Defending and improving conditions

TUBE UNION RMT said today that it is moving into a ballot for strike action involving London Underground staff after crucial talks collapsed today with management refusing to offer any significant improvement to the pay and conditions of the workforce across the network.

Ballot preparations for 10,000 staff across all grades are now well advanced with the union saying it is angry and frustrated that a golden opportunity to come up with a positive offer has been blown by tube bosses today.

RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:

STAFFING LEVELS
Update May 3rd 2019

Today your RMT TFC reps met with LUL to discuss levels on trains; the current numbers were agreed as part of the 2009 Agreement.

The formula used to determine which “Band” a depot fell in was based on various factors, including the number of duties at a depot, the position of the depot on the line, the frequency of trains, number of remote booking locations and the proximity of the train crew to a rolling stock depot.

Subject: RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2019 LONDON UNDERGROUND

That we instruct the General Secretary to organise a mass members meeting to discuss the following items:

SUBJECT: STAFFING LEVELS – ABM (LONDON UNDERGROUND CONTRACT)

That we note the report from our Lead Officer that the union is in receipt of a letter from ABM that now clarifies the headcount on the LUL contract; stating that the headcount is 2650, on top of their assurances that there will be no redundancies or job cuts.

Jubilee South News is the newsletter for tube workers, from activists in the Jubilee South branch.

In this edition:

• Dust up on the Jubilee Line
• If Red Tabards are the answer whatever was the question?
• Assaulted at work and charged by the BTP, defended by the RMT 
• Say hello wave goodbye

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DUTIES/SHIFT COVERAGE - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)

TRAIN OPERATOR RECRUITMENT & ALLOCATION TO DEPOTS (2009 AGREEMENT) - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)

RED TABARDS, STATION STAFF - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/3/1)

That we note the resolution from our London Transport Regional Council and understand clearly that the introduction of red tabards across London Underground
stations and the ill-conceived and imposed manner in which this was done is solely driven by the intentional lack of staff on our stations calculated as a cost cutting
exercise.