I met with I.S.S. management on Thursday 13th August to discuss the £550,000 savings that Metronet wish them to make.
1. I.S.S. guaranteed that no I.S.S employees would be made redundant. All redundancies would come from agency staff.
2. Where possible existing I.S.S. staff would be used to cover all the needed positions in workplaces.
I am pleased to announce that all RMT members facing compulsory redundancy have now been given or will be offered jobs. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone of you who showed steadfast support for your colleagues who were at risk of being made unemployed. In particular I would like to thank all reps activists and those who manned the picket lines that made our forty eight hour dispute a huge success.
On the Wednesday morning of RMT's AGM, we started off not knowing who the people we were introducing actually were. We watched a film called 'In the Name of the Father', and at the end of the film, there was complete silence, after we had witnessed what the Guildford Four had been through in 1970.
The following guest speakers addressed the AGM:
Present: Carol Foster, Unjum Mirza, Linda Wiles, Adrian Rowe, Josie Toussaint-Pinnock, Pat O'Brien, Vaughan Thomas, Janine Booth, Dean O'Hanlon, Micky Hyde, Clara Osagiede, Dave Rayfield In attendance: Steve Hedley (Regional Organiser) Apologies for absence: Neil Hodgson, Les Bruty, Andy Izard, Mick Crossey, Becky Crocker, Chris Tugwell, Andy LIttlechild, Brian Munro, Paul Rutland, Tony Gandolfi, Olly New, Kim Axford, Clive Protheroe, Steve Reeley, Bjorn Bradshaw Murray, Paul Geer, Peter Sheridan, Les Sime
RECRUITMENT AND ORGANISATION
Dave Rayfield reported:
Venue: Upstairs bar, Old Star pub, opposite St. James' Park tube station.
Poster attached.
Venue: Upstairs bar, Old Star pub, opposite St. James' Park tube station.
Poster attached.
Venue: Upstairs bar, Old Star pub, opposite St. James' Park tube station.
Poster attached.
Venue: Upstairs bar, Old Star pub, opposite St. James' Park tube station.
Poster attached.
Please see below an advertisement for a managerial position in Transport for London for the princely sum of £500 per day. Hands up who still thinks 1.5% (then even worse in the following years) is a "reasonable" pay rise for the rest of us mere mortals ...