Announcements this week confirmed that the profits and subsidies of the private train operating companies are being ring-fenced while key modernisation, maintenance and upgrade works are being ditched in an all-out dash for cuts.
Network Rail boss Iain Coucher says publicly that Crossrail works have “not gone so far that they could not be stopped”
The next Hammersmith & City Line branch meeting will take place on Wednesday 7th July 2010 from 5pm at The Exmouth Arms, 1, Starcross Street, Euston, NW1 2HR.
The nearest tube stations are Euston and Euston Square.
The next Central Line West branch meeting will take place on Thursday 1st June 2010 from 4pm - 6pm at The Redan, 1, Westbourne Grove, London, W2.
The nearest tube stations are Bayswater and Queensway.
Ballot papers over the issues of massive job cuts and the resultant detrimental effects they will have on your working conditions and safety will be sent out shortly.
Your union cannot accept that you should pay with your job and safety for management’s financial incompetence. If savings need to be made they can come from the 200 TFL managers who earn more than £100,000 a year. We will not sit idly by whilst your safety is compromised.
The next Morden & Oval branch meeting will take place on Wednesday 16th June 2010 from 5.30pm at The Wheatsheaf public house, 2, Upper Tooting Road, London SW17.
It is situated next to Tooting Bec tube station.
ATTENDANCE
Click on the attachment to download the May edition of Monthly News.
In this edition:
9 DAYS TO LOSE YOUR JOB - how the company can now sack anyone who's had as little as 9 days sick in a year
VOTE YES - YOUR JOB DEPENDS ON IT - the 800 stations jobs cuts, the proposed attacks on safety rules, the unfair dismissals of drivers: how it all fits into the new Company Plan
DERAILED - BUT WHY? The latest derailment on the Picc raises many questions but few answers
RMT members recently protested outside Whitechapel Station. The East London Line which runs through Whitechapel has reopened, but this once publicly owned railway is now making profits for privateers. Whilst RMT welcomes the extension of the line, we want it brought back under government control as a public railway, where profit is fed back into the service.
You can see more RMT videos at RMTv.
The RMT have released a video explaining their reasons and methods of attempting to get anti-union laws repealed. The union will present its case to the European Court of Human Rights. There are numerous examples of bosses using technicalities, such as calling engineers engineers or not informing members of eleven spoilt ballot papers, which have deemed a strike illegal in UK courts.
You can see more RMT videos at RMTv.
This resolution, submitted by Stratford no.1 branch and seconded by TfL no.1 branch, was carried unanimously by the May meeting of the Regional Council ...
We believe that it is morally wrong for a member for who has crossed an Official picket line in June 2009, during an official and legitimate industrial action to be standing for the post of Union Representative.