News, reports and information for Docklands Light Railway staff.
We note the offer from the company and congratulate our Docklands Light Railway Branch on achieving it through negotiations.
We instruct the General Secretary to hold a referendum of all Members with a recommendation to accept the offer.
Members to be advised by email and text.
Docklands Light Railway Branch and the London Transport Regional Council to be advised.
RMT suspends strike action on Docklands Light Railway after significant progress in ACAS talks with the company.
RAIL UNION RMT has confirmed that scheduled strike action on Keolis Amey Docklands, due to start tomorrow and stretch across the weekend, has been suspended after significant progress has been made in talks with the company hosted by ACAS. The union remains in dispute.
General Secretary Mick Cash said today;
DLR union RMT confirmed today that it has served notice on Keolis Amey Docklands for the next phase of strike action in a dispute over outsourcing, abuse of procedures and workplace justice.
All KAD members have been instructed not to book on for any shifts that commence between:-
04:00 hours on Friday 20th April 2018 and 03:59 hours on Tuesday 24th April 2018
DLR union RMT confirmed today that it has served notice on Keolis Amey Docklands for the next phase of strike action in a dispute over outsourcing, abuse of procedures and workplace justice.
All KAD members have been instructed not to book on for any shifts that commence between:-
04:00 hours on Friday 20th April 2018 and 03:59 hours on Tuesday 24th April 2018
RMT action on Docklands Light Railway united and determined this morning in fight for workplace justice
General Secretary Mick Cash said;
"Our members are standing united and determined on DLR this morning in a dispute that is about ending the undercutting of jobs and conditions through outsourcing, ending the abuse of procedures and defending the basic principles of workplace justice.
26th of March, 2018
RAIL UNION RMT today confirmed that it will be attending further ACAS talks today with Keolis Amey Docklands as industrial action looms on Docklands Light Railway this week.
The latest talks follow extensive efforts by the union to resolve through ACAS the wide range of issues at the heart of the dispute that amount to a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations on a number of important fronts including:
The breakdown in Industrial Relations is over a whole catalogue of workplace issues which are listed below.
Subject: BREACH OF MACHINERY – ISS (KAD CONTRACT)
Our ISS members on the DLR KAD contract have taken firm strike action aimed at bringing the company to the negotiations table to resolve this issue; however ISS are belligerently refusing to come to terms with this union.
Therefore; given the lack of response by ISS management to the recent strike, we instruct our ISS members on the Docklands Light Railway: Strike Action
Members not to book on for shifts beginning 05:30hrs on Wednesday 21st March 2018 until 05:29hrs on Thursday 22nd March 2018
Strike action goes ahead on DLR this week in dispute over breakdown in industrial relations.
RMT cleaners, security staff and travel safe officers on Docklands Light Railway will be taking part in a further phase of strike action over a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations this week as the intransigent attitude of the management continues to block any chance of progress towards a negotiated settlement.
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