From Steve Hedley, RMT Regional Organiser ...

London Underground's Director of Employee Relations has sent out a circular stating that job cuts will be implemented on 6 February and giving the impression that RMT has agreed to this. I would like to clarify that your union has most definitely NOT agreed to this. We are NOT accepting job cuts, because we know the devastating effect the de-staffing of stations will have on our members in all grades and on the travelling public, and because we know that if we back down on this wave of job cuts there will be more to follow.

Following four solid strike days and ongoing industrial action short of strikes, RMT and TSSA are taking part in talks in order to persuade the company to withdraw its job cuts. We have made it clear that unless real progress is made in these talks, we are prepared to take further strike action in support of a safe working system and in defence of jobs.

I have submitted a detailed report to RMT's Executive outlining a strategy that would see the union escalate our action with a 48-hour strike in January. The Executive has already agreed that in the event of further strike action, the union will make dispute payments to members. It has also agreed to step up our media and political campaign against the job cuts.

London Underground management have consistently distributed misleading and inaccurate propaganda during this dispute in the hope that it will knock your confidence and undermine our justified and well-supported fight to defend jobs. I appeal to you not to believe management's propaganda but to read union information. You can get up-to-date information and reports on your RMT Regional Council's website, www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk.