Circular LUL/4/5 from RMT General Secretary Bob Crow
It is apparent that London Underground management has been deliberately victimising our representatives and activists for doing their job namely representing you and fighting to protect jobs and ensuring a staff presence in stations.
Peter Hartshorn, RMT rep on Green Park group, has been reinstated on appeal, with his dismissal suspended for 52 weeks. Well done to Peter and his RMT representative, and thanks to everyone from Peter's branch and the region who supported him through this difficult time.
RMT's General Grades Committee took the following decision:
That we welcome the Senior AGS’s report that Thales has agreed to hold the election for the vacant reps’ position within 2-3 weeks. Should there be any indication that this timetable may slip, this matter to be placed back in front of us.
We refer this matter to our Southern Sub-Committee for further examination and report.
RMT General Grades Committee decision:
That we note the resolution received from our London Taxis branch.
That we believe that measures should be taken to reduce pollution and improve air quality in London and elsewhere, but that these should if possible avoid penalising working people. We share the concerns of our branch about the Mayor of London’s proposed 15-year age limit on taxis; we believe that there may be better ways of reducing pollution from taxis eg. the scrappage scheme suggested by our branch; and we are appalled at the lack of consultation with our members.
RMT General Grades Committee decision:
That we welcome the Senior AGS's report that Thales has agreed to hold the election for the vacant reps' position within 2-3 weeks. Should there be any indication that this timetable may slip, this matter to be placed back in front of us.
We refer this matter to our Southern Sub-Committee for further examination and report.
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This resolution submitted by LU Fleet branch was carried by the February meeting of the Regional Council:
This Regional CouncilNotes -
1 - This Regional Council notes the recent increase in Islamophobia, racism and fascism across Europe, such as the openly fascist Hungarian Jobbik party, France's effective ban on the burka and British Tabloids' demonisation of Muslims.
For your information the statement below has been issued by RMT today:
RMT lawyers ask police to investigate News of the World phone hacking suspicions in respect of General Secretary Bob Crow
Lawyers acting for transport union RMT have this morning written to the Metropolitan Police asking them to investigate suspicions that General Secretary Bob Crow’s phone may have been hacked in to by the News of the World on occasions between the year 2000 and the present day.
The new issue of our 'RMT London Calling' newsletter urges members to defend trade union rights against anti-union laws and dismissals of RMT reps. It also gives a detailed update about our ongoing campaign against London Underground job cuts, and advertises RMT's coach to the anti-EDL protest in Luton on Saturday 5 February.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it.
New Stations Rosters - Minus Jobs!
London Underground’s new stations rosters - minus hundreds of jobs - are due to come in on 6 February. Staff will be expected to work even more anti-social hours with staffing levels so low that stations will struggle to cope. Ticket offices will be open for significantly shorter hours, causing huge extra workload for staff in the ticket hall and elsewhere around the station - and yet, despite LU’s claims, their numbers are being cut too.