Agreement for Union Learner Reps
Submitted by Joffe on 10 October, 2011 - 10:38The Union Learner rep agreement with LU is attached.
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The Union Learner rep agreement with LU is attached.
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Please Find Attached the October 2011 Edition of 'The Neasden Flyer'
Inside this issue
RMT Ballot for Action Short Vote Yes
Deal or No Deal? Yes or No, you decide
FOLLOWING CONSULTATION with local reps, tube union RMT confirmed today that it will be putting the latest tube pay offer to a referendum ballot of members with a recommendation to accept.
The offer is 5% this year backdated to April with RPI plus 0.5% for the following three years with a guarantee of no less than 2% if inflation were to drop significantly.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the 'Brown Book', which sets out the rights of health and safety representatives.
On a personal note, the reason that I have posted this today is that the 1977 regulations, which gave these rights to safety reps, were brought in by Labour Secretary of State for Employment Albert Booth, my uncle, who sadly died this morning.
RMT General Grades Committee decision:
That we are utterly disgusted by London Underground’s continuing refusal to reinstate James Masango despite the Employment Tribunal ruling two months ago that LU had dismissed James unfairly and with the company 100% to blame.
The formal processes have failed to reverse this shocking injustice. We therefore instruct the General Secretary to, without any further delay, implement our previous decisions on this matter, and specifically to:
RMT General Grades Committee decision:
That we note the resolution from our LU Fleet branch, and share the shock and alarm expressed by the branch that London Underground could even consider reducing the frequency of tripcock testing. The tripcock is an essential safety mechanism which stops a train in the event of it passing a signal at danger, therefore preventing crashes and protecting life.
Find out who your RMT representative is by using this list of all tube driver's industrial and health and safety reps. If you wish to contact your rep please email info@rmtlondoncalling.org.uk quoting your RMT membership number. There's also a full list of branches with news related to train drivers here
“When the Jubilee works are complete there will be three lines in London – the Jubilee, Victoria and Central – which will operate on an automated system,
It is a fact – though not a widely known fact – that as we speak most of the Jubilee Line currently operates under automatic train operation, from Stratford to Neasden.
In other words the driving of the train is done by computer rather than manually
The ACAS code of practise for trade union activities is attached.