Newsletters

In the first issue of RMT Women's News:

• RMT Launches Domestic Violence Policy
• Facts And Figures About Domestic Violence
• Woman’s Voice
• Book Review: Railwaywomen
• Women's Conference 2013: Nottingham
• Matchwomen's Festival

In This Issue:

• YM Conference
• Edinburgh Recruitment
• Chairman’s Report
• President's Welcome
• Union learning
• Dates to remember
• Justice for the 33

In this edition:

• LUL Refuses to Discuss Future Station Plans at Stations Functional Council
• It’s Official: BNS is made up by Management
• RMT Says No to Split Shifts
• Your RMT Stations Functional reps
  

Management throw policies and agreements out of the window as the RMT takes a stand for drivers.

The issues…

Following months of turning the screw on members who are sick or make mistakes at work, the “new style” management thought that we would just lie down and take it. The latest insult resulted in duty sheets being produced that attempted to rob the members at the west end of the line of 5 minutes booking on time. As soon as management got wind that this was going to unite the line against them, a new set of sheets were produced that adhered to agreements. As if by magic! This is the thin end of the wedge. Management clearly want to cut your union out and do as they please. If this is allowed to continue you will very soon come to work in fear of your job.

Attached is the latest newsletter giving background information on the treatment of the 33, of how LU are ripping up agreements and why all grades on London Underground should be balloted and vote yes.

The J33 are available to visit branches and workplaces to answer any questions you may have. Don't let them divide us.

Please forward, circulate and display on noticeboards.

Join the demo on Monday 15th April. Details in newsletter.

Click on the attachment to see an RMT newsletter on the Bakerloo detrainment dispute. Main stories follow:

RMT suspends Bakerloo action

RMT on Thursday 21st of March agreed to suspend the Bakerloo detrainment action. While noting that progress had been made since the initial introduction of ‘flash and dash’, LU’s proposals fully accepted by ASLEF, fell short of the union’s aspirations for a proper detrainment policy that would be acceptable elsewhere on the combine.

Here is the latest edition of Morden & Oval branch news.

In the newsletter are stories including:

• How to: Official annual leave requests
• Level 1 process explained
• Young Member’s Resolution on a shadowing scheme
• STOP Boris! Save Clapham’s Fire Station
• and more

  Morden & Oval branch is also on Twitter here and on Facebook here.

A lot of the admin on London Underground are being asked to take notes at Company Disciplinary Interviews. We have been informed by the MATS reps that this is voluntary and in no way can you be made to do this. The company is looking for a team of forty five volunteers to take the minutes at CDIs.

The company want to reap the benefits of the Admin Grade Review which they dumped because they didn't want to financially reward staff for going above and beyond their role. Some people are being told by their Centurions that they have to take part in this fiasco, you
don’t!

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Mike Brown Confirms LU to attack Stations Jobs

On February 18th Our General Secretary Bob Crow met with Mike Brown to discuss the future of Jobs on the combine. LU are pressing ahead with plans to remove night-turn supervisors and gave no assurances about the grade of staff left to run the stations through the traffic day.

We must insist that 24 hour coverage of our stations by supervisors is maintained to guarantee’ safety and
that correct procedures are followed by companies in Engineering hours.

Latest Newsletter from RMT Stations Functional Reps