Dear Colleague
Solidarity with our Tube Cleaners: RMT Parliamentary demonstration & rally
Tuesday 29th January 2019
5.00pm: (sharp) Demonstration opposite Parliament (Old Palace Yard, SW1P 3JY)
6.30pm: Rally in the Houses of Parliament
Subject: BULLYING & HARASSMENT, METROPOLITAN LINE SOUTH COVER GROUP – LONDON UNDERGROUND (formerly BULLYING BY MANAGEMENT, METROPOLITAN LINE SOUTH COVER GROUP – LONDON UNDERGROUND)
We congratulate our Neasden Branch and representatives for running a magnificent campaign to highlight and get massive support to address the behaviour of management, and our members for being resolved in their determination to stand up for themselves and each other.
That we note that the ballot results are as follows:
The result for strike action is:-
Far right leader Tommy Robinson is attempting to capitalise on the Government's Brexit crisis by organising a rally on 9th December to promote his far right, fascist agenda.
He is trying to win broader support for a new violent racist street movement, which has already been responsible for racist attacks and attacks on trade unionists, including RMT members.
RMT is supporting the counter demonstration organised by Stand Up to Racism on 9th December.
Jubilee South Branch News is the newsletter for station workers based at stations from Stratford to Westminster, drivers at North Greenwich and Stratford, signalers in SMD and cleaners and caterers based at these locations.
In this edition:
Subject: CANTEEN CLOSURE, HARROW, METROPOLITAN LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we note the report from the Lead Officer; that the company have chosen to ignore the letter sent to them highlighting the issues of the lack of welfare provision for Train Crew members and the serious risks presented by aggressive anti-social behaviour in the surrounding neighbourhood.
RMT London Transport Regional Council agreed to support the Campaign for Climate Change at our last meeting.
https://www.campaigncc.org/together_for_climate_justice
Protest: Together for Climate Justice | Campaign against Climate Change
Join us on 1st December in London. 12 noon, Portland Place.
The Neasden Branch AGM will take place on Friday 14th December at 16:00hrs. Please see the attached poster for full details.
Attached is a list of Neasden branch dates for 2019. Please print off and display on local notice boards.
RMT to take further strike action on Central Line over breakdown in industrial relations
Tube union RMT today announced further strike action on London Underground’s Central Line on Friday 21st December and Saturday 22nd December 2018. The action is over a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations, a failure to employ enough drivers, a wholesale abuse of agreed procedures and the victimisation of a trade union member.
It follows on from 24 hours action earlier this month which shut down the service completely.
That we note the report from the Lead Officer regarding talks with the company; and that we have had no satisfactory undertaking that duties will be sufficiently covered. It actually appears to be the case that if they could get away with skeleton staffing all stations they would!
This breaching of their own policy and procedure creates undue stress on our members and puts them and the travelling public at risk’ representing a breakdown in trust between the company, their staff and this union.
We therefore instruct the General Secretary to: