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Monday 15th June: Pay Talks 2014/15 were cancelled by management due to unforeseen circumstances.

Current Pay Talks – TfL offers £1 million ‘pot’ for all Bands 1-3

Bakerloo News is the newsletter for members of the RMT Bakerloo Line branch.

In this special strike ballot edition:

• Vote yes for strikes - Time to fight back
• Why are we balloting?
• What does RMT want?
• Why should I vote yes?
• Resist Tory attacks!
• More Q&As on the strikes
• GET ACTIVE IN YOUR UNION!
• Fighting for decent pay

This is the newsletter for London Underground train drivers based at North Greenwich and Stratford. In this edition:

• RMT Demands Proper Pay Offer
• Strike Ban Threat
• RMT Says No to 118
• RMT Takes Action Against PMA Bias In Disciplinaries
• Nowhere Over The Rainbow
• Fed up of being left on the staff halt?
• Stopping Short?

In this Newsletter:

• Fit for the Future = More Inequality
• Inequality of pay and power
• Location / Displacements
• Part - time staff
• Workforce density
• Destaffing and lone working
• Rosters and worklife balance
• Abolition of seated roles
• What can we do about it?
• What about equality issues for passengers?

Sodexo secured 3 year contract extension with TfL with staffing structure changes taking effect on 1st July 2015; before those changes come in place, Sodexo plans:

• Enter into formal consultation with all staff on 1st May 2015;
• Between 1st May and 30th June Sodexo will announce, notify and consult with all Affected Staff;
  

Bakerloo News is for RMT members in the Bakerloo branch. In this edition:

• We must strike again to beat cuts
• Migrant workers welcome here!
• LU’s second joke pay offer rejected...
• Victory on in-cab iPad distraction
• Fixed-term contract CSAs: Know your rights!
• iPads on stations
• No radio, no problem? No way! Resist the rule change!

This newsletter is for London Underground Service Control workers. In this edition:

• HSCC Contract
• Pic Upgrade
• Job Campaigns
• Night Tube
• Hammersmith Upgrade
• LIS Instructors
• Existing Agreements

Here is the March 2015 edition of Upfront Health & Safety News; a newsletter for train drivers.

In this edition:

• Oblique Images: Platform CCTV Problems Need Fixing
• Policing Night Tube – 100 Cops Recruited
• No Train Radio, No Problem!

Bakerloo News is the newsletter for RMT members in the Bakerloo branch.

In this edition:

• LU’s pay offer is an insult
• Every Job Matters - Prepare for more action!
• Toilet humour at the Elephant
• RMT wins 50 permanent jobs for cleaners
• The fight against ticket office closures goes on!
• No member left behind

East Ham Branch have voted for a ballot for strike action in support of Noel Roberts, who was sacked despite being FULLY FIT. The resolution passed was as follows:

"Unfair dismissal Bro Noel Roberts
This Branch notes the unfair dismissal of Brother Noel Roberts. This Branch resolves to continue campaigning for his reinstatement. This Branch requests the GGC to call for a ballot for industrial action of all our members on the East Ham, Tower Hill and Embankment groups, with a view to moving to an all grades ballot in support of Bro Roberts' campaign for reinstatement"