Campaigning for better working conditions
That we note the result of the ballots for both strikes and action short of strikes is as follows:-
| Total votes cast | 32 |
| Number voting “Yes” | 31 (96.9% of valid vote) |
| Number voting “No” | 1 |
| Spoilt Papers | 0 |
That we note the result of the ballot for strikes and action short of strikes are both as
follows:-
| Total votes cast | 43 |
| Number voting “Yes” | 40 (95.2% of valid vote) |
| Number voting “No” | 2 |
| Spoilt Papers | 1 |
That we note the result of the ballot for strikes is as follows:-
| Total votes cast | 175 |
| Number voting “Yes” | 168 (96% of valid vote) |
| Number voting “No” | 7 |
| Spoilt Papers | 0 |
That we note the result of the ballot for action short of strikes is as follows:-
We note the report from our Regional Organiser, and endorse the agreement reached, providing for taxis to and from home for staff working extreme duties who are unable to use a direct public transport route.
We congratulate our negotiators for achieving this agreement, and instruct the General Secretary to obtain a report summarising the staff travel policies of all London Transport employers.
London and Anglia and London Transport Regional Councils, and relevant branches, to be advised.
We note the report from our Regional Organiser, the correspondence from our LU Engineering branch, and that talks resumed yesterday, 10 July.
We remain determined to win equality for our Tube Lines members in travel passes and pensions, and oppose any move to re-privatise Tube Lines.
We note the resolutions from our LU Engineering branch, and in line with these, we instruct the General Secretary to:
In June's edition:
"our members who wish to adhere to agreements made by this union may require the additional protection of ‘action short of strikes’ to defend their right to do so"
We note the report from our Regional Organiser, and the problems experienced recently with London Underground’s apparent failure to adhere to our Olympics agreement. We hope that these problems will be resolved.
However, should they not be resolved, our members who wish to adhere to agreements made by this union may require the additional protection of ‘action short of strikes’ to defend their right to do so despite agreements made by other unions.
From RMT General Secretary Bob Crow
I have received reports that agency workers employed by Trainpeople.co.uk engaged on Grand Central Railways and London Underground’s Bakerloo Line contracts have not been paid for the second month running and have been excluded from the Agency Worker Regulations by Trainpeople.co.uk, who are using the Swedish derogation contract model to employ our members.