Please download and share the attached advice for station staff at District East taking part in industrial action against lone-working and violence at work
TO ALL LONDON UNDERGROUND BRANCHES, AND LONDON TRANSPORT REGIONAL COUNCIL
Please download the attached newsletter.
Drivers on the District and H&C lines should be aware that, from Friday 27th September 2019, RMT Stations members on the East End of the District Line are starting industrial action over violence, staff assaults and lone-working.
Update following our directors meeting regarding the District Line dispute:
We are deeply concerned and disappointed by what the company have offered us in response to the shocking rise in workplace violence which has forced us to take industrial action.
What they have offered us is a strategic and tactical mistake, which won’t solve the problem - in fact it will make it worse.
LU’s response in brief:
They will continue working with their crime reduction team to tackle the worst affected areas (they should be doing this already)
TUBE UNION RMT today confirmed a programme of industrial action to back up a demand for urgent progress over tube track noise after drivers voted by more than 95% in favour of industrial action in a ballot covering the Jubilee, Central, Northern and Victoria Lines.
As a consequence of the failure of the company to act decisively members on the Jubilee, Central, Victoria and Northern Lines will be instructed to take continuous industrial action short of a strike with effect from 00.01 hours Thursday 10th October 2019 (until further notice): -
Great work by the local reps and the East Ham Branch
In the wake of unprecedented violence against staff on LUL on the east end of the district line our comrades put on industrial action to say no more
We are not prepared to accept being assaulted at work
The incident at West Ham vindicated this position
Attacks on our members are unacceptable
If LU do not resolve to put this right we are prepared to escalate our action
The attacks on our members across the combine must mark the end of lone working
Please see the attached circular about the industrial action on District Line East, which begins at 00.01hrs Friday 27th September 2019
Joint statement from Tier 2 and SFC following our meeting with management today:
Tier 2 and S.F.C reps met today with Brian Woodhead and Senior BTP Officers. We put your concerns to them in no uncertain terms, including but not limited to:
- Access to trauma support
- The duty of care process
- Reliability of magnetic doors
- Ongoing issues raised in the
District East staffing dispute
- Lone working more generally
We told them you don’t feel safe, and we told them you don’t feel supported.