Friday, 30th of September '11
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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
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