THE COMBINATION of private-sector greed and £5 billion in transport cuts planned by London’s mayor threaten to derail the Tube upgrades that are essential to the capital’s economic future, the network’s biggest union said today.
Venue: Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1
All members are welcome, and all branches should try to ensure that they are represented.
Read what is coming up on the agenda here.
Venue: Unity House
This resolution, submitted by LU Engineering branch and seconded by TfL no.1 branch, was passed by the October meeting of the Regional Council.
That the region condemn the use of scab labour to undermine the just CWU dispute. We call on the council of executives to support the CWU, financially, politically and through the TUC to defeat this tactic.
The following resolution, submitted by TfL no.1 branch and seconded by Hammersmith & City branch, was passed by the October meeting of the Regional Council.
This branch recognises the importance of the fight for green jobs and the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
You can use these materials either as posters on noticeboards or to hand out to individual staff. Please download, print and get them out as widely as possible!
Unite are to ballot their members at LU over the current pay offer. Unite have 600 members in LU, working in areas such as maintenance and safety. Unite members recently decided two to one that a ballot for industrial action was the way forward.
Unite say their ballot will coincide with the RMT’s ballot of its members on the pay issue. Unite anticipate that any resulting industrial action would be co-ordinated with the RMT.
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Rail Union RMT revealed today that Network Rail have threatened to sack their entire maintenance workforce of 13,000 and to re-employ a reduced number of workers on new terms and conditions in a bid to bulldoze through a multi-billion pound cuts package.
The threat to sack the workforce, who carry out the essential day to day maintenance of tracks, signals and overhead lines, was thrown at RMT representatives during re-organisation talks.
A Busworkers' meeting will take place at The Hope Bar, 8, Heather Close, SW8. The venue is 5 minutes walk from Battersea Bus Depot. The nearest station is Clapham Junction. Bus 156 from the station goes to the bus depot, walk past the depot and it's down the road on the left hand side. The meeting is from 7pm - 10pm on Thursday 29th October 2009. A buffet will be provided.