RMT negotiators will today attend ACAS to continue talks about our ongoing dispute with London Underground about job cuts. As talks ended last Tuesday, your union's position was as follows:

RMT accepts the invitation of ACAS to participate in the proposed review, beginning on Monday 18 October for two weeks.

Our industrial action remains on, but we will review it dependant on progress in these talks.

ATTENDANCE

• Bakerloo branch – Malcolm Taylor, Jim McDaid
• Camden No.3 branch – Geoff Palmer, Pat O'Brien
• Central Line West branch – Vaughan Thomas (meeting chair)
• DLR –
• East Ham – Gary Lazell, Clare Reilly, Chris Baillie, Unjum Mirza
• Finsbury Park branch – Peter Hartshorn, Dave Rayfield, Dean O'Hanlon, John Noonan, Frank Curtis, Chris Matthews
• Hammersmith & City branch – Dave O'Hare
• Jubilee South & East London Line branch –
• London Taxis branch – Dave Vigeon
  

These photo is of brake blocks on the District Line that had worn away before train maintainers found them on a scheduled inspection after 14 days. London Underground wants to extend the period between maintenance checks to 28 days so that they can get rid of fleet staff. Trains with brake blocks worn like this could remain in service for a further 14 days, which will almost certainly lead to a serious accident.

RMT has released this picture to the press.

RMT health and safety rep, Eamonn Lynch was sacked by London Underground yesterday 13th of October.

Eamonn was sacked for making an error while driving a train on Network Rail. But Eamonn's error was to follow instructions from the Network Rail signaller and the Bakerloo Line Control room. Indeed, the sacking panel said he should have refused those instruction. So Eamonn was sacked for not refusing to work on the grounds of health and safety! Despite his representative, Regional Organiser Brian Whitehead ripping the charges to shreds, Eamonn was summarily dismissed.