Station and Revenue Grades Committee
STATION & REVENUE GRADES COMMITTEE
EXMOUTH ARMS
STARCROSS ST
LONDON NW1
Station and Revenue Grades Committee
Submitted by Eamonn Lynch on 1 February, 2012 - 10:09
• AGM on 23 February 2102 1430 at the Exmouth Arms, Starcross St, NW1, we will elect Chair and Secretary of committee. Nominations welcome.
• Come along and hear your level 2/Tier 2 reps report back, discuss and get advice.
• Olympic deal latest.
• All RMT Revenue & Station Staff Welcome.
• It’s your union, your job, come along and have your say
ALL GRADES UNITED
SOLIDARITY WINS WORKPLACE JUSTICE
RMT to Produce 'Know Your Rights' Guide on LU Attendance Procedure
Submitted by Janine on 31 January, 2012 - 16:06
RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the report from our Regional Organiser. We welcome and accept his view that our concerns regarding return to work interviews and the same manager carrying out fact-finding and disciplinary interviews are now resolved.
Industrial Relations: London Underground
Submitted by Janine on 31 January, 2012 - 16:05RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the correspondence from London Underground inviting us to discuss Professor Goodman’s report on Industrial Relations. We further note that we are currently seeking views and comments from our Regional Organiser, branches and representatives about this report.
We are of course willing to discuss improving industrial relations on London Underground, and will consider London Underground’s invitation once we have received and discussed the responses we have sought.
RMT Keeps Up Pressure to Maintain Tripcock Testing Frequencies
Submitted by Janine on 31 January, 2012 - 16:04RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the correspondence from London Underground following the meeting at which RMT made our objections to the planned reduction in frequency of tripcock testing.
Grade Progression - Signals Framework Agreement
Submitted by Janine on 31 January, 2012 - 16:03RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the reports from our Regional Organiser and our representative Paul Jackson on this matter. We welcome the satisfactory resolution of this dispute and congratulate our representatives, branch and members for their hard work and determination in securing a just outcome.
RMT Defends London Underground Staffing Levels
Submitted by Janine on 31 January, 2012 - 16:02RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the resolution from our London Transport Regional Council and share its determination to protect members’ jobs and London Underground staffing levels. London Underground has already cut staffing levels to dangerously low levels, and should be considering increasing rather than further cutting them.
We instruct the General Secretary to ensure that the points outlined in the resolution have been raised with London Underground, and to place a report in front of us of the company’s response.
Redundancies - Initial (London Underground contract)
Submitted by Janine on 31 January, 2012 - 16:01RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the report from our Regional Organiser. We instruct the General Secretary to obtain an up-to-date report and place it in front of us.
Olympics Update
Submitted by Janine on 31 January, 2012 - 16:00RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the response from ASLEF to our letter, and are pleased that ASLEF agrees to seek a joint approach to achieving the best possible offer from London Underground for Olympic working. We instruct the General Secretary to explore the possibility of a joint meeting with ASLEF, TSSA and Unite to pursue this.
Issue 19 RMT Up front January 2012
Submitted by Joffe on 31 January, 2012 - 07:25Click on the attachment to see the latest issue of RMT up front, the newsletter for drivers on London Underground. 
This issue features articles on Driverless trains. the Olympics and the Trains Functional Council.
Main stories follow:
Driverless trains: LU plan to evict us from our ‘office’
Apart from the debate about what the Boxing Day ‘dispute’ was all about and whose idea it was, the main chat in mess rooms around the combine in the lead up to Christmas was the leaked plans which LUL have for us in the shape of driverless trains.