Track workers on London Underground 'afraid about raising safety concerns'

Submitted by Admin on 4 June, 2023 - 02:18

63% of ‘gig economy’ track workers being used by London Underground would be unhappy about raising safety concerns about their work, for fear of not being offered future shifts, the RMT revealed today

Publishing the results of a new survey, workers who perform vital and safety-critical work on London Underground’s track, are engaged through two ‘employment agencies’, Morson and Cleshar, who put them on bogus self-employed contracts that deny them sick pay, holiday, pensions and travel facilities.

Outsourced workers - 'Our Work Matters' - get trained and lobby politicians

Dear colleagues

FAO all outsourced cleaning, security, catering and stations grades

'Our Work Matters' - Opportunity to get trained and lobby politicians directly, London, June 15th, 9.30am-3.30pm

RMT has been working with the TUC in developing a new campaign - 'Our Work Matters - Justice for outsourced facilities workers'.

Industrial action short of strike continues following ballot success

Submitted by Admin on 25 May, 2023 - 13:10
  • Details of the continued 'action short of strike' are at the end of this circular.

24th May 2023

Circular No: IR/148/23                                               

Dear Colleagues,

DEFENDING JOBS, PENSIONS & AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/143/23, 17th May 2023), the ballot concluded with members voting as follows:

Are you prepared to take strike action?

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:      9,799

Mass meeting - Defend Jobs, Pensions & Agreements

Meeting

24th May 2023

Dear Colleagues,

DEFEND JOBS, PENSIONS AND AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND

You are all congratulated for returning a fourth vote in this dispute and giving a magnificent mandate to continue our fight to protect your jobs, pensions and agreements.

A meeting for all LUL members has been arranged on Tuesday 30th May 2023 at the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ from 15:00 to 17:00 hours to discuss our continued fight to Defend Jobs, Pensions & Agreements.

Please make every effort to attend.

Tube ballot smashes Tory anti-union thresholds again

Submitted by Admin on 23 May, 2023 - 16:27

23rd May 2023

Dear Colleagues,

DEFEND JOBS, PENSIONS AND AGREEMENTS – LONDON UNDERGROUND 

I write to advise you that the ballot has now closed and the result is as follows:-

Are you prepared to take strike action?

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:9,799

Number of votes cast in the ballot:5,536

Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question:5,333 

Number of individuals answering “No” to the question:196

Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned:7

Tube workers facing threats of violence after more than 100 hundred station closures in two months

Submitted by Admin on 19 May, 2023 - 12:43

RMT called on TfL to end its cuts programme, which is forcing repeated station closures across the network, opening staff up to abuse from frustrated passengers.

TfL has had its funding from central government dramatically cut but instead of standing up to ministers, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is cutting 600 staff and implementing a new rostering system that does not work.

TUC emergency protest - defend the right to strike

TUC EMERGENCY PROTEST - Protect the Right to Strike! Mon 22nd May 6pm - Parliament Square

Rishi Sunak wants to take away our right to strike. The Tories are forcing their anti-union “sack key workers bill” through parliament as quickly as they can. It means that when you democratically vote to strike, you could be forced to work and sacked if you don't.

These new laws are a direct attack on our fundamental right to strike to defend our pay, terms and conditions. We need to stop this bill.

Join the emergency protest in Parliament Square on Monday 22nd May at 6pm