News, reports and information for London Transport cleaners
RMT Bakerloo News is the newsletter for Bakerloo Line workers, from the RMT. Please print it out and distribute in your workplace, or share it online.
In this edition:
MPs call on London Mayor to end exploitation of Tube cleaners as RMT says treatment of workers “shames the capital.”
TUBE UNION RMT has welcomed a motion tabled in Parliament today by MPs calling on Transport for London, which is chaired by the London Mayor, to end the exploitation of Underground cleaners.
The MPs intervention came as RMT cleaners are due to demonstrate outside City Hall later today and RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said in an open letter to the London Mayor that the “continuation of such low workplace standards and conditions shame the capital.”
TUBE CLEANERS - ABM CONTRACT DEMO OUTSIDE CITY HALL AND ABM OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY 21ST FEB
Jubilee South News is the newsletter for workers on the Jubilee Line between Stratford and Westminster, including station staff and train drivers, SMD controllers cleaners and caterers. It is produced by RMT activists from the Jubilee South branch.
In this edition:
Dear Colleagues
TUBE - CLEANERS - ABM CONTRACT DEMO OUTSIDE CITY HALL AND ABM OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY AT 2PM
At 2pm on Wednesday 21 February, we will be holding demos to protest against the treatment by outsourcing companies (especially new mega contractor ABM) of cleaners on the London transport network.
The first demo will take place outside City Hall (Address: The Queen's Walk, SE1 2AA) with participants then moving on to protest outside the nearby ABM headquarters (Address: George House, 75 - 83 Borough High Street, SE1 1NH).
To all LT Region Branches
7th February 2017
Dear Colleagues
RMT NATIONALLY RESOURCED CLEANERS RECRUITMENT DRIVE ABM ON LUL
Subject: BREACH OF MACHINERY – ISS (KAD CONTRACT)
We note the report from the Lead Officer and the resolve of our ISS members, and welcome the payment of hardship payments for the 2 sets of 2 days for our low paid members.
We instruct our members to take part in the following industrial action:
Strike Action
RMT cleaners, security staff and travel safe officers on Docklands Light Railway will be taking part in a further 48 hour phase of strike action from today over a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations after talks failed this week due to the intransigent attitude of the management. The workers are employed by contractor ISS on the KAD contract.
The RMT NEC has unanimously passed the following resoul;ution.
London Transport Regional Council submits the following resolution:
“LTRC notes the work done by the Lead Officer, Cleaning Grades Committee, The Org Unit, Branches, Reps, Activists and Members in recruiting and organising cleaners on LUL
Subject: BREACH OF MACHINERY – ISS (KAD CONTRACT)
We note the report from the Lead Officer and the resolve of our ISS members.
We instruct our members to take part in the following industrial actions:
Strike Action
Not to book on for any shifts commencing 05:30hrs on Thursday 1st February 2018 to 05:29hrs on Saturday 3rd February 2018.
Action Short of a Strike
We instruct our members not to deviate from only working to current approved risk assessments from 05:30hrs on Monday 5th February 2018 to 05:29hrs on Saturday 10th February 2018.