STATION STAFFING & SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS, POST-IMPLEMENTATION OF FIT FOR THE FUTURE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/386/16) 9th December 2016 on the above matter, the overtime ban remains on and has been well supported by our members, who should be congratulated for taking action.
STATION STAFFING & SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS, POST-IMPLEMENTATION OF FIT FOR THE FUTURE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/5)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/386/16) 9th December 2016 on the above matter, the overtime ban remains on and has been well supported by our members, who should be congratulated for taking action.
DISMISSAL, D. STOREY, TRAIN OPERATOR, WEST RUISLIP – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/4/1)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/377/16, 6th December 2016), the ballots have concluded with members voting as follows:-
WEST RUISLIP TRAINCREW DEPOT
Are you prepared to take strike action?
Total Votes Cast 17
Number Voting ‘Yes’ 14
Number Voting ‘No’ 3
Spoilt Papers 0
Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?
Total Votes Cast 17
DRIVERLESS TESTING, JUBILEE LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/10)
Further to my Circular No IR/345/16 17th November 2016, I have been in correspondence with our sister union ASLEF with a view to working together on this matter. In addition a reply has been received from London Underground stating that the tests were at “the feasibility stage, assessment of the range of potential options to increase the service is not finalised and that this isn’t to fully automate the line”.
DISPLACEMENT – TRAIN OPERATORS – CENTRAL LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/16/4)
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S WORKING ARRANGEMENTS, TRAIN OPERATORS, HAMMERSMITH & CITY LINE AND DISTRICT LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/7/2)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/377/16, 6th December 2016), the ballot has concluded with members voting as follows:-
Are you prepared to take strike action?
Total Votes Cast 69
Number Voting ‘Yes’ 58
Number Voting ‘No’ 11
Spoilt Papers 0
Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?
Following the recent ballot result in favour of taking strike action and action short of a strike in protest against the unfair dismissal of your RMT colleague Brother Dean Storey, your Reps met yesterday to discuss the matter. As a result and having noted the views from this meeting, the National Executive Committee has taken the decision to call on all affected members at West Ruislip Traincrew Depot and White City Traincrew Depot NOT TO BOOK ON for any shifts that commence between:-
After 7 days of Talks
LU Propose Extending CSA2 Working to Local Stations
Hopelessly Inadequate Proposal from LU of 60 CSA2s on local stations (many PT) and just 15 staff for control rooms. That’s it!
Company want months of further talks with no guaranteed additional jobs.
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Overtime Ban Remains in Place: Don’t Work Overtime
Today myself and senior RMT Stations reps along with the TSSA met LUL at ACAS to discuss the crisis and issues of dispute caused by Fit for the Future Stations.
We were meeting face to face with LUL Directors for the first time since having had seven days of intensive talks.
- Incident follows tube bosses broken pledge that all stations will be staffed when passenger trains run.
- 800 job cuts have seen numerous safety incidents on unstaffed or understaffed stations.
- Tube bosses now offering strikebreakers three times the pay of some station staff in an attempt to prop up failed 'Fit for the Future’ stations operation model.
RMT General Secretary, Mick Cash, has slammed London Underground management for allowing London’s tube stations to descend into chaos as a result of unjustified job cuts.