On September 15 the Sun ran an anti-union article in which it made false and damaging allegations about RMT General Secretary Bob Crow, suggesting that he had a union-subsidised home and a luxury car.
Neither is true, and the Sun carried an apology, which can be read online here.
The newspaper will also pay £5,000 to the RMT widows and Orphans Fund and will pay the union’s legal costs.
On the 5th of November 2010 a historic tribunal victory was won by Eamonn Lynch and RMT.
RMT health & safety rep, Eamonn Lynch was sacked by London Underground following an operational error on Network Rail in early August. Eamonn has an unblemished 15 year record and yet was summarily dismissed for making one mistake. It was the RMT’s contention that the real reason Eamonn was sacked was because he is an effective trade unionist and safety representative.
RMT and other unions in action against the savage ConDem cuts on demonstrations and rallies in London on October 19, 20 and 23.
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RMT General Secretay Bob Crow and TSSA General Secretary Gerry Doherty spoke to the press in a joint statement on the day of the latest job cut dispute strike.
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In an interview on LBC Radio, Boris Johnson is asked "For the record, the mayor of London believes London will be adequately protected from fire by twenty-seven appliances crewed by part time staff, trained for on average two weeks." Boris didn't confirm the safety of the plans, dodging the question by answering 'The preparations were perfectly good.'
RMT reps have been back at ACAS over the last couple of days, following on from Wednesday's solid strike. ACAS continues to host a review of London Underground's job-cutting plans.
Now, health and safety reps are working on specific scenarios comparing how safety standards would be maintained comparing current staffing levels with the proposed, lower levels. Meanwhile, stations reps have compiled a report that shows that LU figures used to justify ticket office cuts are inaccurate and that therefore the numbers should be revised.
The review will continue on Tuesday.
The Fire Brigade Union have now called off the strike planned for this weekend
The next London FBU strike runs from 10am Friday 5 November until 9am Sunday 7 November.
1. The Health and Safety Executive is investigating lack of training of AssetCo staff, who are used as 'cover' during FBU strikes - read more here.
2. Click here to read ASLEF's advice on safety concerns during FBU strikes.
3. The FBU has provided us with the following information:
Fire Brigade capabilities during periods of strike action by members of the Fire Brigade union on incidents on the underground network in London
The support for the joint RMT and TSSA strike against the job cuts on November 3rd was immense.
The Bakerloo Branch would like to congratulate all members for their solidarity and determination to resist the attacks on our job from the tube bosses. Once again management were stretched in their attempts to run a service. During the whole of the day and even during the peak hours only a pathetic shuttle service ran between Elephant & Castle and Queens Park. The most remarkable point to note is that during the peak Bakerloo trains were only stopping at 5 stations - Elephant & Castle, Waterloo, Oxford Circus, Baker Street and Queens Park, this when we should be providing a service to 26 stations across the whole of the line.
We kicked off on Tuesday evening with a protest outside Boris Johnson's 'People's Question Time'.