Important demonstration at City Hall against London Underground safety-critical cuts to fleet preparation schedules - 09:00 Thursday 16th May
Dear colleague,
As an RMT London Underground member, you'll most likely be aware that your colleagues in London Underground maintenance and engineering recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in relation to proposed safety critical cuts.
Subject: EXTENDED TRAIN PREPERATION SCHEDULE – LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we note the report from our Lead Officer regarding the request from our LU Fleet Branch for industrial action due to the planned imposition of vastly inferior; bordering on non-existent safety checks on trains before they enter passenger service, which is solely for the purpose of implementing the Conservative Government’s Department for Transport and the London Mayors cuts to London Underground.
Strike Action
LONDON UNDERGROUND DISPUTES MEETING FOR RMT REPS
The National Executive Committee has taken the decision to arrange meetings between the Senior Assistant General Secretary, Lead Officer, NEC and Reps regarding:-
1. ROP & COS 2019 - London Underground (all 2nd stage reps) - 9am
2. Extended Train Prep Schedule (all Fleet IR and H&S Reps, Trains Functional & Trains Safety Council) - 11am
3. Disciplinary, S. Kyei-Donkoh, CSA, Piccadilly Circus (IR and H&S Reps from Bakerloo Line Branch) - 12 pm
RMT Upfront is the newsletter for Tube drivers from RMT activists.
In this edition, put together by the union for Tube drivers:
- As another driver’s cab is broken into, RMT says….
GET ON WITH FIXING CAB SECURITY
- Train Prep cuts proposal will seriously impact drivers
- The curious incident of the trespasser on the track
- Smartcap
Please download the attached newsletter to read it, print it out and distribute it in your depot, and share this article on line.
RMT reps and activists came together for a mass meeting at the Indian YMCA on Fitzroy Square on 24 April, to discuss three major disputes facing London Underground workers: against cuts to train maintenance (“extended train prep”); against job cuts (“Transformation”); and on pay, terms, and conditions.
Subject: EXTENDED TRAIN PREPARATION SCHEDULE – LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we note the decision of the LU Fleet Branch meeting and their concerns around both training candidates and trainers being forced to undertake training to do the before; resulting in our loyal members refusing to break a strike and being locked out of work without any pay by the company.
12th April 2019
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
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.