THURSDAY 19TH 16.00hrs
Do you have something to say ? This is the place to come and say it.
Do you have questions? This is the place to find the answers.
PLEASE COME AND ENCOURAGE YOUR WORK-MATES TO COME TOO. EVERYONE IS WELCOME
At The Blue Eyed Maid on Borough High Street between London Bridge and Borough Stations. Opposite Sainsbury's.
Central line walkabout on Monday Dec 16, meet at Unity Hse at 1000
EJM Campaign –Events this week;
Monday – Central Line west walkabout – meet Unity Hse @1000
Tuesday – EC action group mtg – 1600 Unity Hse
Weds – Pic & Dic walkout, meet Earls Ct 1300 followed by Branch AGM @1600
Thurs – Jubilee Sth branch station/depot walkabout , meet Stratford @12300, followed by special joint branch, Jubilee South & Morden & Oval, at 1600 Blue Eyed maid, Borough Hg St
Finsbury Pk branch 12 Pins @1600
Please make every effort to support these events
We note the report from our Regional Organiser, and accordingly, we instruct the General Secretary to hold a referendum of our members with a recommendation to reject the offer, making clear that a vote to reject will lead to a ballot for industrial action should the employer not improve its inadequate offer.
London Transport Regional Council and branches to be advised. LU Fleet branch and our representative on this contract to be advised by personal letter.
We note the report from our Regional Organiser and the correspondence from our Docklands Light Railway branch. We share their disgust that Carlisle management is openly reneging on its letter to us of 6 August 2013 by refusing to honour its promised timetable for the incremental increase in pay rates to the level of the London Living Wage (LLW), and refusing to award any pay rise to those members who are currently paid the LLW rate or above.
We note the legal advice, that LUL's attempts to solicit applications for Voluntary Severance during the period of consultation on 'Fit For the Future - Stations' is potentially unlawful. A consultation is not genuine if the employer is already implementing the policy that it is supposed to be consulting on! We instruct the General Secretary to write to LUL immediately, insisting that it withdraw all documentation inviting staff to apply for Voluntary Severance until after the consultation is complete.
Further to my Circular NP/300/13 of 31st October 2013 the FBU have announced that a further dispute between them and the Fire Service Employers will take place on Friday 13th December 2013 between 18.00 and 22.00 and on Saturday 14th December 2013 between 18.00 and 22.00. This strike will cover the Greater London area.
Many of you will remain extremely concerned at the health and safety implications for your members, your colleagues and the travelling public should the Fire Brigades Union take strike action. RMT are fully supportive of the FBU stance in this dispute.
On Wednesday TfL held a special meeting of the Company Council where they presented further information on their plans to freeze staff pay and slash the value of their pensions.
Thursday 12 December 2013 will mark 25 years since the Clapham Junction Rail Crash that left 35 people dead and hundreds injured.
The accident happened when the crowded 06:14 train from Poole to London Waterloo crashed into the back of the stationary 07:18 Basingstoke service, which had stopped at a red signal. A third train, travelling empty in the opposite direction, hit the wreckage only minutes later.