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STATION STAFFING & SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS, POST-IMPLEMENTATION OF FIT FOR THE FUTURE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/386/16) 9th December 2016 on the above matter, the overtime ban remains on and has been well supported by our members, who should be congratulated for taking action.
Today myself and senior RMT Stations reps along with the TSSA met LUL at ACAS to discuss the crisis and issues of dispute caused by Fit for the Future Stations.
We were meeting face to face with LUL Directors for the first time since having had seven days of intensive talks.
Dear RMT members
Today myself and senior RMT Stations reps, alongside TSSA, attended talks at ACAS.
LUL have confirmed that they will put additional roles / jobs back into Underground stations. We have agreed, on that basis, to take part in 7 day review to identify exactly where those jobs will be allocated.
LUL confirmed that recruitment had started and they already have a starting pool of CSAs to offer additional jobs to.
Dear RMT members
This afternoon myself and senior RMT Stations reps, alongside TSSA, attended talks at ACAS with LUL. This was the first meeting since last week's ACAS talks and also our first meeting since the reps meeting yesterday.
This matter has been considered by the National Executive Committee, which has taken the decision to call action and instruct ALL LUL STATION & REVENUE members NOT TO WORK ANY OVERTIME OR REST DAYS from 00:01 hours on Wednesday 23rd November 2016 until further notice.
Further to my previous Circular (IR/317/16, 26th October 2016), the ballot has concluded with members voting as follows:-
Question: Are you prepared to take strike action?
Total Votes Cast 1053
Number Voting ‘Yes’ 900
Number Voting ‘No’ 149
Spoilt Papers 4
Question: Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?
Tube union RMT confirmed today that balloting has concluded in two separate disputes on London Underground with massive votes for action being recorded in both. Both disputes, tube station staff and Piccadilly Line drivers, have safety of passengers and staff at their core.
The disputes are:
The CSM2 job is now is seriously under threat as a result of some LU Area Managers lobbying hard behind the scenes for its abolition. RMT knows the CSM2 grade doesn't work - but not for the reasons being touted by managers. One idea being seriously canvassed is the merging of adjacent CSM2-type areas, with stations to be run by a CSS in exactly the same way as an SS2 used to until LU stupidly abolished SS grades to drive down pay, and this would likely be a CSS2; there are usually no Ops Rooms.
London Underground is facing renewed industrial action on its stations, tube union RMT confirmed today.
Station staff members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Unions (RMT) will be balloted for strike action and action short of strike action in an on-going battle over job numbers, the critical safety role of control rooms, forced displacement of staff, grading and a crisis resulting from London Undergrounds closure of ticket offices.
Bakerloo news is the newsletter for workers on the line, from the RMT Bakerloo branch.
In this edition:
Staff our depots!
Oxo jobs fight
LDIs: our warning to management
Oblique images: action needed
New fight for cleaners
Drivers: stand firm
Take safety seriously