London Transport Region Executive Member Report May 2015

Submitted by rmtlondon on 30 May, 2015 - 19:37

COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES REPORT MAY 28TH 2015 JOHN REID

PAY AND NIGHT TUBE
We met with Aslef, Tssa and Unite and have embarked on a joint ballot for strike action over the derisory pay offer and the imposition of Night Tube.

EVERY JOB MATTERS
We note the correspondence on file from our Lead Officer and the resolution from Finsbury Park Branch. We instruct the General Secretary to re-ballot all of our Station Staff members on London Underground on the unresolved dispute over Every Job Matters. Which despite huge opposition from staff and public has seen the destruction of ticket offices which we implacably oppose.

Remaining Bakerloo Branch Meetings 2015

Submitted by jayeshjpatel on 30 May, 2015 - 19:14

Remaining Branch Meetings 2015:

Your branch meets at 16:00 hours on the first Tuesday of the month, upstairs at the Coach and Horses
(Nearest tube: Oxford Circus)

5th May
2nd June
7th July
4th August
1st September
6th October
3rd November
1st December (+Annual General Meeting)

Coach & Horses (upstairs)- 1 Great Marlborough Street, W1F 7HG.

find us on facebook too: Bakerlooline rmt

Tube Warning As Sex Offences Up 35%

Submitted by rmtlondon on 29 May, 2015 - 12:40

RMT slams Mayor for ignoring union warnings as TFL confirms today that sex offences have risen by 35% in a year
General Secretary Mick Cash said.

"RMT warned right from the off that cash led cuts to station staffing would turn London Underground into a criminals paradise and those who ignored those warnings, and in particular Mayor Boris Johnson, should be hanging their heads in shame today, apologising to Londoners and reversing their lethal cuts programme.

Uniform Committee Update - Feedback Wanted

Submitted by rmtlondon on 29 May, 2015 - 01:58

The Uniform Consultative Committee will be meeting on 25th June. The commitee will discuss the new LU uniform, which has been launched at ‘Gateway’ stations and will be rolled out combine-wide in September.

If you have feedback from where the uniform is already being worn, please pass this to us. We will raise it at the meeting.

At the last UCC, we got LU to agree that if a significant number of problems were raised, such as with the sizing and cut, then LU might make revisions before the uniform is issued to us all in September.

New National Rail Pay Strike Announced

Submitted by rmtlondon on 28 May, 2015 - 19:05

RMT confirms new strike dates in Network Rail dispute
The largest rail union, RMT, today confirmed that members will be taking 24 hours of strike action from 5pm Thursday 4th June through to 4.59pm on Friday 5th June in the current dispute over pay and jobs at Network Rail with a further 48 hours of action from 5pm On Tuesday 9th June to 4.59pm on Thursday 11th June. In addition there will be action short of a strike from 00.01 Saturday 6th June to 23.59 on Friday 12th June.
The RMT executive decision is:

30 Year Old Tube Trains To Be 'Dumped' On Welsh Railway

Submitted by rmtlondon on 26 May, 2015 - 16:07

RAIL UNION RMT today called on rail chiefs to come clean after speculation emerged over the weekend that 30 year old tube trains withdrawn from service on London Underground, currently undergoing refitting to diesel operation, could be dumped on railways across Wales as a cheapskate, rolling stock lash-up that raises both serious safety fears and a threat to the role of the guard.

The news exposes as complete fiction public statements from Government ministers dating back to earlier this year that there were no plans to use the aging, decommissioned underground trains on the main railway.