Health and safety

Dear Colleague,

HOT WEATHER

Following on from a consistent period of high temperature and lack of weather the Met Office yesterday issued a weather warning:

16/07/18

REMOVAL OF DETRAINMENT STAFF, WATERLOO, WATERLOO & CITY LINE - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/10)

The following resolution has been received from the Central Line East Branch:-

Subject: REMOVAL OF DETRAINMENT STAFF, WATERLOO, WATERLOO & CITY LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND

We note the resolution from our Central Line East Branch; and that this cost cutting exercise by the company is putting passengers lives at risk and our members safety at risk.

We instruct the General Secretary to advise the company a dispute now exists between our respective organisations and to arrange a ballot for action short of a strike for all Leytonstone Depot Train Operators and Operator Instructors but excluding Night Tube Drivers.

RMT demands urgent recruitment drive as internal London Underground document shows massive rise in unstaffed stations

TUBE UNION RMT this morning revealed shock new figures from an internal LUL document that expose a crisis in staffing and safety on the tube with dozens of stations now left unstaffed on a weekly basis.

The figures give more proof RMT's case that tube bosses are attempting to run the Underground on the cheap in unsafe conditions .

Edgware Road Safety News has the latest important issues from your RMT H&S rep.

In this edition:

• We Still Don’t Know If This System Is Safe 
• HMS Familiarisation: Nothing Agreed Yet
• 50mph Target Speed Into HMS Dt! 
• Platform Strike 
• Beeping Noise 
• Issues From 30 May Meeting With Management
• Latimer Road Facilities/timings 
• 'Amnesty': It’s Ok To Make Mistakes

The newsletter is attached for you to download.

Upgrades News is for drivers on the sub-surface railway. It has all the latest information abouit signalling upgrades on the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle and District Lines.  In this edition:

• Hammersmith ‘sidings’ concerns raised
• Target Speed Error 
• ATO train strikes platform
• ‘Myth busting’ meeting report 
• Signal abnormality discovered 

Please download and distribute in your workplace, or share online.

12/06/18

We note the resolution from the London Transport Regional Council and endorse their policy that there should be a minimum of 2 members of staff on every surface station during the night tube running time.

Members to be advised by email and text.

Relevant Branches and the London Transport Regional Council to be advised.

14/08/18

We note the resolution from our London Transport Regional Council and the frustration expressed.

RMT Upfront is the newsletter for London Underground train drivers from RMT activists.

In the May 2018 edition:

• RMT push bosses to fix track noise issues

• HOT process proposed changes are unsafe

• Tap water not acceptable

• Health and Wellbeing
   

Please download the attached newsletter and display it in your depot, and share this article on line.

Subject: IMPOSITION OF UNSAFE WORK PRACTICE AND STAFF CUTS – DETRAINMENT POINTS - LUL

We note and adopt the report from our Southern Sub-Committee.

All LU Operational Branches and the London Transport Regional Council to be advised.​

TRAIN PREPARATION SCHEDULE - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/10)

The following resolution has been received from our East Ham Branch:-

“This branch notes the very dangerous intention by LU to change the train preparation schedule from every 24 hours to every 96 hours. London Underground are saying that this is as safe as 24 hours. No safety related submission has been provided to back this up. The company will effectively be running a train service with a large percentage of its train service unchecked for four days at a time.