Training workshop: Refusal to work on the grounds of safety

Venue: ex-Services Club, Harvey Road, Leytonstone

All workers have the legal right to refuse to work in unsafe conditions. By using this right, we can protect ourselves and force employers to provide a safer workplace for us, our workmates and our passengers. With employers under increasing pressure to cut corners in order to save money, this issue is more important than ever.

The workshop will ensure that you understand your legal rights and how to use them.

This training workshop will look at:

  • what the law says
  • unsafe situations that arise in rail and transport

'Time to train'

Submitted by Janine on 29 March, 2010 - 10:04

From 6 April, employees will have a new legal right: to request time off work to undertake study or training.

Known as 'time to train', this right applies to you if you work for an organisation with 250 or more employees, but not if you are an agency worker. You must have worked for your employer for at least 26 weeks before you apply.

From 6 April 2011 the right will apply to all employees working in organisations of all sizes, regardless of how many employees there are.

Management's Conspiracy Against Their Staff and Unions … in their own words

Submitted by Admin on 26 March, 2010 - 16:44

A Presentation document from LUL’s Performance Day earlier this year has been “uncovered” by RMT; detailing London Underground’s Maintenance Directorate Strategic Planning over the next few years.

*** Click '2 attachments' and the file names and you can download both management's document and these comments as a Word document.

Report: London Underground Company Council, 25 March 2010

Submitted by Janine on 26 March, 2010 - 15:12

London Underground held a special meeting of its Comapny Council yesterday to discuss management's job-cutting plans. Steve Hedley, Janine Booth and Roy Carey attended on behalf of RMT. Here is a report of the discussions ...

CONSULTATION WITH THE UNIONS

RMT complained that there had been no meaningful consultation with the unions so far. We could have no faith in the 'consultation' when managers are already talking to staff about the changes as though they are definitely going to happen. TSSA said that they did not accept the Terms of Reference set out by management. ASLEF agreed.

Minutes: Regional Council meeting, 25 March 2010

Submitted by Janine on 26 March, 2010 - 14:54

ATTENDANCE:

  • Bakerloo: Jim McDaid
  • Camden 3: Geoff Palmer, Mick Crossey, Becky Crocker
  • Central Line West: Stefan Melnyk, Vaughan Thomas (meeting chair)
  • DLR: Chris Ives
  • East Ham: James Wong-McSweeney, Gordon Craig, Malcolm Collier, Tony Rowntree
  • Finsbury Park: Dave Rayfield, Will Reid, John Kelly, Dean O'Hanlon, Frank Curtis, J Miller
  • Hammersmith & City: Mark Harding, Josie Toussaint-Pinnock
  • Jubilee South & East London line: Lynda Aitken, Jane Gwynn

Emergency resolution: anti-EDL demonstration, Bolton

Submitted by Admin on 25 March, 2010 - 11:35

The following resolution, submitted by Jubilee South & East London Line branch and seconded by Hammersmith & City branch, was carried unanimously by the March meeting of the Regional Council.

This region notes:

Thousands of UAF supporters gathered in Bolton to oppose the English Defence League on Saturday. The protest was strengthened by striking taxi workers protesting at the EDL coming to their city. It was a magnificent display of anti-fascism. We outnumbered the EDL by 4 to 1.

Three Thousand, Four Hundred And Eighty Six Reasons To Have Fully Staffed Ticket Offices

Submitted by Peter on 25 March, 2010 - 04:31

TfL have finally listed ticket fares on their website.

There are 3,486 variations.

If London Underground has it's way, customers will be left to figure out how much money they need to put on their Oyster Cards at ticket machines.

World class service from a world class ticket machine? Not when there are no staff to refill the machine there isn't.

Deadline Set For Tube Strike Ballot As Union Submits Dossier Of Unstaffed Tube Stations

Submitted by Peter on 25 March, 2010 - 00:37

TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that it has set a deadline of 5pm on Thursday 25th March 2010 for London Underground to withdraw the threat of axing 800 staff and closing ticket offices or the union will declare a dispute and ballot for strike action and action short of a strike.

RMT also warned today that London Underground are already running stations unstaffed or “babysat” with just one member of staff.