Ballot Result - Jobs, Pay and Justice Disputes - LUL and TfL

Submitted by Janine on 9 April, 2009 - 06:41

RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2009, REDUNDANCIES AND BREACH OF AGREEMENTS - LUL

Q1 Are you prepared to take strike action?

Number Voting Yes 3,165 Number Voting No 619

Q2 Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?

Number Voting Yes 3,495 Number Voting No 266

RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2009, REDUNDANCIES -TFL

Q1 Are you prepared to take strike action?

Number Voting Yes 71 Number Voting No 15

RMT outrage as ‘shameful and undemocratic’ legal challenge forces rerun of Tube strike ballot

Submitted by Janine on 8 April, 2009 - 23:00

Press release

LONDON UNDERGROUND’S biggest union today expressed outrage at a ‘shameful and undemocratic’ legal challenge by Tube bosses that has forced the re-run of a strike ballot of more than 9,000 RMT members – despite it yielding a five-to-one majority for action.

RMT today said it would re-run the ballot on the same issues of jobs and pay as soon as possible after the union received a detailed legal letter designed purely to undermine the ballot and as a preliminary to a court challenge.

RMT Members Denied Democratic Right to Strike

Submitted by Janine on 8 April, 2009 - 18:43

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DESPITE A MASSIVE DEMOCRATIC MANDATE FOR STRIKE ACTION, RMT MEMBERS ARE BEING DENIED THEIR LEGITIMATE RIGHT TO STRIKE AGAINST A FIVE-YEAR PAY FREEZE, MANAGEMENT BULLYING AND COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES.

THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF YOU VOTED DEMOCRATICALLY TO TAKE ACTION AS SHOWN BELOW

Q1 Are you prepared to take strike action? Over 83 per cent vote yes Number Voting Yes: 3,165 - Number Voting No: 619

Excess Wheel Screech Update.

Submitted by Eamonn Lynch on 8 April, 2009 - 11:45

At the recent TFAG, (Fleet Liaison) RMT H&S reps were told the reason for the problems with wheel/flange squeal have now been identified as being caused by grease pots either wrongly directed or being empty. This is exactly what the track people told RMT H&S reps back in February were definitely not causing the fault. MRIS, the specialist team brought in by Metronet, however have now confidently declared that they have been able to locate the source of the problems and will have it rectified by August 2009.

Proposed By Laws

Submitted by Admin on 7 April, 2009 - 17:50

Stratford no.1 branch will be considering adopting the following by-laws at its next meeting, 9 April.

1. The name of the Branch shall be Stratford no.1 branch.

2. Branch meetings shall be held at the Ex-servicemen's club, Leytonstone, every month but this may be varied from time to time as circumstances demand.

3. The meeting shall open at 17.00hrs and close at 19.15hrs.

Proposed Branch Election Procedures

Submitted by Admin on 7 April, 2009 - 17:47

Stratford no.1 branch will be considering adopting the following election procedures at its next meeting, 9 April.

1. All Officers and members of the Branch Committee shall be elected at the Annual Meeting and serve for one year. Retiring Officers shall be eligible for re-election.

2. Nominations for Branch Officers shall be taken at two Branch Meetings prior to the Annual Meeting. If nominations are not received for any particular position, such may be filled by nomination and election at the Annual Meeting.

Resolution: Israel and Gaza

Submitted by Janine on 7 April, 2009 - 14:07

Stratford no.1 branch has submitted the following resolution to RMT's AGM.

This AGM condemns Israel’s military assault on Gaza in December and January.

We reaffirm our existing policy demanding Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and an end to Israel’s siege of Gaza.

We ask the Executive to step up its campaigning on this issue in line with current policy, and in particular wish to see RMT run an appeal in support of an appropriate trade union project in the area.