Bakerloo News Special: Victory on the Bakerloo Line

Bakerloo News is the newsletter for drivers on the Jubilee Line.  In this edition from May 2018; RMT celebrates the victory that saw an unfairly sacked driver reinstated.

In this edition:

  • Threat of strikes forces reinstatement: union demands answers
  • Unjust sacking reversed!
  • Justice for Paul Bailey! 
  • UNFAIR DISMISSAL: HOW THEY DO IT
  • Fight LU’s austerity cuts
  • The dispute in numbers
  • A View From The Tribunal

 

Please download this newsletter and distribute it in your Bakerloo Line workplace.

RMT 'Cuba Solidarity' garden party

In association with the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, the 16th RMT Annual Garden Party for Cuba will take place on Wednesday 13th June 2018 at Maritime House, Clapham, London, commencing 7.00pm.

Tickets are now available. This includes a free bar, buffet and music. As usual we will be joined by a number of distinguished guest speakers.

The Garden Party will provide a wonderful opportunity to show solidarity with Cuba with friends from across the Labour and Trade Union movement.

RMT confirms further strike action on DLR in dispute over breakdown in industrial relations

RMT cleaners, security staff and travel safe officers on Docklands Light Railway will be taking part in a further phase of strike action over a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations, the union confirmed today, as the intransigent attitude of the management continues to refuse to meet and negotiate a settlement.

The workers involved in the dispute are employed by contractor ISS on the KAD contract and will take further strike action as follows:

Not to book on for any turns of duty that commence between:-

RMT votes not to affiliate to Labour Party

RMT Special General Meeting agrees to align union towards Labour and encourage its members to be active in the party whilst remaining unaffiliated

Following a consultation with union Branches and Regional Councils a Special General Meeting (SGM) of the RMT has today agreed to a recommendation from the unions National Executive committee to align the RMT towards the Labour Party and encourage its 80,000 plus members to be active in the Labour Party, whilst remaining unaffiliated.

Docklands offer accepted following referendum

Subject: RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2018 – KEOLIS AMEY DOCKLANDS

We note the referendum result from our Keolis Amey Docklands members is as follows:

Paper Returned
343

Voting Yes
330

Voting No
13

Spoilt Papers
0

The NEC congratulates the Dockland Light Railway Branch on achieving this offer through negotiations.

We instruct the General Secretary to inform the company that we are in acceptance of this offer.

Members to be advised by email and text.

Piccadilly Line drivers to be balloted for strike action

SUBJECT: BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, TRAIN OPERATORS, PICCADILLY LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND

We note the report from our Lead Officer that the company have failed to address our concerns around chronic understaffing, lack of resources, draconian use of the attendance procedures, obstruction of our representative trades union duties, undue pressure upon our Drivers from Service Control managers and managements failure to honour a number of commitments given during previous disputes; especially relating to stock, training and SPAD management.

ISS KAD industrial action called

Subject: BREACH OF MACHINERY – ISS (KAD CONTRACT)

We rescind our previous decision NWW 29.5.18 and we instruct all affected members to take industrial action in the form of a strike from 05:30 on Wednesday 13th June 2018 to 05:29 on Thursday 14 th June 2018.

Further; we instruct the General Secretary to defer to the Finance Sub-Committee the consideration of a strike fund to be set up to assist our members as many of them
are low paid.

Members to be advised by email and text.

RMT Women’s get together

The Blue Bar, 4th floor, Royal Festival Hall

7th June 1230hrs onwards

Meet other RMT women for chat, discussion and laughs. No agenda, no obligation to buy food or drinks, refreshments provided or bring your own if you wish.

No babysitter? No problem, child friendly venue, bring the kids.

Look for the RMT flag!

Join our Facebook group here.

ALL RMT women welcome

 

  • Please download and display the attached poster in your RMT workplace