London Underground Ltd claims that the red 'Here to Help' tabards make staff more visible to passengers, especially to visually-impaired passengers. RMT argues that the only effective way to make staff more visible is to employ more staff.
This plan was agreed unanimously by the Disabled Members’ Advisory Committee meeting, 28 January 2019, and will be considered by the union's National Executive in March.
‘Know Your Rights’ Campaign
We would like to run a campaign to advise disabled transport workers of their rights. This will encourage recruitment and active involvement in the union, and would include:
Venue: Best Western Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe, CW2 6DN
I enclose for your attention an invitation to the 2019 National Industrial Organising Conference of Signalling and Operations Grades that will take place Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th February 2019 at the Best Western Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe
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Earl of Doncaster Hotel, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, DN2 6AD
Jubilee South branch has unanimously passed a motion to highlight the shocking action of the BTP in arresting a tube worker who was assaulted and racially abused by a member of the public.
The company rightly recognised that no wrong doing had been done by the member of staff which is unusual as we know from experience that LU bosses do have a long history of disciplining victims of assault, including another case which is currently ongoing. This makes it all the more perplexing why the BTP would try to pursue a case.
Jubilee South News is the newsletter for tube workers, from activists in the Jubilee South branch.
In this edition:
Please download and distribute this newsletter in your Jubilee South branch workplace, and also share it online with colleagues and comrades.
DUTIES/SHIFT COVERAGE - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)
TRAIN OPERATOR RECRUITMENT & ALLOCATION TO DEPOTS (2009 AGREEMENT) - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)
RED TABARDS, STATION STAFF - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/3/1)
Currently, our trains are “prepped” (i.e., have basic safety checks performed) every 24 hours. LU now wants to extend that schedule to every 96 hours, or even more.
On some lines their proposals suggest that trains will only be fully prepped every 82 days.