Branch Secretary: Terry O’Neill.
Branch Chairperson: Adrian Finney ,
Branch Minutes: Thursday February 2011
Attendees: A Finney, T O’Neill, Glen Brown,D Pittman,P Penny,M Mujahid,G Weston, A Saint, A Carney,
G Carney, G Watson, D Millhouse, Allan Thomson, A Cunningham, J McConville, A Miah
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow has spoken about the latest rise in inflation and how this will affect pay claims for this year.
Crow said “Ahead of tomorrow’s Budget it is crystal clear that the Chancellor and the ConDem Government have a strategy of holding down pay increases while real living costs go through the roof – bullying working people into accepting savage cuts to their standards of living to pay for this banker crisis. RMT will not tolerate that kind of assault on our members.
TUBE UNION RMT today demanded an immediate halt to staffing and maintenance cuts as an investigation report revealed that crumbling infra-structure and staffing cuts led to a potentially-lethal tube derailment last year.
The derailment happened between Earl's Court and Gloucester Road on the Piccadilly line at 5.30am on 12 May 2010. The train consisted of two locos, two wagons and a track machine.
Joint RMT/ASLEF/TSSA Newsletter following the Service control Health and Safety council meeting, March 2011. Read the text below; click '1 attachment' / file name to download the newsletter.
A number of issues were raised prior to the beginning of normal business
Breach of collective bargaining principle
RMT General Grades Committee decision about London Underground Machinery of Negotiation and Consutlation:
“We note that following the job- cutting OSP, which reduced the number of Station groups from 42 to 37, London Underground management has unilaterally declared a reduction in the number of RMT representatives. Their action in doing so is completely outside the agreed processes.
The Machinery of Negotiation and Consultation states that:
RMT TfL No.1 Branch will be highlighting Climate Week by holding a competition for both ‘New’ members joining in this week and ‘Existing’ members who are already signed up.
If ‘Existing’ members go online to
https://membership.rmt.org.uk/services/p_wwv_rmt_logon and correct, or update their contact and work details they will be entered into a Prize Draw to win a Solar MP3/Phone Charger.
Any staff members who sign up to RMT will also be entered into a separate Prize Draw to win another Solar MP3/Phone Charger.
The RMT train grades has produced the attached poster for 
noticeboards in train depots. Click on the attachment to download.
This Saturday promises to be the biggest trade union march in a decade. The National TUC Demo, Saturday 26th March in London: make sure you’re there and be a part of the biggest trade union demonstration in years, when the TUC marches against the Government’s savage austerity cuts.
Click 'Read More' to get the latest information about the plans for the day
The RMT have released a video to explain the reason for balloting members to get our sacked reps, Eamonn Lynch and Arwyn Thomas reinstated.
RMT is balloting for industrial action at London Underground over the victimisation of these two drivers and union reps.
As well as our more high-profile issues and disputes, there are several other issues that have been put to the RMT Executive (General Grades Committee) and which we are currently considering.* I have listed these below; if you would like to know more about any of them, or would like some input into what the union says or does about them, please email me and I will send you more details.