, he said.
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The RMT's general secretary Bob Crow said the cleaners were doing "some of the dirtiest jobs" on minimum pay.
Meanwhile, the RMT has announced a third day of rail strikes before Christmas.
The RMT said cutting the post of team leader had compromised safety.
We have offered the RMT the same 3% cost of living increase this April and said let's talk about productivity.
Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members will vote on industrial action ahead of preparations to test trains without drivers.
The RMT has also called two pre-Christmas strikes at ScotRail in a dispute over the sacking of a union member.
The RMT union said hundreds of its members will be balloted on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action.
Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) based at Charing Cross and Victoria will be voting in the next few weeks.
Later in the session, PPP was criticised by representatives from the two main rail trade unions, the RMT and ASLEF.
The RMT union said cracks could have caused a "tragedy" but Network Rail had said no passengers were at risk.
One was sacked after an "operational incident" and another for what the RMT call "trumped up charges" by "strike breakers".
The RMT wants the "astonishing and potentially highly dangerous" instruction rescinded and is calling for urgent talks with London Underground (LU).
Workers on Bakerloo and Northern lines were to walk out on Sunday night but the RMT plans to hold further talks.
Speaking for the RMT, Bob Crow said that too much focus had been given to station modernisation, rather than improving service quality.
Earlier in the week the RMT union lifted the immediate threat of strike action over two sacked drivers after one was reinstated.
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union confirmed on Thursday that strike action would be held on 26 October and 9 November.
Recent polls show 70% now support the RMT call for full renationalisation.
The move followed talks between the RMT union and the company over a dispute sparked by the sacking of a ticket examiner.
BBC: RMT union consults over escalating Network Rail dispute
The RMT union will decide next week on a change in strategy.
The RMT is also demanding improvements to holidays, sick pay and pensions.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union is opposed to LU plans to relocate some drivers from Acton Town Depot in west London.
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