Demonstration: 25th Anniversary Of The King's Cross Fire

From General Secretary Bob Crow

RMT will be demonstrating outside Kings Cross station on Sunday 18th November at 11.00 to commemorate the fire and to highlight the continued need for a fully staffed and safe tube network.

This demonstration is especially important in light of the LUL documents which have been seen by your Union, which plan an unattended network including automated trains and would necessitate the ripping up of the safety regulations, including minimum staffing levels, which came about in response to the tragedy.

RMT To Push For Free Travel on Cable Car And River Boats for All London Transport Workers

Submitted by rmtlondon on 18 October, 2012 - 23:54

We welcome the resolution from our East Ham branch and agree that all staff working for TfL and its
subsidiaries, franchisees and contractors should be granted free travel on all its services - including the
cable car and riverboat services - for themselves and a nominee. We instruct the General Secretary to
write to Transport for London accordingly, requesting a meeting to discuss this.

We also instruct the General Secretary to place in front of us a report on the prospects of an RMT recruitment and organising campaign on the Emirates Airline Cable Car.

Tube Lines Members To Strike Again In Fight For A Decent Pension

Submitted by Admin on 18 October, 2012 - 23:49

This action has been altered - the latest strike details are here.

We note the correspondence giving the views of the strike committee formed by our Tube Lines reps.

In line with this, we instruct our Tube Lines members to take industrial action as follows:

  • Not to book on for any shift starting on or after 06:00 on Friday 2 November, resuming to shifts starting after 05:59 on Saturday 3 November.
  • Not to work overtime at any time on Saturday 3 November.

Malicious Complaint Against Jeff Watson, RMT Health & Safety Representative At London Underground

Submitted by Admin on 18 October, 2012 - 21:57

We welcome the resolution from our East Ham branch and share its concerns about the treatment of
our representative.

We instruct the General Secretary to ensure that Brother Watson received the full support of this union,
and to obtain a detailed report on the progress of the case.

We further instruct the General Secretary to ensure that LUL’s current review of its bullying and
harassment procedure considers lessons that can be learned from this case before the new procedure is
agreed at Company Council.

Joint RMT Aslef meeting for Bakerloo drivers Monday 22nd October

Submitted by Joffe on 18 October, 2012 - 15:58

A Directors meeting took place on Wednesday 17th of October to discuss London Underground procedures following the near fatality of a 12 year old boy. Management stated that they were not prepared to ensure that trains were manually detrained prior to going into the sidings at Queens Park. They said that they would wait for the outcome of an Inquiry that is taking place but that will not report for months.

RMT To Meet With London Underground To Demand Assurances That Driverless Train Plans Will Cease

Submitted by Admin on 18 October, 2012 - 03:44

We note the resolutions from our London Transport Regional Council, and reiterate this union's complete opposition to driverless trains.

The main request of these resolutions – to ballot our test train and potentially other, drivers for industrial action – was dealt with by our decision of 25 September in response to a resolution from our LU Fleet branch.

Sign The E-petition Against Cuts To Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme

Submitted by rmtlondon on 17 October, 2012 - 02:41

You can sign this very important petition here.

From General Secretary Bob Crow
Despite the successful efforts of the Union and the RMT Parliamentary Group in blocking the government’s previous attack on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, as suspected, the Tory millionaires and Lib Dem lickspittles have re-submitted plans to cut a quarter - £50 000 000 - from the CICS budget.

London Taxi Driver's Branch Demands Assurances, Protections & Investigation Following Recall Of TX4 Models

Submitted by rmtlondon on 15 October, 2012 - 23:03

As the London Cab Trade attempts to recover from the economic disaster of the Olympics caused by the scaremongering publicity from TfL - since admitted and regretted by the Mayor of London - and the decision by TfL to exclude us from the Games lane, we were again dismayed when TfL suspended the licences of over 300 new Taxi’s following a steering fault that could have endangered the lives of Driver and passenger alike.

The RMT therefore demand the following:

  • The IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF THE 15 YEAR RULE to ensure that those owners can continue to work so that the effect of the TX4 ‘interruption to the supply chain’ is mitigated and that the Cab fleet can cope with demand coming up to the Peak period.

Bakerloo News October 2012

Submitted by Joffe on 15 October, 2012 - 04:08

Click on the attachment to see the October edition of Bakerloo News.
Main stories follow:

LU’s detrainment procedure is unsafe!

It has been widely reported in the media and in the work place that an incident involving a 12 year old boy who was overcarried into the Queens Park north sheds has called into question London Underground’s detrainment procedures.