TfL's Restructuring and Staff Reductions Policy
Submitted by Admin on 5 September, 2011 - 18:25
TfL's Restructuring and Staff Reductions Policy is attached. Click here to read RMT's view on this.
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Privilege Travel - TfL / London Underground
Submitted by Janine on 19 July, 2011 - 17:19RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note that our members have faced stealth increases in charges for family members who have privilege travel entitlements, and note our previous decision to raise this issue with management in order to secure the return of previous arrangements.
We note the report from our Regional Organiser and accept his recommendation that this issue be included in our pay and conditions claim to TfL in 2012. We instruct the General Secretary to ensure that this happens.
TfL Occupational Health
Submitted by Janine on 19 July, 2011 - 15:38RMT General Grades Committee decision:
That we endorse the report of our Regional Organiser.
Pay and Conditions - TfL
Submitted by Admin on 1 July, 2011 - 14:37Branches will be aware that we are now in the third year of TFL’s three-year pay settlement. We agreed for this year that increase for the ‘Achieved’ rating would be February RPI + 0.5%. The February RPI figure has now been confirmed as 5.5%. Therefore for those who receive the ‘Achieved’ rating, the award is 6% effective as of 1st April 2011, which is payable in July 2011. This applies to members who working in TFL Corporate, Surface Transport and Rail for London Limited who are in Pay bands 1-3, as well as those who TUPED into TFL from other organisations.
RMT Accepts Revised TfL Restructuring Policy
Submitted by Janine on 22 June, 2011 - 14:30RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the report from our Regional Organiser on the ‘Restructuring and Staff Reductions Policy’.
Tramlink Maintenance Transfer from Carillion to TfL
Submitted by Janine on 6 June, 2011 - 17:00General Grades Committee decision:
That we welcome the decision of TfL last year to bring the London Tramlink Infrastructure Maintenance Services back inhouse, and thus back into the public sector.
However, we are disappointed at the long delay in obtaining details of this, caused by the lack of
TfL Unions Oppose Plan to "Streamline" Job-Cutting Process
Submitted by Janine on 6 April, 2011 - 17:01RMT General Grades Committee decision:
That we note the report from our Regional Organiser. We oppose TfL’s attempt to streamline its OCP policy in order to make it easier to make redundancies due to funding cuts.
We note that all unions have agreed to reject management’s proposal to deal with this at a joint meeting at Company Council level, and instruct the General Secretary to write to TfL/LUL accordingly; the reply to be placed in front of us.
Climate Week
RMT TfL No.1 Branch will be highlighting Climate Week by holding a competition for both ‘New’ members joining in this week and ‘Existing’ members who are already signed up.
If ‘Existing’ members go online to
https://membership.rmt.org.uk/services/p_wwv_rmt_logon and correct, or update their contact and work details they will be entered into a Prize Draw to win a Solar MP3/Phone Charger.
Any staff members who sign up to RMT will also be entered into a separate Prize Draw to win another Solar MP3/Phone Charger.
TfL Free Travel To Be Provided By Wonga.com - Get a Loan at 2689% APR
Submitted by Peter on 22 December, 2010 - 04:02
TfL have accepted Wonga.com as sponsors of free travel on New Year's Eve.
Wonga is a 'pay day loan' company with a typical APR of 2689%. If you were to borrow a fiver from them for one day - enough to cover a single journey on the tube, you'd owe them £10.60.
For many Londoner's, these loans may seem to be the only way to access funds, more so as decent jobs are cut and employee rights eroded following the ConDem goverments and bosses attacks on working class people - as can be seen at LU where 800 positions will be cut.
Transport Commisioner Peter Hendy Guardian Interview
Submitted by Peter on 23 November, 2010 - 22:56Transport For London's commissioner Peter Hendy was recently interviewed by Dave Hill for The Guardian.
In the interview Hendy says that TFL will be facing cuts in its budget of 21% over the next few years. Future job losses are discussed with Hendy foreseeing that "The other thing you take a hit on is the cost of running the place. We will be doing less in some areas, so we will need less people to do it"