From RMT London Transport Region Executive Janine Booth

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

• LU service control – decision today
• Cubic – ballot re pay (2.5%)/Olympics
• Cleaners – Initial/ISS
• Tube Lines – this week’s action – BW report
• Thales – ballot put on today
• Telent/Quinns – ballot decided, still being prepared
• TfL Olympics – ballot decided, still being prepared
• Time taken to prepare ballots – verbal report given

"no breaches of framework – RMT will not sign up to any deal with London Underground that includes changes to the Framework Agreements for the Olympic period or endorses individuals breaking those agreements, even ‘voluntarily’. Collective agreements are not for individuals to opt out of."

OLYMPICS – LONDON UNDERGROUND

• stance: no breaches of framework – clear view of reps’ meeting
• “RMT will not sign up to any deal with London Underground that includes changes to the Framework Agreements for the Olympic period or endorses individuals breaking those agreements, even ‘voluntarily’. Collective agreements are not for individuals to opt out of.”
• "RMT will not tolerate any form of coercion of members to break agreements and will use our full strength to defend any member who resists such pressure and refuses to break our agreements."
• importance of collective agreements applying to everyone - not for individuals to opt in/out
• scope to negotiate
• back to ACAS “as soon as practical” – 16/4/12
• campaign in workplace – Q&A
• decision re action short ballot to be debated later in meeting

LEGAL CHANGES

• Changes to ETs – actual and proposed
• Proposed changes to CICA
  • Recommend LTRC organises protest against these

WOMEN

• Domestic violence campaign - model policy, cuts to refuges, cuts to legal aid
• Women’s training, 11 & 25 May
• Women’s lunch, 3 May
• Women’s history walk, 23 June

DISABLED MEMBERS

• Conference, 9 May
• TUC Disability conference, 30-31 May – RMT emergency resolution on Criminal
• Injuries Compensation

BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY MEMBERS

• TUC Black Workers’ conference

GLA ELECTION

• RMT backing TUSC for GLA list, Andrew Dismore for Barnet & Camden constituency

OTHER ISSUES

• Addison Lee
• Station Supervisors
• TfL pay
• Vic Line automatic door opening – joint campaign with ASLEF

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS GUIDES

• LU attendance and discipline
• Station staff (national)
• Part-time workers