Catering

The Catering & Hotel Grades Conference will be held on 2nd to 4th of March in Southport.

More details will be added as we receive them.

Canteen rep Petrit Mihaj

RMT has agreed reduced-rate subscriptions of £1 per week for workers at Initial Cleaners and Sodexho canteens in London Transport. This reduced rate is part of our organising campaign to achieve recognition in these two companies, and will be reviewed in 12 months' time.

• PAY
  • Alstom – referendum rejected 32-17
  • LU – offer rejected; talks at ACAS tomorrow
  • EDF Powerlink – improved offer – Regional Organiser to report
  • CTS – offer improved to 3.5%
  • Initial cleaners – pay uprated in line with London Living Wage – organising campaign underway
• VICTIMISATIONS
  • Issa Kanu reinstated
  • Jayesh Patel – Directors Review offered return to driver after 12 months – meeting sought
    

• PAY
  • Alstom – referendum closes 29 September
  • LU – offer rejected; Unite referendum rejected last LU offer; meeting with the other unions this week; further discussion at GGC after Thursday’s meeting
• VICTIMISATIONS
  • Jayesh Patel, Tunde Umanah, James Masango – see decisions
• ORGANISING
  • Track contract workers’ charter – being laid out this week
  • Reduced-rate subs – Initial cleaners, Sodexho canteens
• LU UNIFORM
  

PAY

• London Underground
  • revised offer (Y1 5%, Y2-4 RPI+0.25%, Y5 RPI+0.5%) rejected by GGC
  • other unions also rejected; RMT wrote to ASLEF urging joint response: no reply
  • LU has referred the issue to ACAS
  • campaign needed in workplaces; LTRC meeting for members, 15 September
• CTS – 3% offer, feedback sought
• Alstom – revised offer: Y1 4%; Y2 4% + Olympics bonus of up to £400 – Regional Organiser recommends referendum with recommendation to reject

VICTIMISATIONS

• Tunde Umanah reinstated

• 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 Amanah, 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)