Colleagues:

We need to advise you that RMT Signal maintainers working for the former Metronet will be taking industrial action for 24 hours starting from 06.45 on Friday 5th of February.

Their dispute is over the imposition of unagreed rosters that change Monday to Friday workers to compulsory weekends

This dispute could have serious implications for the safety of the service that LU will be offering for the duration of the industrial action.

Click '1 attachment'/ file name to download this leaflet. Read the text below.

LUL have now put out a circular regarding our dispute and urging people to vote, so please take that advice and vote YES. It is very disappointing to have to ballot nearly 750 people covered by the signals framework agreement to get LUL to listen to us. They must still think that it is Christmas and we are the Turkey ready for carving up.

This bulletin has been issued jointly by RMT and the other five recognised unions in TfL. Click '1 attachment / file name to download it. Read the text below.

Get The Facts Right!

Warning! Don’t believe everything you hear from TfL. Managers have been telling staff that they will not receive the 75% Reimbursement after April 1st 2010 if they don’t sign the pay award acceptance form. This is untrue. Reimbursement will continue for the full length of your current season ticket, even if it expires after April 1st 2010. Maybe this was meant as an early April Fool, but it’s more likely yet another mistake from management that don’t seem to have a clue what they’re doing.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the new issue of our newsletter, 'RMT London Calling'.

• Updated 'shopping basket' poster
• Updated drivers' pay poster
• New leaflet aimed mainly at station staff - can be cut into two separate halves

You can use these materials either as posters on noticeboards or to hand out to individual staff. Please download, print and get them out as widely as possible!

Click on the attachment to download the latest branch newsletter.

22p. That's what London Underground's pay offer is worth to a Customer Services Assistant in year 2. The new issue of 'RMT London Calling' newsletter spells out the details of how miserly LUL's and TfL's pay offers are, and how poorly they compare to rises enjoyed by company directors and even by other workers.

There are also reports from Docklands Light Railway, the Woolwich ferry, the Victoria line 'five-rounders' dispute, and Boris Johnson's latest broken promise - on snow day pay.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it. Please print and distribute around London Transport workplaces.

The attached two posters show clearly how the pay offers from London Underground and Transport for London - of a measly 1.5% this year (with an even more measly 0.5% in following years) - will not cover the real rising cost of living. In other words, it is a pay cut.

Below is a list of 2009 pay awards for train drivers. This information certainly puts LUL's measly 1.5% - and even worse, 0.5% next year - into perspective!

A notice giving this information is attached - please download and circulate to all drivers.

• Arriva Cross Country: 3.5%
• Arriva Trains Wales: 4.75%
• Chiltern Railways: 3.5%
• DRS: 3.5%
• DB Schenker: 4.06%
• East Midlands Trains: 3.5%
• Gatwick Express: 3.3%
• GB Railfreight: 3.27%
  

Catch up with whats happening in the region, regarding pay, pensions and jobs.. items that affect everyone including our members in the Neasden Branch.

Venue: Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, London NW1

For details of the agenda and resolutions for the Regional Council meeting, please click here.

As usual, all members are welcome to attend the Regional Council meeting. This time, we will have an extended discussion about the current LUL/TfL dispute, so urge members to make a particular effort to come along.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a leaflet advertising the meeting.

There will also be a London Underground reps' meeting in the morning - details here.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the new issue of 'RMT London Calling', which goes through the issues behind RMT's current dispute with London Underground and Transport for London.

The union will be mailing this to every member in our region, so if you would like to come and help us stuff them into envelopes over the next few days, please contact Steve on 07545-530526 to volunteer your services!

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this as an A4 poster

First they came for the admin staff, and I did not take action because I am not admin staff

Then they came for the engineers, and I did not take action because I am not an engineer

Then they came for the station staff, and I did not take action because I do not work on stations

Then they came for service control, and I did not take action because I do not work in service control

Then they came for the revenue staff, and I did not take action because I am not an RCI

Then they came for the drivers, and I did not take action because I am not a driver

Then they came for me ... and there was no-one left to take action for me

STAND UP FOR JOBS, PAY AND JUSTICE
DEFEND JOB SECURITY - DEFEND THE 'JOBS FOR LIFE' AGREEMENT

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download and print this leaflet. Read the text below.

A clear message was delivered by LUL/TfL RMT members at Monday’s Friends House Mass Meeting.

This is because LUL management are stonewalling in negotiations so much, that they’ve actually moved backward on some issues that were near resolution with the pre-strike deal mysteriously pulled by management at the last minute on 9th June!

Download a copy of this Strike Special newsletter by clicking on the link below.