FIGHT AGAINST JOB CUTS
Members should already be in receipt of the broadsheet, "We Can Stop Job Cuts". This outlines how we lost over 800 jobs between March 2011 & March 2012, while passenger numbers have soared to record levels. The Broadsheet details all the arguments of our Union to maintain a fully staffed, publicly owned and integrated transport system.
You can download the newsletter below
FIGHT AGAINST JOB CUTS
Members should already be in receipt of the broadsheet, "We Can Stop Job Cuts". This outlines how we lost over 800 jobs between March 2011 & March 2012, while passenger numbers have soared to record levels. The Broadsheet details all the arguments of our Union to maintain a fully staffed, publicly owned and integrated transport system.
Unfortunately those who run Government, in London and nationally, and their highly paid bosses at London Underground are not moved by rational arguments. A fully staffed underground system would offer the World Class service that Londoners expect.
33 RMT Members Sacked by Trainpeople Agency
On the 19th December 2012, all 33 Trainpeople agency staff working on the Wembley Central group received an early Christmas present. Trainpeople informed them that their contract with London Underground would be terminated on the 16th January, with no further work on the stations after that. This allowed them only four weeks to find new jobs over Christmas, some had worked on stations for over five years.
A new edition of the London Calling Newsletter is attached. You can download it below.
By John Reid, London transport Regional Council Secretary
Workers United Against Racism
The London Olympics was a resounding success thanks to the role of different sections of workers who delivered the Games.
London Underground staff worked around the clock to provide an excellent service for the million extra passengers a day. People from all over the world, able bodied and disabled, expressed their delight that stations were staffed by knowledgeable staff. Behind the scenes our engineers and service controllers kept the service running like clockwork while our drivers delivered passengers swiftly and safely to their destinations.
The London Olympics was a resounding success thanks to the role of different sections of workers who delivered the Games. London Underground staff worked around the clock to provide an excellent service for the million extra passengers a day.
People from all over the world, able bodied and disabled, expressed their delight that stations were staffed by knowledgeable staff.
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Updated on 26th July - please ensure you are using the latest version
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the new issue of our 'RMT London Calling' newsletter, our second Olympics special, reporting on: Olympics agreements won by RMT so far; strikes by cleaners, bike hire and TfL staff; action short of strikes on London Underground; the Olympics security crisis; and more.
In this Olympic special edition:
Updated to show deals made at Telent and MJ Quinn, and the latest action at TfL.
In this Olympic special edition: