Newsletters produced by RMT branches within the London Transport region
Please clink on the attachment to download the January 2010 edition of Bakerloo News.
The lead story follows:
As London Underground prepare to make swingeing cuts across all operational grades, Bakerloo drivers have served notice that they are prepared to take strike action to defend their sacked workmates.
Happy New Year!! 2010 will show the fight still goes on....
Please Find Attached the January Edition of 'The Neasden Flyer'
Inside this issue
Solidarity for Sacked Supervisor - Willesden Greens Strike
Scrooge vs Oliver
Proud to be Neasden Branch - Your Branch Badge is here!
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Click on the attachment to download the Issue 3 of the Bakerloo train grades newsletter.
The article follows:
Three Bakerloo Line drivers have received early Christmas presents from the Bakerloo Line management in the past couple of weeks: two sacked, one dipped.
All three cases could quite easily have been handled more compassionately by management but instead the axe was wielded unnecessarily.
Please find attached the Neasden Flyer-
Industrial Action - Willesden Green Industrial Action - London Underground.
Click on the attachment below to read or download the December issue of Monthly News.
In this edition:
Sacked for being a rep - how SAMF and RMT rep, Mercy Odisi, was stitched up and sacked;
No Xmas cheer for sacked drivers - two Seven Sisters drivers remain without a job after unfair sackings.
Click on the attachment to download the latest Bakerloo train grades newsletter.
The story follows:
After the sacking of Fitz Chambers, the Bakerloo Train Grades newsletter asked the question, who’s next? The answer is Joel Miah.
Joel was summarily dismissed on Monday December 14th.
Issue 2 of Stratford No 1 Branch Newsletter is now available. This issue includes news about the "Operational Services Review”, the risk to staff of under-staffing at Hainault, and company plan mark two.
View or download the newsletter in the full story.
There is more from Stratford Number 1, including branch minutes here.
Train staff will be aware that Fitz Chambers was sacked on Tuesday 1st of December 2009. As a result of his unfair dismissal Bakerloo RMT unanimously agreed to ballot all Bakerloo drivers for his re-instatement.
It is the union’s conviction that London Underground has an agenda of reducing staffing levels and has an agenda of getting rid of syndicates in train crew depots. It is our view that these are the real reasons that Fitz was sacked and why he did not get a fair hearing.
Stratford Number 1 branch's newsletter is now available.
Read this article in full to view it, or download it from below.
To check the dates for Stratford Number 1's branch meetings and find out what else is happening at the branch, follow this link.
For those interested in trade union history and how the Bakerloo Branch has reported on the issues facing workers on the line, I have attached the 2009 newsletters not included on the website and Bakerloo News issues from 2008.
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