Brothers and sisters
In 2001, after 3 days of strike action by RMT members to stop privatisation of the underground, the no compulsory redundancies agreement - also known as the “jobs for life deal“ - was reached.
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Yesterday, a total of around 200 RMT reps and members attended two meetings to discuss the current dispute on LUL about jobs, pay and justice. Reps reported on the views of members in their workplaces, and there was a consturctive and useful discussion about tactics, with different views from different areas, the majority expressing a view that further industrial action may well be necessary. The meetings unanimously agreed that RMT should not accept what is currently on offer from LUL management, and to step up efforts to explain the issues and up-to-date situation to members.
RMT WARNS OF NEW PPP COLLAPSE ON THE TUBE AS £2 BILLION FUNDING ROW ERUPTS BETWEEN TfL AND TUBE LINES
RMT has warned today of another potential privatisation collapse on the tube over a £2 billion funding row that has broken out between Tube Lines and Transport for London which could put essential works and thousands of jobs at risk in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.
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1. Attendees – See list
2. Apologies – M. Sharpe, Janine Booth, Den Fitzpatrick, Terry o Neil, W. Jarvis, A. Thomson.
3. Matters Arising from Previous Minutes; None
• Minutes moved – A. Finney • Seconded – G. Brown
4. Bill O'Dowd said he was standing down from his ass Chair and committee jobs.
5. Recruitment and Retention: 6 joined, 7 left
6. Correspondence : 11 items of correspondence as in minute book.
Black cab driver members of specialist transport union RMT confirmed today that they will be fighting plans by BAA which would open the door to direct booking of minicabs at Heathrow in a move that has been described as “disastrous” for the licensed taxi trade.
BAA is looking at trialing a deal with Addison Lee and One Transport at terminals 3 and 5 this year which would allow them to operate from reserved bays and from a central booking booth in the car park in direct challenge to the traditional black cab rank.
These are the notes of my speech to RMT's mass meeting about the jobs/pay/justice dispute at the start of July:
Three things: 1. recognise the effectiveness and importance of the strike 2. argue that we can not settle for what is on the table now 3. stress that what we do next must be what you as reps - and your members - want us to do
1. A fantastic 48 hours
Tube union RMT warned today of another potential privatisation collapse on the Tube as a £2 billion funding row broke out between Tube Lines and Transport for London which could put essential works and thousands of jobs at risk in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.
Tube Lines, which holds the contract for the repairs and refurbishment of the Piccadilly, Northern and Jubilee Lines, has attempted to hack £2 billion from it's estimated costs of £ 7.2 billion on the work programme for the next seven and half years with a significant scaling back of the scope of the planned works.
Here are some recent pay settlements, which may help put London Underground's and TfL's current offers in perspective: