Regional Council Minutes 27/11/08

Submitted by Janine on 24 January, 2009 - 22:01

Attendance:

  • Bakerloo: Sean Geoghegan
  • Camden: Becky Crocker, John Reid, Pat O'Brien,
  • Central Line West: Vik Parmar, Vaughan Thomas
  • DLR: Les Sime
  • East Ham: Chris Baillie, Andy Izard
  • Finsbury Park: Frank Curtis, Dean O'Hanlon, C Joycham, Elizabeth Morgan, Neil Cochrane
  • LU Fleet: Kieran Crowe
  • Hammersmith & City: Josie Toussaint-Pinnock, Mark Harding
  • Jubilee South & East London: Jane Gwynn
  • LU Engineering: Paul Jackson, Andy Littlechild, Lewis Peacock, Frank Murray, Jackie Darby
  • Morden & Oval: Arwyn Thomas

Childcare payments

Submitted by Janine on 24 January, 2009 - 21:48

Regional Delegates who need to pay a babysitter to attend Regional Council meetings can claim the full cost from the Regional Council. Give claims in writing to the Secretary.

‘A Better Deal for Polish Workers’

The TUC/BERR Vulnerable Workers Project and the Federation of Poles in Great Britain Present:

‘A Better Deal for Polish Workers’

POSK Centre, 238-246 King Street, London W6 0RF

All trade unions, and unionlearn branches, in the Southern and Eastern Region of the TUC as well as statutory and voluntary sector providers have been invited to attend and run a stall.

Pay and the Economic Crisis: Answering the Arguments

Submitted by Janine on 24 January, 2009 - 15:17

"But other workers are losing their jobs."

Yes, and those workers could be our partners, sons, daughters or other dependants. If they lose their jobs, they will rely on our incomes more than ever.

Workers within TfL face job losses too. If we accept an inadequate pay deal, this will not protect our jobs: rather it will encourage management to attack them.

"But LUL/TfL has no money."

Cinema Trip: Harvey Milk - Assassinated Gay Rights Champion

Submitted by Admin on 23 January, 2009 - 12:38

LONDON TRANSPORT REGION LGBT

FREE night out at the cinema to watch MILK - Evening of Thursday 29th January

It’s the story of Harvey Milk, a middle-aged New Yorker who after moving to San Francisco became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt he was elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. A year later he was shot dead.

Fat Cats? How Much Our Bosses Are Paid

Submitted by Admin on 23 January, 2009 - 09:12

As London Underground and Transport for London prepare to tell us that they can not afford a decent pay rise for workers, what with the economic crisis 'n'all, let's look at how much they pay their top bosses ...

The figures for the most recent completed financial year (2007/08) revealed that ...

  • Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy was paid more than £540,000: a salary of £334,720 plus a bonus of £115,200 and other benefits.
  • Tim O'Toole, Managing Director of London Underground, £283,254 and a bonus of £73,115.