Council of Executives Member's Report to Regional Council, January 2012
Submitted by Janine on 27 January, 2012 - 11:07
LTRC RESOLUTIONS
You can read Council of Executives decisions relevant to our region here
- Request for support for TUSC in GLA election - Executive decision here
- Affiliation to 17-24-30.org - Executive decision here
- AWL website - Exexcutive decision here
- Olympics, cleaners - Executive decision here
- RMT response to the riots - Executive decision here
- Phone hacking - Exeutive decision here
- Immigration checks at work - Executive decision here
OLYMPICS
- Table summarising current situation with offers/agreements attached to this report
- Taxi issues
CATERING GRADES ORGANISATION
- Recruitment leaflet
- Reduced subs
- Victimisation
PAY
- Tube Lines
- Initial: London Living Wage
- Pay deals accepted on UK Power Networks, Alstom, Cubic
BREACHES OF SETTLEMENT OF 2008 LU CASUALISATION DISPUTE
- See decisions
RMT/TSSA merger
- Verbal report to be given by Owen Herbert (RMT Council of Executives)
- Keep up with latest reports on talks here: www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/rmt-tssa
TAXIS
- Identifiers
- 15-year; campaign for scrappage scheme / converters
- Ranks
- CRB checks
LU SERVICE CONTROL
- Relocation to Hammersmith
- Command and control review
EQUALITIES
- Women
- Sexism survey
- Women’s training
- Advisory Committees
- Vacancies for LT region representatives on national advisory committees: Women – 3; LGBT – 2; black & ethnic minority – 1; young members - 1
- RMT equalities conferences
- dates and venues attached to this report
- please ensure that your branch sends delegates and resolutions
- £35 per delegate from head office towards expenses of delegates to equality conferences
- TUC equalities conferences – resolutions; delegations
GRADES CONFERENCES
- Dates and venues attached to this report
- Please ensure that your branch sends delegates and resolutions
NATIONAL RAIL
- DB Regio (Tyne & Wear Metro) hiring casual CSAs
- Refranchising: ticket office cuts (Great Western), DOO (Thameslink) etc
- McNulty: campaigning day 2 February
- Heathrow Express: RMT is balloting members for action over two victimisations
ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED BY GGC NEXT WEEK
- Tripcock test frequencies
- LU Attendance at Work procedure
- LU Station Supervisors booking on staff to carry out work on stations
- Protection of Staffing Levels – LUL
- Fleet representation – referred to Health & Safety sub-committee
OTHER ISSUES
- Marciano Flora
- 'Fit for London'
- LU 'Rainbow' attendance procedure
- LU ticket offices surplus and loss procedure
- Report on industrial relations on London Underground
- OSN/sensitive edge dispute
Janine Booth, 26/1/12
Latest headlines from rmt.org.uk
TUBE UNION RMT warned today London Assembly members risk unleashing the biggest wave of industrial action on London Underground in 30 years after City Hall politicians lined up this morning to attack basic tube workers' rights including pensions and passes.
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.
