London Underground Ltd

After the successful strike on 7th September and with an overtime ban causing stations to close and engineering works to be cancelled, London Underground management is coming under strong pressure to return to the negotiating table. We can win this fight for a safe and properly staffed railway, but only if we crank up the pressure. Finsbury Park's latest leaflet explains how our overtime ban is hurting the company and calls on all members to make the next strike on October 3rd/4th even stronger than the first.

Download a copy by clicking on the attachment.

This is a letter to all RMT members at London Underground (excluding ex-Metronet), from General Secretary Bob Crow.

I am writing to advise you that despite the best efforts of your negotiators at the recent ACAS talks management refuse to take seriously our concerns that their proposed job cuts will have a devastating effect on safety. The General Grades Committee has amended the times of the next strikes as follows:

• 18.29 hours on Sunday 3rd October 2010 and 18.28 hours on Monday 4th October 2010

That we congratulate our London Underground members and those of TSSA for their display of unity and standing up to the threat of massive cuts in jobs and undermining of safety.

Our industrial action will continue unless Management sees sense and withdraws imposition of these totally unacceptable proposals.

The previous GGC decision of 25 August 2010 is amended as follows:

All members in the former Metronet Grades are instructed to take strike action and not to work from 19.00 hours on Sunday 3rd October until 18.59 hours on Monday 4th October.

The RMT and TSSA have an ongoing overtime ban in place with London Underground station staff. Since the overtime ban began several Stations have been closed due to lack of staff, and in some cases left unstaffed or 'baby sat' by station assistants.

Read more of this article to see the list of closed stations.

Click on the attachment to download the latest Monthly News, the newsletter of Finsbury Park branch.

In this edition:

SUPER STRIKE FLOORS LUL - a Monthly News round-up of how the strike hit home in the areas covered by our branch; WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? - why there is no fence to sit on in this dispute; WORSE IS STILL TO COME - with the government expected to demand between 25 and 40% of cuts to the transport budget, the 800 threatened station jobs is merely the start of the jobs cull;

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the new issue of our 'RMT London Calling' newsletter. It features the Alstom pay dispute, the LU overtime ban, messages of support for our fight against job cuts, Royal Mail - not for sale, and more!

SUPER SOLIDARITY CRIPPLES LUL.

ASLEF members join the RMT and TSSA action to say: STOP THE JOB CUTS KEEP THE RAILWAY SAFE NO MORE ATTACKS ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Click on the attachment to download a copy of Finsbury Park's Strike Update leaflet.

TUBE UNION RMT today saluted the solid support of members for the joint action with sister union TSSA on London Underground that successfully turned the spotlight on cuts to safe staffing levels and which has ratcheted up the pressure on Boris Johnson and his transport officials to drop their plans and start talking seriously about a safe and secure future for the tube network.

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow discusses the union action to stop 800 job cuts at LUL. Bob attended the picket line at Euston and was interviewed for RMTv by Geoff Martin.

Tube unions RMT and TSSA embarked on a 24-hour strike on September 6, 2010 which caused the suspension of most underground lines, with many stations closed and trains cancelled due to a solid turn out from members disgusted by LU's plans.