Dispute materials
Effective Picketing
Submitted by Janine on Mon, 30/08/2010 - 21:15ADVANCE PREPARATION
- Choose in advance the best place(s) to picket. This should be where you will get best access to people arriving for work so you can persuade them not to go in. Try to cover all entrances.
- In addition, you may choose to picket a location such as a busy station, where you can leaflet and speak to the public too.
- Get members to volunteer to picket and to commit to a particular time slot.
- Identify all the book-on times and draw up a picketing rota. Make sure that you have enough people to picket at the right times of the day.
Leaflet for Duty Managers - Time to Strike!
Submitted by admin on Mon, 30/08/2010 - 18:00Read the text below. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download as a single-sided leaflet.
Duty Managers Time To Strike! Enough Is Enough!
To DMTs on the desk, under the OSP the company are trying to downgrade your job which will have a pay band below that of an I/O and a Station Supervisor 1 WHOM YOU MAY MANAGE. They have offered protection of earnings for three years. This will have a negative impact on your pensions and salary.
DSMs your group size’s in most cases have been cut to five DSMs yet the targets are getting made more difficult to achieve, which will no doubt affect your PRP (for what that’s worth). With less on the roster you will be working more nights and certainly more weekend working. The rosters which they will no doubt impose (as they do) are definitely much less family friendly.
Open letter to ASLEF members on the Bakerloo Line
Submitted by Bakerloo admin on Fri, 27/08/2010 - 17:07The attaced document is an open letter to our ASLEF collegues on the Bakerloo Line.
Bakerloo August 2010 Branch newsletter
Submitted by Bakerloo admin on Fri, 27/08/2010 - 08:31
Click on the link to download the latest Bakerloo Branch newsletter.
The main article follows:
RMT & TSSA unite to fight for jobs and safety!
RMT & TSSA members have sent a resounding NO to management’s plans to cut jobs and undermine safety on London Underground. With a yes vote for strike action of over 75%, the unions have announced a joint rolling campaign of strike action starting on Monday 6th September with an overtime ban for all grades at the same time.
August edition of RMT UP front
Submitted by Bakerloo admin on Wed, 25/08/2010 - 08:18
Click on the link to download the latest edition of RMT Up front.
The lead article follows:
Time to join the picket lines!
After months of talks, talks and more talks we have finally arrived at the point where our union is asking us to take industrial action in defence of jobs. This is not something that is asked lightly; but with a mandate for strike action from RMT members it is a question which can no longer be avoided and to which the answer must be emphatically in the affirmative!
Finsbury Park Monthly News - August 2010
Submitted by plectrum on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 01:16Click on the attachment below to read or download the August edition of Monthly News, the newsletter of Finsbury Park branch.
In this edition:
'RMT London Calling' August 2010
Submitted by Janine on Thu, 19/08/2010 - 10:33The new issue of our 'RMT London Calling' newsletter asks how it is that TfL/LUL 'can't afford' frontline jobs and regular maintenance, but can afford massive salaries for directors. It also reports on the Alstom pay dispute, Euston escalator fire, Northern line runaway train and other issues, and replies in detail to last week's London Underground management bulletin about our industrial action ballot result.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it.
Open Letter from Finsbury Park Branch to ASLEF Members
Submitted by plectrum on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 00:25Finsbury Park branch has written an open letter to all ASLEF members working at Arnos Grove and Seven Sisters depots explaining the reasons for the RMT strike ballot and asking them to support any action which we may take in defence of jobs, health and safety, and working conditions. It is a call for shopfloor unity and solidarity at a time when it is desperately needed if we are to successfully defeat LUL's savage cost-cutting plans. Click on the attachment to download a copy.
Stratford No 1 Branch Newsletter For July
Submitted by Peter on Wed, 28/07/2010 - 02:30
Stratford Number One branch have released their latest newsletter.
It contains information about LU's attack on jobs, with the reasons why all grades including train operators need to support the ballot for action against these cuts.
Click 'Read More' to see the full newsletter.
