RMT official circulars

Circulars from RMT head office about issues in our region

LUL and TfL Additional Holiday Pay Agreements

Our Ref: LUL/9/8

5th July 2023

Dear RMT Member

CALCULATION OF HOLIDAY PAY

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON / LONDON UNDERGROUND

Recent discussions have taken place and an offer of agreement was received from TfL and LUL for the payment of overtime and other regular payments in holiday pay.

The National Executive Committee has taken the decision to accept the arrangement for holiday pay and I have advised the Company accordingly. A copy of the agreement is available to view here for TfL and LUL. [attached]

Show your solidarity with our cleaning grades

Dear colleague,

Show your solidarity with our cleaning grades

RMT has two petitions in circulation currently relating to campaigns being run to support our cleaning grades members. I'm asking all members to make sure they have signed - and shared - these petitions. We're an all-grades union and we look after each other. Getting involved in the campaign to win insourcing and improvements to the pay and conditions of our cleaning grades members is part of what it means to be an industrial union.

DLR pay update

RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - KEOLIS AMEY DOCKLANDS (DLR/0001/KAD)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/166/23, 5th June 2023), the referendum concluded with members voting to reject the offer. The Lead Officer and negotiating team met again with the Company but despite their best efforts, no improved offer was forthcoming.

This situation is clearly unacceptable and while we remain available for further talks, the current impasse is of considerable consternation to members as reflected in a resolution received from DLR Branch.

Tube pay offer 'nowhere near meeting the aspirations of our members'

Dear Colleagues,

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/0001)

Following a series of meetings between RMT and London Underground, management tabled the following offer in respect of your union's demands for an increase in pay and substantial improvements to members' terms and conditions:

RMT demands ABM's 'Project Lean' is stopped

21st June 2023

Dear RMT Member,

CHANGES TO WORK LOCATIONS AND ADDITIONAL WORKLOADS (PROJECT LEAN) – ABM (LUL)

I have received reports from your RMT Reps that ABM are calling you into meetings where members feel pressurized into accepting more work at more locations. This is taking place as part of a review of responsibilities and work locations which the Company is calling ‘Project Lean’.

Windrush 75th Anniversary Events

Dear Colleagues,

Windrush 75th Anniversary Events

On 22nd June it will be the 75th Anniversary of when HMT Empire Windrush arrived in Britain. There will be many events to commemorate this anniversary around the country, and I write to highlight and encourage attendance at two in London:

Sign the petition to support rail cleaners

Dear colleague,

Sign new petition to win travel facilities for rail cleaners, security guards and other outsourced workers

15th June is International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Guards, which is held each year in memory of a group of Los Angeles janitors who were beaten up by the police during a peaceful demonstration against their contractor.

Thales pay and conditions update - referendum of offer announced

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - THALES GTS (LUL/0001/T(GTS)) 

Following talks with the Company, the offer which has now been received for Thales GTS Collective Staff Graded 1-7 in JF07 & 10 is as follows:

          Year One:

·A 6% increase, effective 1st January 2023

·For LR4 employees whose base salary is under £30k per annum; an enhanced offer of 8% on base salary (except apprentices who are managed outside the collective on fixed pay scales)

          Year Two:

Keolis Amey Docklands referendum

RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - KEOLIS AMEY DOCKLANDS (DLR/0001/KAD)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/149/23, 24th May 2023), the referendum has concluded with members voting as follows:

Question: Are you prepared to accept the Company's offer?

Total Votes Cast:                                             394

Number Voting to Accept Option One:                  20

Number Voting to Accept Option Two:                  86

Number Voting to Reject Both Offers:                   288