Bus Company Fined £400,000 for Death of Bus Driver

Submitted by Superman on 6 February, 2010 - 12:08

On 18th December 2009, First was fined £400,000 plus costs after it was found guilty of breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 states that: "It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees."

Signal Maintainers' Strike: Urgent safety advice for Drivers

Submitted by Admin on 5 February, 2010 - 10:30

Colleagues:

We need to advise you that RMT Signal maintainers working for the former Metronet will be taking industrial action for 24 hours starting from 06.45 on Friday 5th of February.

Their dispute is over the imposition of unagreed rosters that change Monday to Friday workers to compulsory weekends

This dispute could have serious implications for the safety of the service that LU will be offering for the duration of the industrial action.

Letter to John Mason, TfL re safety issues

Submitted by Admin on 4 February, 2010 - 11:43

... and his reply (at the end)

Dear Mr Mason

The RMT London Taxi Branch request that TfL/PCO issue a stop notice to all PHVs that are effected by the safety recall notices that several manufactures including Toyota are issuing. We would expect that Tfl/PCO carry this out in the same manner that they did with the TX4 fire issue. ie 6pm Friday (5th Febuary 2010) all vehicles that are effected by this issue and are licensed by the PCO as PHVs are taken off the road until the owners are able to produce a certificate from the manufactures franchised and registered factory service agents showing that the necessary work has been carried out to ensure that this problem has been removed from said vehicle.

RMT Currently Reject Grade Progression For Duty Managers !

Submitted by Admin on 3 February, 2010 - 14:00

Click '2 attachments' / file names to download this leaflet and the 'heads of agreement' on the issue that it refers to. Read the text below.

The RMT have today (03 Feb 2010) rejected the draft proposal of the Duty Manager Grade Progression.

We cannot accept that some of our members will have their pay frozen with example of how this would work based on a 3% (hopefully more) cost of living increase below. Year 1: £45,000 frozen + 3% = £1,350 paid in lump sum Year 2: £45,000 frozen + 3% cost of living rise = £1,350 paid in lump sum

Update for Taxi members

Submitted by Admin on 2 February, 2010 - 09:47

From Daniel Bedford, Communication Officer, RMT London Taxi Branch

Dear Colleague,

If you have not already done so please take time to register and have a look at http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk for all the latest news from the RMT London region, special thanks to Janine Booth for coming to our most recent branch meeting and talking about this and other matters that affect the London region.