• Taxis – 15-year age limits – see decision
• Thales – election of reps on LT contract
• DLR – awaiting outcome of legal appeal (held this week, but decision may not be given immediately); progress made in talks
• Olympics – Regional Organiser to report to LTRC Exec
• LU machinery of negotiation – more discussion required before accepting CMO machinery; outstanding issues on COO machinery tabled for Company Council – if no result there, then refer to ACAS
• Victoria Line sensitive edge – membership information prepared for ballot; awaiting DLR appeal
• Power Control Room and TACs – referendum result due tomorrow
• TfL – redundancies in Internal Audit
• have visited new reps’ class at WEA
• I raised the issue of Egypt at a Council of Executives meeting
• LU has replied to RMT’s enquiry about pay/lieu leave for the additional public holiday on April 29
• LU job cuts – OSP now implemented; intend to propose boycott of enhanced AFM functionality; views welcome on ongoing ‘action short’; success in challenging discrimination against part-timers; others being displaced encouraged to appeal; phoneline for incidents; personal letter to station staff members from GS; need to update membership records; reviews progressing
• LU pay – meeting held with TSSA and Unite to agree joint claim; to be discussed at Company Council
• LU victimisations – Peter Hartshorn reinstated; Bakerloo and Morden & Oval branches considering more strikes for Eamonn and Arwyn; views welcome on possible escalation; LTRC public meeting 17/2/11; personal letter from GS to all members

Janine Booth, 8/2/11