Special Safety Notice from the Stations and Revenue Safety Council

Submitted by Ross on 2 May, 2010 - 16:10

Last Thursday, 29th April, RMT reps from the Stations and Revenue Safety Council were asked to attend a special meeting to discuss safety issues from the OSP (Job cuts programme).

We attended the meeting and at the start made it clear that as this matter was still at company council we would not be prepared to discuss anything or sit through any presentation. We made it very clear that until LUL had gone through the proper machinary and way of doing things, that is how our position would remain. We then left the meeting

Staff Our Stations @ Woodford

Sisters and Brothers the Staff Our Stations campaign will soon be at a station near YOU, and at 16:30 hrs on Wednesday 5th of May it will also be at WOODFORD STATION.

Those of you who attend are asked to take some photographs and send them to g.bowtell@gmail.com or Janine or to add them to the facebooks Staff Our Stations group wall.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113890781981866

The purpose of this event is to raise public awareness of the effect that frontline staff cuts will have on them, and to collect signatures for the SOS petition.

Station & Revenue Grades Committee Meeting May 5th

Stations and Revenue Grades Meetings Monthly meetings that bring together rank-and-file station and revenue RMT reps and activists. All members are welcome to come along and raise issues that concern you and plan with others how we are going to fight for a better deal for our grades.

Come along and bring your experience and ideas with you!

Location: The Exmouth Arms (upstairs), nearest station Euston Square.

exit the station turn right, take the first right. For a map http://www.exmoutharms.co.uk/ click the FIND US tab.

Standing Items on the Agenda:

Letter to Labour candidates - and some replies

Submitted by Janine on 2 May, 2010 - 10:12

As requested by RMT's campaign committee, I wrote the following letter to Labour Parliamentary candidates in and around London (or at least, the ones I could find email addresses for!):

As you may know, London Underground, under the leadership of Tory Mayor Boris Johnson, plans to cut 800 station staff jobs, and to severely cut ticket office opening hours.

RMT and London Underground's other trade unions strongly oppose this plan, as we believe it will: - endanger passengers - reduce customer service

Message of support: UCU strike in London colleges

Submitted by Janine on 2 May, 2010 - 09:24

Staff at eleven London colleges are likely to strike over funding cuts on Wednesday, May 5. Higher education has been hit with a series of funding cuts that now total close to £1bn, while further education has been told to make savings of £340m in the next academic year. You can read more about the dispute here.

I have sent the following message of support on behalf of RMT's London Transport Region ...

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Dear brothers and sisters

Support Abdul Omer Mohsin

Submitted by johntube on 30 April, 2010 - 13:41

On March 31st 2010, Abdul Omer Mohsin was sacked for being an effective union rep at London Sovereign. London Sovereign is owned alongside London United by the Transdev group.

Omer began working at London United in February 2003 and transferred to London Sovereign in July 2007. The wages at London Sovereign were about £4,000 a year less than those paid at London United. Omer made his colleagues aware of the huge gap in wages and began to organise a campaign for parity.