News, reports and information for RMT members who work for London Underground Ltd
Upfront is the RMT Newsletter for London Underground train drivers. You can downkoad it below and distribute it to your colleagues, or share it on social media. In this edition:
STRIKES CALLED AS MANAGEMENT SMASH PAY TALKS AND IGNORE TRAIN AGREEMENTS
Strike dates
Broken Agreements
The choice is clear
STRIKES CALLED AS MANAGEMENT SMASH PAY TALKS AND IGNORE TRAIN AGREEMENTS
RMT confirms programme of action on London Underground over pay, Night Tube and job cuts.
Tube union RMT today confirmed that its executive has agreed to a wide ranging programme of industrial action across London Underground grades in two separate disputes over pay and night tube and the plans to bulldoze through massive cuts to station staffing numbers early next month.
On pay and night tube ALL grades called out follows
As consultation opens, RMT steps up campaign against former "Silverlink" north London ticket office closures.
Every Job Matters /Fit for future update from RMT Regional Organiser John Leach
Dear members,
Today I met LUL with senior stations reps to discuss the above. We all know that we have been in months of talks, there have been strikes and the proposal Fit for Future: Stations has been linked to all members pay for 2015 and beyond.
Bakerloo News is the newsletter for RMT London Transport members in the Bakerloo branch. Download it and print it out for your colleagues, or share it online.
In this edition:
New year, new action: overtime ban on stations - Prepare to strike!
Questions & Answers On The New Action
Taking the fight to Interserve
Drivers: say no to distractions in the cab
Keep Bakerloo Ticket Offices Open!
SAVE QUEEN’S PARK TICKET OFFICE
The General Grades Committee has noted the correspondence on file and as a result, has taken the decision to call on all RMT Station Grades to take part in the industrial action detailed below.
Also, members are instructed to refuse to sign any contract or letter regarding working hours or agreements (with the exception of members on Fixed Term Contracts who should sign permanent contracts).
London Underground have failed to properly conduct a public consultation exercise over the closure of ticket offices on the part of the network previously run by Silverlink, now LOROL.
They have set up an online email system to try and convince the regulators they are engaging with the public.
The RMT are absolutely against the closing of ticket offices and have conducted a near 2 year campaign to keep them.
We want to encourage all our members and their friends and families to take part in the consultation exercise.
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/299/15, 4th December 2015) there remains a number of areas of concern over London Underground’s Fit for the Future Stations (FFFS) proposals and the Lead Officer has written to LUL seeking assurances that there will be no imposition of a new framework agreement, that staff will not be forced to sign new contracts and that rosters will not be imposed. At the time of writing we have not yet received a response from LUL.
We note the report on file from the Lead Officer and we instruct the General Secretary to instruct our Station Grades members to carry out an overtime ban from 05:30 hours on Sunday 3rd January 2016 until further notice. And to refuse (from the date of this decision) to sign any contract or letter regarding working hours or agreements ( with the exception of members on Fixed Term Contracts who should sign permanent contract) We resolve to take the struggle for every job matters into the new year until our just demands on pay and conditions are met.
The case for more members of staff on London Underground :