Council of Executives Member's Report to Regional Council, September 2011
  • PAY
    • Alstom – referendum rejected 32-17
    • LU – offer rejected; talks at ACAS tomorrow
    • EDF Powerlink – improved offer – Regional Organiser to report
    • CTS – offer improved to 3.5%
    • Initial cleaners – pay uprated in line with London Living Wage – organising campaign underway
  • VICTIMISATIONS
    • Issa Kanu reinstated
    • Jayesh Patel – Directors Review offered return to driver after 12 months – meeting sought
    • James Masango – Bob Crow meeting Mike Brown tomorrow; publicity campaign and ballot preparations to commence immediately if James not reinstated; Remedy Hearing Monday; official complaint lodged with ORR re endangering public safety
    • Northfields depot – ballot cancelled as Tube Lines drop all charges against our member
  • LONDON UNDERGROUND ‘OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PROGRAMME’ (OSN 101)
    • Ballot matrix being prepared
  • ORGANISING
    • Track contract workers’ charter – endorsed by GGC; in production
    • Reduced-rate subs – Initial cleaners, Sodexho canteens
  • LONDON OVERGROUND
    • John Laing cleaners on London Overground contract – recognition achieved
    • London Overground uniform issues
  • LU UNIFORM
    • letter from LU appears to suggest withdrawal of previous pledge to restore cleaning vouchers, and that RMT has three reps on the Uniform Consultative Committee
  • COMMAND AND CONTROL REVIEW
    • still collecting information and attempting to organise reps’ meeting
    • to be discussed at functional councils this month
  • YOUNG MEMBERS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE
    • LT Region members: David Gray, Debbie French, Jayesh Patel, Emma Linacre
  • LU / POLICE ESCORT FOR EDL
    • safety reps gathering information and reports
    • RO requested meeting with LU
    • not discussed by GGC – to be discussed by Council of Executives next month
  • LU HARASSMENT AND BULLYING REPS – please nominate
  • RMT/TSSA MERGER
    • statements so far on website
    • next round of meetings starts 4 October
  • OLYMPICS
    • LU trains: ASLEF agreed deal to alter Framework; RMT not agreed; LU offered meeting to discuss
    • LU service control: management refused parity with drivers
    • Reports sought from reps in other functions
    • DLR: negotiations to start
    • more co-ordination between grades/companies
  • LU STATIONS
    • ‘know your rights’ guide now available
    • still awaiting implementation of decision on ‘action short’
    • Wembley Central stations – see decision
    • national ‘SOS: Staff Our Stations’ campaign to be launched
  • TRANSFER: LUL TO TfL
    • legal advice: all (contractual and non-contractual) working arrangements and benefits transfer with staff’
  • LABOURSTART CONFERENCE
    • ‘From social networks to social revolution’, November 18-20
  • POLITICAL ISSUES
    • added members of Parliamentary group
    • supporting Andrew Dismore (Labour) for GLA
    • Regional Council resolution on PTUC-BDS – noted union policy
    • People’s Pledge campaign
    • 75th anniversary of Cable Street
  • EQUALITIES
    • enlarged delegation to TUC Black Workers Conference
    • anti-slavery event
    • Haiti (see decision)
    • women: issues - sexism survey; domestic violence; women and cuts; equal pay
    • women’s training events
    • LGBT history
    • RMT disabled members’ conference, 8 November
    • age discrimination: LU abiding by new legislation
  • OTHER ISSUES (see decisions)
    • Signal framework agreement
    • Tier 2 reps competence assessments, LU
    • Finsbury Park community wardens
    • alleged failure to attend meetings
    • representation of fleet grades
    • transfer: Carillion to TfL
    • taxis – legal advice sought on defamation and on worker/employer status of cabbies/TfL