With the backing of a growing number of other London trade unions, the London Transport region of the RMT has called a march from Unity House, 39 Chalton Street NW1, on Saturday 23rd October 2010 to support the South East Anti-Cuts Rally at Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1.
You may be aware that LUL management have now announced an additional 800 job cuts on London Underground making the total job cuts to planned to 1600. This shows just how much of a crisis Boris Johnson and LUL have plunged the network into. Ironically many of these new redundancies are the very managers who volunteered to work during the previous strikes. Well that’s gratitude for you!
THE TUBE’S biggest union today slammed as “savagery” another huge tranche of up to 800 job cuts announced by London Underground
As LUL today revealed that it intends to sack another 400 staff and to leave a “similar number” of vacancies unfilled, on top of the 800 station staff already earmarked for the axe, RMT said its stand for jobs and safety had been completely vindicated.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said:
Branches will recall that during our dispute over the introduction of three carriage running, an agreement was reached at ACAS that the company would enter into consultation over the implementation of revised walking times and revised spread over times.
Following on from negotiations late last night the following improved offer has been considered by your General Grades Committee:-
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I am writing to congratulate members on the magnificent solidarity you have shown in the recent strike. Despite the lies and misleading propaganda put out by management, politicians and the media, you know that the network hardly ran any services at all.
As has been stated in previous letters, RMT members do not want these cuts and nor do the travelling public.
Bob Crow General Secretary
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Below is a letter from RMT London Taxis branch to Mayor Boris Johnson, and attached is the Mayor's response.
Dear Boris Johnson,
RAIL UNION RMT today welcomed a 5.2% pay increase – without strings - secured by the union’s negotiators for all South West Trains staff saying that it proves the benefits of strong trade union organisation.
Dear Mr Cameron
We are writing to ask you to intervene to ensure direct talks take place between the trade unions and the Mayor of London.
We are taking this unprecedented step because the Mayor is more interested in using the dispute to shore up his standing amongst the Tory faithful than addressing the genuine fears of passengers and tube staff.