RMT official circulars

Dear Colleagues,

Windrush 75th Anniversary Events

On 22nd June it will be the 75th Anniversary of when HMT Empire Windrush arrived in Britain. There will be many events to commemorate this anniversary around the country, and I write to highlight and encourage attendance at two in London:

Dear colleague,

Sign new petition to win travel facilities for rail cleaners, security guards and other outsourced workers

15th June is International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Guards, which is held each year in memory of a group of Los Angeles janitors who were beaten up by the police during a peaceful demonstration against their contractor.

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - THALES GTS (LUL/0001/T(GTS)) 

Following talks with the Company, the offer which has now been received for Thales GTS Collective Staff Graded 1-7 in JF07 & 10 is as follows:

          Year One:

·A 6% increase, effective 1st January 2023

·For LR4 employees whose base salary is under £30k per annum; an enhanced offer of 8% on base salary (except apprentices who are managed outside the collective on fixed pay scales)

          Year Two:

RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - KEOLIS AMEY DOCKLANDS (DLR/0001/KAD)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/149/23, 24th May 2023), the referendum has concluded with members voting as follows:

Question: Are you prepared to accept the Company's offer?

Total Votes Cast:                                             394

Number Voting to Accept Option One:                  20

Number Voting to Accept Option Two:                  86

Number Voting to Reject Both Offers:                   288

Dear Colleagues,

DEFENDING JOBS, PENSIONS & AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/148/23, 24th May 2023), I wrote to LUL seeking talks in an effort to make progress over this dispute and in particular, the new rosters and staffing cuts which have been imposed on stations leading to unprecedented levels of station closures and a deterioration of members' work life balance. The clear need for full and proper station staffing has been further highlighted by recent serious assaults on station staff.

• Details of the continued 'action short of strike' are at the end of this circular.

24th May 2023

Circular No: IR/148/23                                               

Dear Colleagues,

DEFENDING JOBS, PENSIONS & AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/143/23, 17th May 2023), the ballot concluded with members voting as follows:

Are you prepared to take strike action?

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:      9,799

23rd May 2023

Dear Colleagues,

DEFEND JOBS, PENSIONS AND AGREEMENTS – LONDON UNDERGROUND 

I write to advise you that the ballot has now closed and the result is as follows:-

Are you prepared to take strike action?

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:9,799

Number of votes cast in the ballot:5,536

Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question:5,333 

Number of individuals answering “No” to the question:196

Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned:7