Regional Council meeting
Venue: Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street (nearest stations: St. Pancras / Euston).
All RMT members welcome.
Read details of the agenda, including resolutions submitted by branches, here.
10,000 Tube staff to strike to defend jobs and safety
Submitted by Janine on 26 August, 2010 - 09:34
SOME 10,000 members London Underground’s two biggest unions will begin a rolling series of strikes on September 6 against plans to axe 800 station and other staff and close ticket-offices, after RMT and TSSA members voted overwhelmingly for action to defend jobs and safety.
Ex-Metronet (maintenance and engineering) staff will begin their first 24-hour strike at 17:00 on September 6, with similar action also scheduled to begin at the same time on Sunday October 3; Tuesday November 2, and Sunday November 28.
RMT Executive decision on industrial action, Alstom
Submitted by Admin on 25 August, 2010 - 18:00That we congratulate our members for their overwhelming vote for industrial action.
All members are accordingly instructed to take strike action from 19.00 hours on Sunday 5th September until 18.59 hours on Monday 6th September
Nor from 19.00 hours on Saturday 2nd October until 18.59 hours on Sunday 3rd October
Nor from 19.00 hours on Monday 1st November until 18.59 hours on Tuesday 2nd November
Nor from 19.00 hours on Saturday 27th November until 18.59 hours on Sunday 28th November
August edition of RMT UP front
Submitted by Joffe on 25 August, 2010 - 09:18
Click on the link to download the latest edition of RMT Up front.
The lead article follows:
Time to join the picket lines!
After months of talks, talks and more talks we have finally arrived at the point where our union is asking us to take industrial action in defence of jobs. This is not something that is asked lightly; but with a mandate for strike action from RMT members it is a question which can no longer be avoided and to which the answer must be emphatically in the affirmative!
Finsbury Park Monthly News - August 2010
Submitted by plectrum on 24 August, 2010 - 02:16Click on the attachment below to read or download the August edition of Monthly News, the newsletter of Finsbury Park branch.
In this edition:
RMT Protest: Stop Job Cuts!
Submitted by Janine on 23 August, 2010 - 10:03On 11 August, RMT members protested outside Euston station against London Underground's planned job cuts.
Click '1 attachment' / file names to download the leaflet and poster that we used on the day.
Train driver numbers to be slashed again
Submitted by Joffe on 21 August, 2010 - 07:57Hot on the heels of the ASLEF/LUL 2009 Agreement which saw driver numbers slashed with spare turns and pool staff decimated comes the next round of attacks on the grade.
London Underground are now axing even more drivers when the next timetable changes are introduced across the combine.
Rail fares rip-off and a threat to thousands of safety-critical jobs – transport under attack 100 days in to ConDem government
Submitted by Peter on 19 August, 2010 - 16:37
As the ConDem Government marks its first 100 days in office this week transport union RMT warned that jobs, quality and safety have been lined up for an all-out assault this autumn with the travelling public expected to take a massive hit on fares to use battered and under-resourced services.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said "We know that transport is being lined up for further, massive cuts this autumn that threaten jobs, infra-structure projects, safety and the quality of service to the travelling public. It will take co-ordinated trade union and community action on a scale unseen since the Poll Tax resistance to stop the ConDem’s cuts juggernaut."
'RMT London Calling' August 2010
Submitted by Janine on 19 August, 2010 - 11:33The new issue of our 'RMT London Calling' newsletter asks how it is that TfL/LUL 'can't afford' frontline jobs and regular maintenance, but can afford massive salaries for directors. It also reports on the Alstom pay dispute, Euston escalator fire, Northern line runaway train and other issues, and replies in detail to last week's London Underground management bulletin about our industrial action ballot result.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it.
Second rail union votes for strike action
Submitted by Admin on 18 August, 2010 - 18:00TSSA News Release 18 August 2010
A second rail union has to voted for strike action in the battle over plans to axe 800 jobs at London Underground ticket offices.
The TSSA white collar union said its members had voted 3 to 1 in a secret ballot for strike action and 6 to 1 for action short of a strike.
Leader Gerry Doherty will meet RMT leader Bob Crow next week to plan a campaign of industrial action which will probably begin in September unless London Mayor Boris Johnson abandons his planned cut backs.