RMT Protest: Stop Job Cuts!
Submitted by Janine on Mon, 23/08/2010 - 09:03On 11 August, RMT members protested outside Euston station against London Underground's planned job cuts.
Click '1 attachment' / file names to download the leaflet and poster that we used on the day.
Ten Reasons Why YOU Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Tue, 20/07/2010 - 20:31Whatever your grade, there are (at least) ten reasons why you should vote Yes to strikes and Yes to action short of strikes in RMT's ballot. The Regional Council has produced a leaflet for members in each grade reminding you of these ten reasons. Click on the links below to download the leaflets for ...
Ten Reasons Why Managers and Admin Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Tue, 20/07/2010 - 20:17Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this as a 2-page leaflet.
1. Because these job cuts will be a disaster for all of us - every grade of station staff; other grades of Underground workers; and passengers too.
2. Because LU management are not listening to your union reps in talks. Industrial action will make them listen.
3. Because management have not given you a chance to vote on whether you want job cuts. RMT is giving you that chance - this is your opportunity to show your opposition to de-staffing of stations, offices and depots.
Ten Reasons Why Revenue Staff Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Tue, 20/07/2010 - 12:59Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this as a 2-page leaflet.
1. Because the merging of the three revenue units into one was a prototype for these cuts. Look at the effects this has had: extremely low morale; higher stress levels; more disjointed, unrealistic workloads for management and admin. Imagine how bad it would be if this was spread to the rest of LUL.
2. Because ticket offices will be shut, passengers won't be able to sort out Oyster problems or buy tickets, so there will be an increase in assaults on staff.
Ten Reasons Why Engineering and Fleet Workers Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Tue, 20/07/2010 - 09:33Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this as a 2-page leaflet containing other articles too.
1. London Underground management propose to cut around 800 station staff. This means that they are looking to get maintenance staff who work out on the operational railway attending and assisting in emergency situations eg. If a train gets stalled in a tunnel, with no station staff available, they will send out a callpoint maintainer or technical officer.
Why You Should Vote 'YES' in the LUL Ballot
Submitted by plectrum on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 13:14In this latest leaflet, Finsbury Park's Branch Officers and reps explain why they will be voting YES in the forthcoming ballot for industrial action against LUL's latest attempts to destroy jobs, working conditions and safety on the Underground. To read or download a copy, click on the attachment below:
Safety During the Tube Lines Dispute
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 17:40Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this as a single-sided leaflet.
THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT
Many Train Operators expressed concerns over safety during the recent Tube Lines strike. A lot of drivers believed that safety standards were not up to scratch. Some drivers believed that they had been given assurances during previous similar situations, that had turned out not to be true.
Track Maintenance:
Ten Reasons Why Drivers Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 13:27Read the ten reasons below. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a special issue of 'RMT London Calling' for London Underground drivers.
1. Because management want to take risks with our safety by cutting jobs to save money. They are trying to change our procedures so we have to deal with incidents alone, without help from station staff. This will leave us vulnerable both to accidents and assaults, and to disciplinary action if anything goes wrong.
Ten Reasons Why Admin & Duty Managers Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 13:22Read the ten reasons below. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a special issue of 'RMT London Calling for MATS grades.
1. Because these job cuts will be a disaster for all of us - every grade of station staff; other grades of Underground workers; and passengers too.
2. Because LU management are not listening to your union reps in talks. Industrial action will make them listen.
Ten Reasons Why Service Control Staff Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Wed, 30/06/2010 - 10:57Read the ten reasons below. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a special issue of 'RMT London Calling for service control grades.
1. Because the job cuts on service control, stations and other grades, will be a disaster. Everyone will suffer, including our passengers.
2. Because LU management are not listening to your union reps in the talks. Industrial action is the only effective tool at our disposal that can force the issue and bring our concerns into the open.
'RMT Platform': Why Station Supervisors Should Vote YES-YES to Save Jobs
Submitted by admin on Tue, 29/06/2010 - 11:46Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this new version of 'RMT Platform's special issue for Station Supervisors.
