Dean, an RMT member of many years has been unfairly sacked following an incident in White City depot. The RMT strongly believes that this dismissal is unfair and unproportional to the incident. Please read the attached poster for more information.
Ballot papers in two separate disputes on London Underground will be arriving with members this week with voting closing on Tuesday 15th November.
The disputes are:
Bakerloo News is the newsletter for members of the RMT's Bakerloo branch. In this edition:
Please share the newsletter with your colleagues.
Bakerloo branch Annual General Meeting & Christmas Social
Tuesday 6 December, 16:00, upstairs at The Fountains Abbey, 109 Praed Street, W2 1PL (nearest Tube: Edgware Road H&C or Paddington)
RMT Upfront is the newsletter for drivers on London Underground, produced by RMT driver activists and reps.
In this edition:
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Just a reminder that this weeks Neasden branch meeting will be on Thursday 3rd November at 16:00hrs instead of Wednesday 2nd November due to a football event at Wembley Stadium.
Hope to see you there!
A ballot for strike action of drivers on the Piccadilly Line is being prepared. The dispute involves issues over breach of procedure, mistreatment of a line representatives, unfair disciplinary action and issues surrounding safety and training.
Read the latest Piccadilly Line newsletter for all the latest news for drivers on the line.
Following a number of reports of London Underground carrying out trials of ‘driverless’ trains into and out of Willesden Green sidings on the Jubilee line, the Trains Health & Safety Council formally asked LUL at director level if the reports were correct. LUL confirmed that they have been testing technology that would allow trains to move in and out of sidings without a Train Operator on the train.
Today (Thursdsy, 27th October) senior RMT Health and safety reps from both LUL and Tubelines and myself attended a special Health and safety forum (summit) called after last week's security incident at North Greenwich.
Directors of LUL and senior management as well as the chief Inspector of B.T.Police were in attendance. We were updated on the incident and other security matters. It was stated to us that the level of threat remains Severe, unchanged since August 2014.
RMT has demanded that LU:
Ballot papers for strike action and action short of strike action will be going out to members next week.