London Underground has agreed to release all level one reps from work on Monday to attend this important meeting. You will hear reports from negotiators and discuss what you think of the company's latest position on the three issues in our dispute: jobs, pay and justice.
Venue: Friends House, Euston Road (opposite Euston station)
Venue: Friends House, Euston Road (opposite Euston station).
Please attend the meeting on Monday 6th July 2009 at 5pm to discuss the latest pay offer, the ACAS talks on our existing no compulsory redundancies deal and other issues in the dispute including the victimisation of RMT reps.
We will have a full and frank debate on all these matters and agree a course of action. This is your chance to tell your negotiators your views directly so please make every effort to attend.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a notice advertising Monday's mass meeting about the current jobs/pay/justice dispute.
RMT reps Jim McDaid, Garry Houghton, Den Fitzpatrick and Dave Rayfield are taking part in the 3 Peaks challenge (which involves climbing Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis one after the other) on 17 September 2009 to raise money for The Railway Children charity and they would really appreciate your support.
It's easy to donate online with a credit or debit card - just go to our JustGiving page by clicking here.
Transport union RMT today called for a full National Audit Office investigation into the use of management consultants by Transport for London after new figures showed that over £15 million has been spent in one section alone, congestion charging and traffic enforcement, in the past two years. The union are also referring the matter to the Transport Committee of the GLA.
London Underground has today tabled a revised pay offer:
LOCAL REPS STAND FIRM AGAINST MANAGEMENT TRICKS
As you might be aware, management are continuing to bully and harass staff by making up new rules as they go along and by ignoring long-standing agreements with your union. This, of course, has helped to bring about the dispute we are now in with the company across the whole combine. At Arnos Grove depot, management have been trying out a few tricks of their own (see below); fortunately, our local reps have stood firm and refused to allow local management to brush aside agreements and staff rights.
SPECIALIST TRANSPORT union RMT is urging London Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport Secretary Lord Adonis to facilitate an urgent industry wide Olympics Summit between the unions, train operating companies, London Underground and Network Rail to set out a clear transport framework for the 2012 games.
The call comes on the first full day of RMT’s Annual General Meeting on the Isle of Man.
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (attached) prove once again that LUL/TfL's pay offers lag well behind rising prices - in other words will cut your pay in real terms.
In the year to May, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 2.2%. The Retail Price index - acknowledged as seriously underestimating real inflation - stood at -1.1%. RPIX (RPI, excluding mortgage interest payments) was +1.6%.
Here are some price rises for particular areas of your spending: