RMT Regional Organiser, Steve Hedley, accompanied by RMT trains functional council reps met with senior LU management yesterday to discuss the ASLEF/LU Olympics ‘deal’.

The RMT made clear that as an independent trade union we were not bound by any deals struck with other organisations. Management understood that and confirmed that there were precedence’s were individual unions ‘failed to agree’ issues on different functional councils.

Management were informed of the union’s concerns that this ‘deal’ was cooked up between ASLEF and LU behind closed doors and that when these proposals were being discussed at the full trains functional council that RMT reps were denied copies of the document under discussion.

LU were also informed that drivers were angry about the prospect of working 9 and a half hour days across the combine and 6 tunnels on the Bakerloo. Management stated they were aware of this and that ASLEF members were organising petitions in several depots.

RMT Regional Organiser, Steve Hedley made management aware that the only forum that pay rises, rewards and bonuses can be discussed is at the Company Council and that the trains functional council has no authority to agree bonuses or payments. Management replied that there were ‘no bonuses’.

The RMT will now be raising these issues at the full Company Council later this month.

Steve Hedley said "we made it very clear to LU that there was no Olympics deal with the RMT. The RMT will not sit idly by and allow a management/ASLEF stitch-up. This proposal imposes a smashing up of the framework agreement for all train staff. At the meeting your representatives demanded a reopening of negotiations on this issue. I urge management to get around the table if they want to avoid chaos during the Olympic period".