Circulars from RMT head office about issues in our region
From RMT General Secretary Bob Crow
RMT attended talks at ACAS with London Underground yesterday about Olympics working. Unfortunately, instead of going forward from the last wording agreed, management tried to change it by adding qualifications that appeared designed to tie us to agreements made by other unions. RMT could not accept this.
PENSION AND PASSES – TUBE LINES
The strike action taken since Tuesday in this dispute has been rock solid and members are to be congratulated for your solid support and determination in our ongoing campaign for pension and passes justice.
From General Secretary Bob Crow
The following changes to Employment Tribunal procedure came into effect on the 6th April 2012.
From General Secretary Bob Crow
I write to advise you that the Government yet again are proposing changes to the CICS that if implemented will affect the compensation that our members currently receive when attacked at work or when they experience a suicide on the railways. It is currently proposed to abolish the lower tariff bands of the Compensation Criminal Injury Scheme (CICS), this move will remove from eligibility the majority of our members injured as a result of criminal violence during the course of their work.
From RMT General Secretary Bob Crow
Further to my previous circular NP 013/12 dated 24th January 2012, please find enclosed links to the bulletins issued by the TUC for Workers’ Memorial Day. The bulletins are designed to help you mobilise and organise around various issues affecting the Health & Safety of our members. The next three in the series are entitled; Compensation under Threat, Occupational Disease a time bomb the Government ignores and Union Health & Safety Representatives.
From RMT General Secretary Bob Crow
I am writing to advise you of a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court which will effect many of the 2,500 people who are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year.
The Supreme Court upheld an appeal brought by Unite the Union and rejected arguments by insurance companies which would have denied compensation to victims of the terminal disease mesothelioma.
Judges in the country’s highest court agreed that the insurers of an employer at the time of the exposure to asbestos should pay compensation.
Here is the latest circular official from General Secretary Bob Crow (LUL/22/2)
As you may be aware, we have been in negotiations with London Underground over Olympic Recognition and Reward. The company’s offer has been considered by your General Grades Committee and has been rejected as it compares less favourably with deals achieved such as London Overground and Network Rail. Please find attached a copy of the offer.
From General Secretary Bob Crow
The TUC is dedicating this year’s Workers’ Memorial Day, Saturday 28th April, to a Day of Action to defend Health and Safety. They are producing a series of bulletins that will assist reps and activists to organise for the day with important discussion topics. The first two ‘Defending Regulation’ and ‘The Need for Enforcement’ are available online now. (see below)
As part of the ongoing campaign against the McNulty Report the union is organising a further campaigning day of action on Thursday 2nd February.
The intention is that we again distribute campaign postcards during the morning rush hour to passengers at stations throughout the country.
The last day of action proved very successful. We managed to reach fifty stations around the country with a very supportive response and passengers have returned a massive number of cards to their MPs.
from General Secretary Bob Crow - TFL (RT/14/2)
Further to my circular dated 14th December (IR/608/11) I write to update branches on the TfL scheme to introduce Identifier tags from March 2012 for all Taxi driver members (Taxis and Private hire).This would distinguish between those drivers licensed for hire in all of Metropolitan London (green badge) and those who were licensed for particular sectors outside the centre (yellow badge). Yellow badge drivers might be typically licensed for the London Boroughs of Redbridge, Greenwich, Merton, Harrow, Hillingdon and so on.