Branch Secretary: Terry O’Neill.

Branch Chairperson: Adrian Finney ,

Branch Minutes: Thursday Feb 09th 2012

Attendees: A Finney, T O’Neill, Allan Thomson,Julia Latona, R Thorne, G Brown, M Mujahid, ,P Penny,
J Booth, P Hamilton,D French , A Miah, D Pittman, L Kanzaria, A Saint, Ross Marshall , D Fitzpatrick ,

Apologies:Brain Witham, , John Latona, Esme Bradbury, D Millhouse,

* Highlighted denotes attendees are not branch members.

17.10 hrs Meeting opens.

Previous Minutes Adopted:Pro TO'N Sec JL

Matters Arising

Branch Balance, Appeal Shaw & Bryan.

Leavers and Joiners: March 2011

Recruitment Feb 9th Leyton, Mile End & Bethnal.
Calendars and application forms dispatched
New Members : No Report

Members list to be organized regionally
Bank and Leyton Groups to be recruited March 8th 2012.

Organization, Recruitment & Retention

• Spheres of Influence meeting Feb 14th to be attended by AT & AF

•New Drivers , 37 to arrive before Olympics, (e-mail Tollinghton for information )
•400 New Stations Staff recruited soon, Functional Reps to recruit at Ashfield Hse

Committee Reports

AF: Reported on regional Motions.Ken Livingstone motions fell.
AF :Reported on upcoming Strategy meeting for all to be held at Friends Hall March 7 th 2012
AF: Reported on the recent Holocaust Memorial meetings.

Other Reports

Ross Marshall Reported on : Ken Livingstone Motions at the LRTC
: Dead bodies from one Unders
: I- CSA's now been licensed after 1 days training, sinister occurrence!
: Licensing issues , going to ACAS
: Snow Clearing , No QRA, No manual Handing training or assessments,
: Past the yellow line is track side, therefor issues for contractors too.
: Cleaners are not suitable for gritting and clearing snow either.
: Station Staffing, chronic under-staffing ,(10 reason Poster)
: Fit for London questions, re rostering shortfall was deemed to be Zone 1 by directors,
its all zones

Q&A sessions after wards:

MM: Snow Clearing, tools,equipment and QRA:
TO'N & AM: Track Inspections & Track Familarisations
GB : Manual Handling in adverse weather.
DF: 30 Minutes rule for supervisors to be off site
AT: Stations being babysat or opened by SA's & Cleaning vouchers
LK : Fleeces to be issues to staff on stations
AF: Using Mobiles on Track:

Ross was thanked for his report and he was warmly applauded on his departure.

Correspondences

RMT up front & Platform

TSSA &RMT revenue and stations council update

RMT & TSSA Merger

Election of Mick Cash un-opposed

Election of Michael Thompson RO

TFL Circular: Olympics, CBS outdoor, Mitie, rainbow attendance, agency staff at wembley, rates of pay

tubelines, Piccadilly line transfer, booking office closures.

Electoral reform services, receipt.

Annual conference branch/ regional secretaries

ULR reps, Paul Penny. E-mail central west & Sharon Allen

Cuba Garden party 12x

Clearance of outstanding accounts to Pattison & brewwers

Bakerloo Branch badges £150

Accident benefit Z Miah

Hoover, retirement benefit

Brussels demo March 28th

National LGBT, MM&PP

statement of membership 2011.

Legal Assit D Bryan

Hedley Ass GS( Ring Hedley for forms)

Young members conference D French

National womens advisory committee D French

National B&E members advisory committee M Mujahid

National LGBT members advisory committee, M Muhajid & Paul Penny

Accident benefit Illyas Patel

Nominations to regional council executive

Spheres of influence meeting

National conference on supervisory, clerical other salaried

Workers Memorial day April 28th

Young members conference

Regional Officer Elections

Esme Bradbury Women s Officer
Vaughan Thomas: President
Peter North :Website
Muhammed Mujahid : LGBT

Members Cases

Retirements Pending: Steve Hover, Loughton (March 24th ) Crystal Globe and Glassed in store.

Steve Wright, Tony White, Bob Griffiths, Hainault (Pending) Danny Adongo , Paul Yeend ,(April possibly)

Heathcote Arms is venue supported by LUL , payments made by LUL directly to the venue.

Workplace Issues

Snow and service breakdown :

TO'N to ask for line meeting & Industrial Reps to ask for line meeting .

Platform 1 opening Epping.

DP Reported on the opening of the old exit on platform 1 at Epping

Motions Previously Given

LGBT RESOLUTION: PP

We note that in many regions across the country, vacancies remain unfilled on the RMT
National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Members' Advisory Committee, and this
includes regions with a large RMT LGBT membership. It is important that the Advisory
Committee has as many representatives as possible, to accurately reflect the ethnicity,
gender, sexual orientation, number, geographical location and specific grades of the
Union’s members.

It may be that some branch and regional secretaries are still unfamiliar with LGBT equality
issues and the role of the RMT National LGBT Advisory Committee. It may be that some
RMT LGBT members require more support and encouragement to participate and become
more active within RMT.

We recognise the importance of clear organising strategies in the regions for building
mutual support against homophobia and for equality, for the benefit of the RMT, and we
recognise the importance of keeping RMT members informed of these strategies.

We understand that members of the RMT National LGBT Advisory Committee are keen to
visit regional councils across the country to promote their work and discuss homophobia
and equality issues affecting RMT LGBT members.

We call upon the RMT General Secretary to write to Regional Organisers requesting details
of strategies for organising for mutual support against homophobia and for equality, for the
benefit of RMT, and we ask the General Secretary to make arrangements for this
information to be published on the RMT website.

We also call on the RMT Council of Executives to explore the option of central funding to
support members of the RMT National LGBT Advisory Committee to attend and speak at
regional councils across the country - ideally in twos - to promote greater awareness of
LGBT issues and encourage wider participation of all RMT members in organising against
homophobia and for equal rights, regardless of sexuality.

Passed Overwhelmingly.No Abstentions, No votes against

AF stood down to present the next motion , GB took the chair.

Resolution : Janine Booth Support:AF

This branch strongly opposes the attempt to pass votes of "no confidence" in our region's
RMT Executive member Janine Booth.

During a busy and testing year in office Janine has shown effective leadership in a series
of successful campaigns for the reinstatement of sacked union representatives and
members, championed womens' and minorities' rights and taken a proactive approach to
democratic accountability within the union.

Given the recently expressed wishes of our Regional Officer and many branch officers for
an end to the "blood letting" following the recent controversy over an AWL website
statement,we call on other branches to support Janine on her return to work after illness
and to reject this divisive attempt to displace her

Passed Overwhelmingly.No Abstentions, No votes against

AOB

Branch meeting and possible changes (Next month)
Asbestos , GB to contact A Littlechild.

Meeting closed 20.05 hours, Branch account as of Jan 2012: £2200.00