Council of Executives Member's Report to LTRC Executive, August 2011
Submitted by admin on 9 August, 2011 - 23:00
- LU pay – revised offer (Y1 5%, Y2-4 RPI+0.25%, Y5 RPI+0.5%) to be discussed by GGC tomorrow (10/8) – recommendation to reject – letter to ASLEF urging joint response: no reply
- CTS pay – 3% offer, feedback sought
- Victimisations – Tunde Umanah, Jayesh Patel, Tony Rowntree – all still awaiting appeal outcome
- Review of industrial disputes, LU – verbal report on progress to be given; input needed
- LU Job Cuts – to be discussed by GGC tomorrow (10/8)
- LU Command and Control Review – some replies received from LU, inadequate – reps’ meeting to take place
- LU Service Control rostered rest days – outcome of Directors’ meeting: no changes to rest days
- RMT/ TSSA merger – see decision; RMT team = Mick Cash, Alex Gordon, Malcolm Dunning, Owen Herbert (Micky Thompson reserve)
- Requests for reduced (£1) rates for Initial Rentokil cleaners and Sodexho canteen workers – referred to Council of Executives’ Organisation, Training & Education Sub-Committee – decision expected in early September
- LTRC resolutions (2010) on RMT website / ‘app’ – see decisions
- Other AGM decisions – most referred to sub-committees – to be discussed again by Council of Executives in September
- Olympics – Regional Organiser to report
- Changes to T/Ops’ procedures eg. recategorisation of platforms, sensitive edge – Regional Organiser to report
- GLA inquiry into TfL/LU customer service information – input sought
Janine Booth, 9 August 2001
Latest headlines from rmt.org.uk
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that driver members at a range of depots serving the Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and Circle Lines will be taking industrial action in a dispute arising from the introduction of the new S Stock fleet.
In separate ballots conducted over the past two weeks, tube drivers, cleaners and TFL electricians and engineers have voted overwhelmingly for action in a series of disputes over attacks on agreements and working conditions, pay and threatened redundancies.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said:
'This is another blast of bad news to hit Jubilee Line users after the repeated problems with the fleet and the automated operating system.
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that electricians and engineers working for contractors Mitie on the TFL contract are to be balloted for strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over redundancies and unilateral changes to working conditions.
S Stock tube drivers on Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and Circle lines to be balloted for action over attack on working conditions
