Balloting period for LUL pay and conditions 2011

Submitted by Joffe on 13 October, 2011 - 16:24

13 th October 2011

TO ALL RMT MEMBERS AT LUL

Dear Colleagues,

RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2011 – LONDON UNDERGROUND

I write to advise LUL members that voting papers are being despatched today to your home addresses for the referendum on the company’s pay proposals. This offer has been considered by the General Grades Committee and following a consultation meeting with your representatives, we have decided to hold a referendum with a recommendation to accept the offer.

I urge all members to use your vote in this referendum which closes on Thursday 27 th October 2011.

RMT Plans National 'SOS: Staff Our Stations' Campaign

Submitted by Janine on 13 October, 2011 - 15:39

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

We welcome the AGM resolution calling for a national ‘SOS: Staff Our Stations’ campaign, particularly considering the renewed threat to station staffing posed by the McNulty report. We will campaign on this issue in conjunction with our campaign on McNulty.

We further note that a meeting has been arranged between ourselves and the TSSA on 24 October to discuss this issue. We instruct the General Secretary to prepare for this meeting by:

Command and Control Review - update

Submitted by Janine on 13 October, 2011 - 13:14

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

We note the correspondence from Tube Lines. We instruct the General Secretary to send a copy of this letter to our LU Engineering branch and relevant representatives, and to obtain reports from them on the ‘local consultation meeting’ referred to in the letter.

We further note the failure of other employers to respond to our correspondence on this matter, and instruct the General Secretary to send a follow-up letter demanding a response, and to arrange for the issue to be tabled at the next appropriate meetings with these employers.

Level/Tier 2 Competence Assessments - London Underground - update

Submitted by Admin on 13 October, 2011 - 13:10

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

We note the correspondence from London Underground. We instruct the General Secretary to forward this letter to all our level 2 and tier 2 reps on London Underground, reminding them to ensure that their training is scheduled to avoid clashing with scheduled meetings of their Council. We also expect that if and when ad hoc meetings of their Councils are called which clash with pre-arranged training, management will agree to any request to rearrange the training to facilitate attendance at the Council meeting.

The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) have issued a statement on TUC Congress resolution 72‏.

Submitted by 1913 Lockout on 12 October, 2011 - 11:46

The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions (EFITU) have issued a statement on TUC Congress resolution 72‏.Their statement is below and the original document is also attached.

Statement 30 September 2011
To the British Trade Union Congress and affiliated unions

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group Seeks A Part-time Trade Union Worker

Submitted by Peter on 12 October, 2011 - 00:36

NICARAGUA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN ACTION GROUP
seeks a Part-time Trade Union Worker (10 hours a week)

Purpose of the post: To develop and sustain links between Nicaraguan and UK trade unions. The main focus will be communications, promoting and preparing a delegation of UK trade unionists who will visit Nicaragua in April 2012, and fundraising to support the work of NSCAG and projects identified by Nicaraguan trade unions.

Location: Based in the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign offices, 86 Durham Rd, Finsbury Park, N7 7DT, London

Action Against Tory Attacks

Submitted by 1913 Lockout on 11 October, 2011 - 22:40

The following resolution submitted by LU Fleet Branch was carried unanimously the October 27th Regional Council meeting.

This Region notes:
1. The Tory-led Government is introducing attacks on the the public sector and working-class living standards that threaten to take Britain back to Victorian levels of inequality and the biggest assault on the working-class since Margaret Thatcher.