Campaigning for better pay
MAIN TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that it has rejected a pay offer from London Underground bosses and is beginning preparations for a ballot of all tube members for both strike action and action short of a strike as it launches a London-wide campaign for pay justice that improves living standards and working lives across the combine.
Subject: RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2019 LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we note the report from the Lead Officer on yesterday’s pay talks where the company advised us that we must withdraw all items of our pay claim in return for a
one year bare RPI offer of 2.5% (RPI February 2019).
This is a derisory offer and manoeuvre by London Underground and is unacceptable to this union. Accordingly; we instruct the General Secretary to:
- Please download and distribute the attached newsletter at your station, and share this article online.
After five days of “negotiation”, London Underground has rejected all the demands in RMT’s pay claim. LU has made an “offer”, which is for a one-year deal on pay only, proposing an RPI percentage increase (currently 2.5%), and which is contingent on the union dropping all demands in our claim, including the demand for a flat-rate pay increase and a 32-hour working week.
29th March 2019
Dear Colleagues,
RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2019 - LONDON UNDERGROUND
Following our pay submission to London Underground, I am writing to provide you with an update report on the latest developments concerning the negotiations.
RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2018 - DOPPELMAYR EMIRATES AIR LINE CABLE CAR (TFL/0001/CC)
Pay talks are underway and with no offer on the table from LU for our pay rise this April we need to start mobilising members to fight for our demands:
32h 4day week
Substantial pay rise with flat rate minimum to benefit lower paid grades
Priv for all
Abolish CSA2 on stations
Plus other elements included in our pay submission.
Please download and distribute the LTRC newsletter. Printed copies will be available from Unity House later this week.
Please download and distribute the recent SFC bulletin on Pay 2019.
Printed copies are available from Craig at the SE Regional Office at Unity House.
The third day of London Underground pay talks took place yesterday (Wednesday 13th March). RMT Regional Organiser, John Leach, attended with reps from the seven Functional Councils RMT has recognition on. The company had previously asked us to remove a number of items from our pay claim before they would make us a financial offer. We refused this request and returned yesterday to continue to engage in meaningful talks with the company. There were discussions about improving staff travel facilities and also around our demand for a 32 hour, 4 day working week.
Stations Functional Council News has the latest information for London underground station workers from the RMT.
In this edition:
Subject: RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2019 – CGL RAIL (DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY CONTRACT)
That we note the report from the Regional Organiser in which he advises that the following pay offer has been tabled:-
A 3.8% increase for Systems Technicians and General Operatives.
Having consulted with our Representatives, the Regional Organiser is requesting that the offer is accepted without the need for a referendum.
We therefore instruct the General Secretary to advise the company of our acceptance of their offer.