Opposing cuts in staffing levels and jobs
Dear Branches, Region & Reps,
Please find attached above a copy of the dispute letter sent today to Jean Cockerill HR Director informing the company we are now in dispute over their failing to consult/negotiate properly over Transformations job cuts etc, and that we have withdrawn from the process and withdrawn our reps.
12th April 2019
Please find attached the latest issue of MATS News, covering Pay Talks & Transformation. Feel free to print and display in your workplace and share with colleagues
Jubilee South branch News is the newsletters for workers on stations between Westminster and Stratford on the Jubilee Line, drivers an North Greenwich and Stratford, controllers at Stratford Market depot, and cleaners and caterers at all these location.
In this edition:
PAY TALKS REACH STALEMATE, But this union isn’t stale, so prepare for action!
RMT’s plan of action
Sickness reviews are not compulsory to attend
Massive vote for strike action in train prep ballot
London Underground are attempting to ram through a new swathe of job cuts and are walking all over our agreements to do it! This is happening in the following areas: Track Access Control, Power Control, Service Control, LUCC, Skills Development, Waste, Pumps, Stations Buildings & Civils and Signals Incidents.
The RMT's London Transport Regional Organiser John Leach has written a letter to the Head of London Underground Employee Relations.
LUL TRANSFORMATION
Dear Colleagues,
EXTENDED TRAIN PREPARATION SCHEDULE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/10)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/112/19, 20th March 2019), the ballot has concluded with members’ voting as follows:-
Are you prepared to take strike action?
Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot: 1162
Number of votes cast in the ballot: 743
Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question: 662
Number of individuals answering “No” to the question: 80
Nine to one vote for strike action by over a thousand key London Underground staff
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that over a thousand key London Underground maintenance and engineering staff have voted by around nine to one for both strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over the hacking back of train preparation and inspection schedules which the union warns would have a devastating impact on both service reliability and public safety.
The staff work at tube fleet maintenance depots right across Greater London.
**URGENT** for members in affected areas:
Track Access Control, Power Control, Service Control, LUCC, Skills Development, Waste, Pumps, Stations Buildings & Civils and Signals Incidents
TFL/LUL TRANSFORMATION (LUL/15/4)
Official Circular No: IR/125/19 29th March 2019
Dear Colleagues,
The RMT has submitted a Freedom of Information request that has revealed that stations were left unstaffed on at least 863 occasions last year, totalling 7490 hours.
This comes in spite of London Underground's promise following the much hated 'Fit for the Future' job cuts plan that all stations would be staffed during traffic hours.
- Read the attached leaflet for further information
London Underground announced plans today (Tuesday 26th March) to cut over 100 jobs in their latest round of 'Transformation'. These cuts are being made in multiple areas including, Track Access, Trainers, LUCC, Power and Waste Services.