I would like to congratulate members on the magnificent support they have shown in today’s strike.
Despite all the propaganda put out by management hardly any trains are running and most of these are ‘ghost’ trains that cannot stop anywhere as the stations are closed.
Circular from Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary ...
Earlier this year I wrote to Carlisle Cleaning & Support Services expressing my utmost concern over the company’s assertion that the RMT only had direct bargaining and recognition rights for three Carlisle Cleaning and Support Contracts, namely Eurostar, London Midland and Alstom/West Coast.
RMT functional and safety council reps attended ACAS last week to take part in talks with London Underground management about the company's planned cuts to jobs.
Suspend cuts and we will halt strikes, say RMT and TSSA
STRIKE ACTION by more than 11,000 members of RMT and TSSA, the two biggest unions on London Underground, will go ahead tomorrow evening after Tube bosses again failed to suspend their “dangerous and unnecessary” plan to axe 800 safety critical station staff.
Engineering staff will start their third 24-hour strike at 19.00 tomorrow (November 2), while operational staff will not book on for shifts scheduled to start from 21.00. A fourth 24-hour stoppage is scheduled for November 28 and 29.
An appeal from RMT and TSSA to admin and other staff who have volunteered as 'Incident' CSAs/SSs: read the text below or click '2 attachments' / file names to download a leaflet and poster.
We are facing a massive attack on public transport in London.
The 800 operational job cuts at London Underground are just the tip of the iceberg - thousands more jobs are at risk across TfL.
And we all know that cutting jobs means cutting services and compromising on safety.
ATTENDANCE
THE TUBE’S biggest union, RMT, today welcomed condemnation of the London Mayor’s plans to cut 2,000 Underground jobs, put down in parliament by London MPs.
A motion tabled by John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) and Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), calls on the mayor to drop proposals that have already been denounced by the Greater London Assembly and have raised “severe concerns” from London TravelWatch.
Click on the link to see a copy of the November edition of Bakerloo News.
Main story follows:
Next strike day - November 3rd! Together we will win!
The 2nd day of combine wide industrial action by RMT and TSSA members was a resounding success. Even the most begrudging naysayer would have to agree. By the morning peak on Monday 4th October even LU had to admit that the second day of strike action for jobs was having an even greater impact than the first.
Meeting opened at 1445
Present: D O’Hanlon, F Curtis, D O’Hare, G Pugh, V Thomas, G Williams, B McMunn, A Thomas, U Mirza, W Reid, B O’Dowd, D Rayfield, A Leach, N Hodgson and R Marshall
Apologies: G Watson, G Doyle, J T – Pinnock, J McDaid and N Eivers
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