Resolution: Escalation of LU Job Cuts Dispute

This resolution, submitted (and amended) by Finsbury Park branch, was carried by the November meeting of the Regional Council:

This Region calls upon the union to urgently campaign for an escalation of the action in the dispute regarding jobs and safety on LUL as already agreed at regional level in order to win the dispute.

We recommend that one of the days for action should be Saturday 18th December.

This should be done by way of propaganda (including a personal letter to all members) and a commitment to release a sum of money for branches to compensate those members who need financial assistance to support an escalated campaign of industrial action. This should be allocated from the national hardship fund and be an amount that makes a tangible difference with branches given an allocation and discretion to identify those members who need it (ie. it will not be a blanket payment to all members).

Furthermore this union should actively press to prosecute LUL for the safety breaches for far identified in this dispute to highlight their callous disregard for passenger safety despite protesting the opposite in the mainstream media.