News, reports and information for RMT members who work for London Underground Ltd
With Boris Johnson taking direct control of Night Tube dispute RMT calls for urgent meeting
With Boris Johnson taking direct control of Night Tube dispute RMT calls for urgent meeting
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said;
"It has become clear from the media coverage over the past forty eight hours that Boris Johnson has taken direct control of the current tube dispute.
TUBE UNION RMT has confirmed that it has rejected the re-packaged offer from London Underground over the Night Tube in a meeting at ACAS this afternoon. As a result the strike action scheduled to begin on Wednesday afternoon goes ahead as planned across all grades and all lines.
“We’ve just had the most effective strike on the underground in 15 years, we can hardly follow that by accepting a worse offer than the one we went on strike over”. These were the wise words of one of the delegates to the reps’ meeting held at Unity House on Monday. The reps’ meeting followed a session at ACAS on Friday July 31st where LUL proposed a final, final offer for wages and Night Tube (NT).
Read all the latest news about the Tube dispute in the attached newsletter.
New wave of tube industrial action already hitting services this morning as drivers threatened with being sent home for refusing to drive unsafe trains.
Tube services are already being hit as a new phase of industrial action kicks in this morning with staff refusing to take out trains that have not been prepped in the previous 24 hours and also refusing to train up staff who have been shunted around the network, outside of their normal jobs and locations, to try and plug gaps created by the ongoing overtime ban.
REAR M DOOR ALARM ACTIVATED ON JUBILEE LINE
LUL recently implemented a change to the Rule for dealing with a rear M door alarm activation on the Jubilee line. Previous to this change a Train Operator was asked to contact the Controller and then go back to investigate the activation. The Rule change is that the Train Operator would now contact the Controller, get authority to proceed in Restricted Manual and continue to next station.
RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2015 – EXTERION MEDIA (LUL/0001)
Negotiations for our members’ pay claim have concluded and the following offer has been accepted by the GGC:-
The Company has been informed of our acceptance and I have requested that the increase and any back monies are paid at the earliest opportunity. The outstanding issues will be dealt with in three months’ time at a formal meeting with the Company and our representatives.
The following resolution was submitted by Piccadilly and District West Branch which has now been considered by the GGC.
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE (LUL SSL/BCV CONTRACT) (LUL/14/2)
A resolution has been received from Finsbury Park Branch which is as follows: -