Station and Revenue Grades Committee
Venue: Exmouth Arms, Star Cross Street
Maintenance Optimisation within LU Fleet Depots
Submitted by Janine on 15 July, 2010 - 09:28
From Steve Hedley, Regional Organiser ...
Maintenance “optimisation” is an attempt to move the vast majority of the 14day exam out to 28 days endangering the public and our members jobs
Industrial Action Ballot - Stop London Underground Job Cuts!
Submitted by Janine on 15 July, 2010 - 08:56From Bob Crow, General Secretary ...
You will shortly be receiving a ballot paper to your home address over the massive job cuts that LUL Management are planning. These disastrous cuts will result in detrimental working conditions and seriously undermine safety of staff and the travelling public.
London Shop Stewards Network Meeting
Venue: Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square W1T 6AQ Nearest tube: Warren Street
Millionaires' government wants workers to pay for the crisis ... THE TUC MUST CALL A NATIONAL DEMO NOW ... the first step towards a one-day strike
Speakers include leading trade unionists from RMT / BASSA / PCS
Survey Suggests LGBT People Feel Unsafe on Public Transport
Submitted by Peter on 15 July, 2010 - 02:40
Research by several organisations across London has found that LGBT people fear for their safety on public transport including the tube and that there is a higher incident of assault - both verbal and physical - on public transport than there is in other public areas.
The British Transport Police state ‘For passengers, feeling safe is as important as being safe. The visible presence of rail staff, PCSOs and police officers can reduce the fear of crime dramatically.’
With these figures showing how LGBT people feel about travel on the underground, it should be considered that many LGBT people will feel more at risk of assault on the underground as staff cuts will inevitably mean the reduction of staff visibility.
RMT welcomes cross-party support for campaign against tube station job cuts
Submitted by Peter on 14 July, 2010 - 03:34TUBE UNION RMT has welcomed the tabling of a motion at tomorrow’s London Mayor’s Question Time, in the names of Labour’s Val Shawcross and the Lib Dem’s Caroline Pidgeon, calling on Boris Johnson to review plans to axe 800 station staff jobs and to close or slash the opening times of 245 ticket offices.
Stratford no.1 Branch Meeting
The next Stratford no.1 branch meeting will take place on Thursday 22nd July 2010 from 5pm at the Leytonstone & District ex-Servicemens Club, Harvey Road, Leytonstone, E11 3BD.
It is approximately a two minute walk from Leytonstone underground station.
Resolution to Regional Council: Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
Submitted by Admin on 13 July, 2010 - 14:55This resolution, submitted by TfL no.1 branch, was carried unanimously by the July meeting of the Regional Council ...
This LTRC condemns the recent attack on the ships carrying humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
We call upon the RMT to join with the international community to demand that there is an independent enquiry into the incident.
We insist that Israel is not part of this ‘independent’ enquiry, but that they have an enquiry of their own.
Resolution: Mario Joseph
Submitted by Admin on 13 July, 2010 - 14:45The following resolution, submitted by TfL no.1 branch, was carried unanimously by the July meeting of the Regional Council ...
Haiti humanitarian lawyer Mario Joseph was a guest speaker invited to the UK to appear at various venues, including the RMT Black and Ethnic Minority Committee. He was refused entry into the UK for the most obscure of reasons.
The refusal to admit Mario Joseph is an insult to all who care about Haiti and its people.