Tuesday, 13th of September '11
Council of Executives Report to LTRC Executive, 13 September
- PAY
- Alstom – referendum closes 29 September
- LU – offer rejected; Unite referendum rejected last LU offer; meeting with the other unions this week; further discussion at GGC after Thursday’s meeting
- VICTIMISATIONS
- Jayesh Patel, Tunde Umanah, James Masango – see decisions
- ORGANISING
- Track contract workers’ charter – being laid out this week
- Reduced-rate subs – Initial cleaners, Sodexho canteens
- LU UNIFORM
- letter from LU appears to suggest withdrawal of previous pledge to restore cleaning vouchers, and that RMT has three reps on the Unform 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
- nomination forms sent out to branches by email
- deadline 23 September
- LU / POLICE ESCORT FOR EDL
- safety reps gathering information and reports
- RO requested meeting with LU
- not discussed by GGC
- LU HARASSMENT AND BULLYING REPS – please nominate
- OLYMPICS
- LU: ASLEF agreed deal to alter Framework
- DLR: negotiations to start
- more co-ordination between grades/companies
- RMT/TSSA merger – next meeting this week
- LU STATIONS – still awaiting ‘know your rights’ guide
- 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
- maximum delegation to TUC Black Workers Conference
- Haiti
- women: sexism survey; domestic violence; women and cuts
- LGBT history
- RMT disability conference
- Women's and Black & Ethnic Minority Advisory Committees this month
- ISSUES AT GGC TOMORROW
- Route locking, Jubilee line
- Signal framework agreement
- Tier 2 reps competence assessments, LU
- Finsbury Park community wardens
- Track contractors’ charter
- Proposed transfer activities to TfL
Janine Booth, 13/9/11
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