Mill Hill Incident Update From Trains Health & Safety Council

Submitted by Admin on 6 August, 2013 - 13:49

Your RMT local and Tier 2 Reps have now met with management twice regarding the ‘Mexican stand off’ incidents at Mill Hill East. Senior signal engineers were also in attendance at this meeting.

These incidents occurred as Northern Line trains were routed in such a way that they were brought to stand, facing each other, on the same single line section of track.

Central Line Breakdown in industrial Relations

Submitted by rmtlondon on 5 August, 2013 - 03:08

A meeting took place on August 1st, between RMT Officials, RMT Central Line Representatives and senior LU management in an attempt to avert a ballot of all Central Line drivers due a breakdown in industrial relations on the line.

Relations between management and your industrial and safety representatives have worsened over the past 18 months or so until it has got to the stage where your union firmly believe that the Central Line management is out of control.

Senior Central Line managers seem to believe that LU policies and procedures, the Health and Safety at

Raffle: Race Horse Training For The BMCFF

Submitted by rmtlondon on 5 August, 2013 - 01:59

Win a trip to the training yard of leading jumps horse trainer Jonjo O’Neil and leading jockey A.P McCoy.

To take part buy raffle tickets for £1 each by clicking the ‘donate’ button. Add your email address and ‘horse training’ to the ‘sellers instruction’ box, so we know what the donation is for! Alternatively message us or Ross Marshall rossmarshallrmt@gmail.com.

Young Members BBQ, action for Rail demo & BMCFF Fundraiser

Submitted by jayeshjpatel on 2 August, 2013 - 14:00

You are invited to Dover Shipping Branch’s young member Action for rail leafleting & social event on Monday 12th August 2013 at The Priory Pub (opposite Dover priory station).

Arrive 2pm onwards, we have Mike Sergeant speaking at 4pm before our leafleting, please bring your branch banners if possible!

Social & fundraising For the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund to follow from 6pm at The Cricketers pub, River, CT17 0JB. (nearest station Kearsney, minibuses provided for attendees from priory to the cricketers )

RMT Campaign Of Action To Halt Transport Cuts

Submitted by rmtlondon on 2 August, 2013 - 00:54

RMT announces campaign of action to halt 12.5% London Transport cuts

TRANSPORT UNION RMT announced today that it will be mobilising a co-ordinated campaign, up to and including the use of industrial action, to halt massive cuts set to devastate transport services across the capital, smuggled through under the cloak of the Government’s spending review back in June.