Here is London Underground's reply to the letter that your Regional Organiser sent to him objecting to the company deducting staff's pay or leave on the day of heavy snow ...
Impact of Adverse Weather on 2 February 2009
I am writing in response to continuing demands for further discussion of LU's approach at a recent Stations Functional Council meeting.
What they say ... Boris: I won't dock pay of snowed-in Tube staff after all... Mayor Boris Johnson today backtracked on a decision not to pay Tube staff who failed to turn up for work because of the snow. ... A spokesman for Mr Johnson said ... "The Mayor has absolutely no intention of penalising anyone who failed to get to work due to last week's exceptional weather." Evening Standard, 9 February
What they do ... Dock London Underground workers' pay or leave.
Join our protest outside Mayor's Question Time at City Hall (nearest station: London Bridge).
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Yesterday, RMT met with London Underground bosses to discuss the issues which drove us to organise industrial action for next week - jobs, pay and justice.
Your RMT representatives at the meeting were Steve Hedley, Olly New and Janine Booth.
After hours of talks, London Underground management offered us a choice of two pay deals:
Was any one else extremely vexed at the content of our new MD's letter, not only does the tosser use public money to send out individual letters to all LU staff but he also has the cheek to slag off this Unions integrity and does this by spouting loads of lies.
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TUBE UNION RMT have confirmed that talks on the issues at the heart of the dispute on the tube will take place tomorrow – Friday 5th June – at 12 noon
RMT members at both London Undergound and TfL have voted to strike from 18.59 hrs next Tuesday – 9th June – in separate disputes on pay, job cuts and bullying.
This morning RMT issued a call for talks. The union has been contacted by the management side and the talks are scheduled for tomorrow at noon.
Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said:
LUL management have issued the following bulletin today. It is incredibly cheeky ...
RMT strike - latest The RMT leadership has now agreed to enter discussions with us on pay as part of a London Underground Company Council meeting tomorrow to which all our Unions have been invited. We welcome this change of heart and have always made clear that we’re ready to meet with the RMT anytime, anywhere.
TUBE UNION RMT today called on the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, and his senior tube bosses, to “get out of the bunker” and open meaningful talks ahead of the 48 hour tube strikes which will start at 18.59 hours next Tuesday, 9th June.
It is now a week since RMT announced the strikes after receiving a massive mandate for action from members at London Underground and TfL. All preparations for the strikes are now in place and the support is rock solid.
Venue: Twelve Pins pub, next to Finsbury Park station.
A meeting for everyone who wants to support Underground and TfL workers in our fight for jobs, pay and justice.
Boris, the bosses and the Evening Standard are already working overtime to turn public opinion against us. We need your support to help ensure that Londoners see our side of the story too.
So whether you are a trade unionist, a climate campaigner, a socialist, a passenger, or just a human being with a sense of justice, please come along and help make plans to support our fightback.