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In this edition:
The National Black & Ethnic Minority Members’ Advisory Committees take place at 13.00:
3 July - Platform 1, Euston Station
25 September - Platform 1, Euston Station
27 November - Platform 1, Euston Station
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DEFEND THE LONDON BRIDGE 3
Responding to a radio call to assist a colleague is now a sackable offence
3 CSAs at London Bridge have been sent to CDI following an incident with a fare evader in November 2016
The fare evader assaulted 3 members of staff, one was pregnant.
She was pushed in her stomach.
Those who assisted were sent to disciplinary hearings.
DISCIPLINARY – L. CORNELL, S. SOUISSI & D. SHARP – LONDON BRIDGE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/4/4)
Following a report recently received from the Lead Officer, along with correspondence from our Jubilee South Branch, the National Executive Committee has taken the decision to declare a dispute situation and ballot all RMT Station Grades members in the London Bridge Area for strike action and action short of a strike over the above.
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – LONDON UNDERGROUND (FLEET GRADES) (LUL/14/2)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/39/17, 31st January 2017), the ballot has concluded with members voting as follows:-
Question: Are you prepared to take strike action?
Total Votes Cast… 323
Number Voting ‘Yes’… 219
Number Voting ‘No’… 102
Spoilt Papers… 2
Question: Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?
PAY PARITY, TRANSPLANT ENGINEER TRAIN DRIVERS AND OPERATIONAL MANAGERS – TUBE LINES AP JNP (LUL/10/2)
FULL-TIME TRAIN OPERATORS POSITIONS, CONTRACTED HOURS AND OVERTIME RATE – NIGHT TUBE DRIVERS – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/65/17, 15th February 2017), I can now advise that ballot papers will be posted to all Night Tube Train Operators on Friday 24th February and the closing date for this ballot is Tuesday 14th March 2017. If any Night Tube Train Operator does not receive their ballot paper please ask them to call the Freephone helpline number on 0800 376 3706 so a replacement can be sent.
TUBE UNION RMT said today that strike action on the Central Line East is "rock solid" as expected this morning with the union repeating the call for management to start taking the issues at the heart of the dispute seriously and start engaging in genuine and meaningful talks.
Tube drivers' strike on Central Line East goes ahead tonight as LU fail to take talks process seriously.
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that strike action on the Central Line East goes ahead as planned tonight after LU management failed to take the talks process seriously yesterday and showed a total disregard for the core issues at the heart of the dispute. No further talks are currently planned.
You can contact reps and officials of the Neasden Branch using the details on the attached poster.