RMT Senior Assistant General Secretary Mick Lynch said;
"It is outrageous for Boris Johnson to wheel out the dangerous nonsense of driverless trains as a condition of the emergency Covid-19 funding of Transport for London. This is the sort of cheap political stunt that was a hallmark of his time as Mayor and we would have hoped he would have grown up by now.
FURLOUGH ARRANGEMENTS - CORONAVIRUS - ABM (LUL/TFL CONTRACT) (LUL/14/3)
Council workers in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets are due to strike on 3, 6, and 7 July, against their bosses' plans to dismiss thousands of workers and re-engage them on worse terms and conditions.
At its meeting on 1 July, RMT Jubilee South branch, which organises workers at Canary Wharf station, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, launched a solidarity statement in support of the strike, and donated £200 to the workers' strike fund. RMT activists are organising to secure additional branch and individual signatories to the statement.
USE OF RETIRED STAFF VIA AGENCY CONTRACTS, SERVICE CONTROL - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/13/2)
I previously advised you that a dispute situation arose when London Underground sought to bring back retired staff in to perform Service Control duties, but on agency terms and conditions and on zero hours contracts (Ref: IR/159/20, 1st May 2020).
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PROVISION OF FREE TRAVEL FOR CLEANERS DURING COVID-19 - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/12/2)
I advised you in a previous circular that your National Executive Committee had instructed me to write to London Mayor Sadiq Khan following TfL’s rejection of your union’s demands to provide free travel for cleaners during the Covid-19 crisis (Ref: IR/159/20, 1st May 2020).
4LM Upgrades News has the latest information about the upgrades plans for the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, District and Circle Lines.
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Following lengthy and ongoing discussions between RMT and LU, we have finally received confirmation that the new Piccadilly Line trains will be built with a driver’s cab, and that these cabs will remain for the entire lifespan of the trains.
- Get all the latest information on the Piccadilly Line upgrades by downloading the attached Upgrades news.
RMT says new Transport for London Commissioner must give Underground cleaners the same free travel pass he is entitled to
On the day that new Transport for London Commissioner Andy Byford starts work [Monday 29 June], RMT called on him to put a stop to a shameful injustice by giving London’s heroic Underground cleaners the same TfL travel pass that he and the Mayor are entitled to.
We held a minute’s silence for people affected by Covid-19.
Updates on previous resolutions:
1. DISABLED MEMBERS IN SCOTLAND
2. REFLECTION ROOMS
3. DISABLED PASSENGERS AND TIMETABLE CHANGES
4. CENTENARY OF THE BLIND PEOPLE'S MARCH
5. CONFERENCE CHAIR'S EXPENSES
6. COVID-19, DISABLED MEMBERS AND CARERS
7. ONLINE TRAINING ON DISABILITY
1. DISABLED MEMBERS IN SCOTLAND