Tube chiefs given green light to blow cuts cash on lunches, flowers, hotels and management consultants as stations are left unstaffed during security alert

Submitted by Janine on 10 January, 2011 - 10:38

Tube chiefs given green light to blow cuts cash on lunches, flowers, hotels and management consultants as stations are left unstaffed during security alert

TUBE UNION RMT today slammed underground bosses as it emerged cash that has been saved through £12 million of recent cuts is to be spent on hotels, drinks, flowers, lunches and management consultants.

Bakerloo News January 2011- Strike While the iron is hot!

Submitted by Joffe on 9 January, 2011 - 09:23

Click on the 'attachment' to download RMT Bakerloo January newsletter.

Main Story follows:

Strike while the iron is hot!

The RMT has called a further days strike action for Saturday 15th of January in the campaign to reinstate Eamonn Lynch.
The solid strike on December 18th shutdown the line and showed management that all drivers on the line know that sacking Eamonn Lynch is an injustice too far.
Just in case management still haven’t worked it out, drivers shutdown the line because:

RMT Gains Press Coverage of London Underground's Plans for Unstaffed Stations

Submitted by Janine on 8 January, 2011 - 15:17

RMT has achieved significant press coverage of London Underground's plans to leave nearly one-third of stations unstaffed for part of the day. After RMT issued this press release, several newspapers reported on the issue, and items were broadcast on TV and radio news bulletins. Here are some web links to media coverage:

More Action to Stop London Underground Job Cuts

Submitted by Janine on 7 January, 2011 - 16:47

RMT's General Grades Committee today took a detailed decision about our continuing fight against London Underground job cuts. The full decision is below. In summary:

  • We oppose LU plans for two trials of new ticketing procedures.
  • We are exposing the extent to which LU's planned staffing cuts will leave stations completely unstaffed for periods during the day.
  • We will call a 48-hour strike, with dispute payments to strikers; this will take place later in January, with dates named after consultation with TSSA.
  • We will ensure that there is plenty of communication with members about the talks and about the action, and efforts to win public support and promote our case.

Drivers on Two Lines to Strike Again in Defence of Sacked Workmates

Submitted by Janine on 7 January, 2011 - 12:51

RMT members on the Bakerloo line and at Morden depot on the Northern line are to strike for 24 hours in two separate disputes about the sacking of colleagues Eamonn Lynch and Arwyn Thomas.

RMT's General Grades Committee has taken the following two decisions:

In line with the request of our Morden and Oval branch, all members at Morden traincrew depot are instructed not to book on for any duty that commences between 21:00 hours on Friday 14 January and 20:59 hours on Saturday 15 January.

London Underground lies exposed as new documents show that nearly a third of tube stations will be left unstaffed as cuts bite

Submitted by Peter on 6 January, 2011 - 12:19

TUBE UNION RMT today demanded an immediate halt to the London Underground cuts programme as new documents released the union show that 30.5% of stations have been scheduled to be unstaffed during operational hours – a direct contradiction of the speech given by Mayor Boris Johnson at the Tory Party conference in October last year where he said that staffing cuts would leave “no station unstaffed at any time.”

New RMT Executive representative for London Transport region

Submitted by Admin on 5 January, 2011 - 11:10

JanineRMT members have elected Janine Booth as our new representative on the union's Council of Executives.

You can read about the role of the Council of Executives here.

Email: j.booth@rmt.org.uk
Phone (office): 020-7529-8810
Phone (mobile): 07900-408493

Janine will be posting regular reports on this website, as well as at RMT branch meetings, Regional Council meetings and around the workplaces.