Jubilee South Branch News is the newsletter for station workers based at stations from Stratford to Westminster, drivers at North Greenwich and Stratford, signalers in SMD and cleaners and caterers based at these locations.
In this edition:
Subject: CANTEEN CLOSURE, HARROW, METROPOLITAN LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we note the report from the Lead Officer; that the company have chosen to ignore the letter sent to them highlighting the issues of the lack of welfare provision for Train Crew members and the serious risks presented by aggressive anti-social behaviour in the surrounding neighbourhood.
RMT London Transport Regional Council agreed to support the Campaign for Climate Change at our last meeting.
https://www.campaigncc.org/together_for_climate_justice
Protest: Together for Climate Justice | Campaign against Climate Change
Join us on 1st December in London. 12 noon, Portland Place.
The Neasden Branch AGM will take place on Friday 14th December at 16:00hrs. Please see the attached poster for full details.
Attached is a list of Neasden branch dates for 2019. Please print off and display on local notice boards.
RMT to take further strike action on Central Line over breakdown in industrial relations
Tube union RMT today announced further strike action on London Underground’s Central Line on Friday 21st December and Saturday 22nd December 2018. The action is over a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations, a failure to employ enough drivers, a wholesale abuse of agreed procedures and the victimisation of a trade union member.
It follows on from 24 hours action earlier this month which shut down the service completely.
That we note the report from the Lead Officer regarding talks with the company; and that we have had no satisfactory undertaking that duties will be sufficiently covered. It actually appears to be the case that if they could get away with skeleton staffing all stations they would!
This breaching of their own policy and procedure creates undue stress on our members and puts them and the travelling public at risk’ representing a breakdown in trust between the company, their staff and this union.
We therefore instruct the General Secretary to:
That we note the report from the Lead Officer regarding talks with the company; and that we have had no satisfactory undertaking that duties will be sufficiently covered. It actually appears to be the case that if they could get away with skeleton staffing all stations they would!
This breaching of their own policy and procedure creates undue stress on our members and puts them and the travelling public at risk’ representing a breakdown in trust between the company, their staff and this union.
We therefore instruct the General Secretary to:
21st November 2018
21st November 2018
DISMISSAL, P. BAILEY - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/4/1)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/463/18, 26th October 2018), the following two resolutions have been received from Central Line East Branch:-
“Following the outstanding show of solidarity on our last action on Nov 7th. The Central Line East Branch calls upon the NEC to name new strike action dates for Train Operators on both our industrial relations dispute and our Paul Bailey reinstatement dispute on the Central Line. We wish to strike as follows.