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Mark needs our support
Please try to come to the court on Monday June 2
Meet at Hammersmith station(H&C) side at 0900
Encourage your friends, family and colleagues to come and support Mark
This is the speech I gave to TUC Disabled Workers' Conference on 28 May.
Many of you will have your own experiences of both the freedom provided by public transport and the difficulty using it – be that the railway, buses, shipping, air travel, trams, riverboats, taxis, or other modes of transport.
Let’s look at some statistics and facts – mainly about the railways.
In a 2013 survey of disabled people, nearly 80% used the railways, half of them at least monthly, often weekly or more.
Defend Mark Harding, drop the charges now, defend the right to picket.
With the strike action on the Tube on hold, it is important not to lose momentum in the campaign to defend Mark. He has been charged under Section 241 of the Trade and Labour Relations Act and could face a prison sentence. Mark was dragged off the picket line at Hammersmith by the police after a strikebreaking staff member got upset at being asked to respect the picket line.
His trial is Friday 23rd May, at City of London Magistrates Court, 1 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 4XY (nearest Tube Bank/Monument)
TfL No 1 Picket line details
Pier Walk picket line from 07:45-10:00.
Palestra picket line from 07:45-10:00
Windsor House picket line from 07:45-10:00
RMT members are asked to support our comrades on TfL by visiting these pickets in a show of solidarity
Here is the latest edition of rmtlondoncalling
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-solid strikes deliver wins tangible advances
-Lifetime commitment for no loss of pay
-Supervisor on every station
-Proper station by station review
- No implementation of fit for the future stations until reviews have been discussed with us
Location of RMT picket lines
Bakerloo Branch;
Elephant & Castle – 0500- April 29 & 30
Queens Park – 0455 - April 29 & 30
Central Line West;
White City -0400- 29 & 30 April
West Ruislip – 0400- 29 & 30 April
Central line East;
Loughton - 0445- 29 & 30 April
Hainault- 0445- 29 & 30 April
Leytonstone - 0445- 29 & 30 April
Morden & Oval;
Morden – 0445- 29 & 30 April
Camden No.3;
Golders Green – 0430 – 29 & 30 April
East Finchley – 0430 – 29 & 30 April
High Barnet – 0430 – 29 & 30 April
Pic & Dic west;
Acton & Northfields depots – 0445- 29 & 30 April
TSSA has sent out a misleading bulletin which says that all supervisors will get CSM jobs. This is absolutely not the case.
Here is RMT's breakdown of what is actually on offer and how it will affect each grade.
- SS1/SS2 - Guaranteed a CSM position but location and CSM grading (1 or 2) decided by LU on assessment.
- SSMF/SS3 - Guaranteed CSS post but while most SSMF/SS3s work in outer zones the CSS jobs will be mainly in Zone 1.
The RMT has made a number of proposals to London Underground of alternatives to job cuts and ticket office closures. All of these have been rejected by the company. One issue raised was bosses pay. In 2012/13, TfL paid 328 people more than £100k. RMT calculate that if this was capped at £100k, £15m would be saved per year.
In response to our proposal, London Underground wrote to the RMT to defend the bosses high pay, citing ‘total annual pay, ‘Long-term incentives’ and ‘Total Direct Compensation’ to name a few. TfL told us they believe that their managers are probably not paid enough:
Newsletter produced by Engineering branch
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The Coming Strikes: Why Support Them?
Q: Why Support the Strikes or be in RMT?
A: The RMT or any union is only as strong as its members!
The RMT is a strong union. With YOU we will be Stronger. Without YOU we will be weaker!
Right now LU are attacking Station Staff. They have also announced job cuts on the Lines for Signal & Track Staff with more to come
Update on the dispute;
Talks have brought:
NO station-by-station review, as promised
NO reduction in the number of jobs to be cut
revelations of even greater inequality and worsening conditions
only minor changes to LUL’s plans
LUL rejecting RMT’s alternative proposals
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