London Underground bulletin - June 2023

Submitted by Admin on 23 June, 2023 - 16:26

In this inaugural edition of London Underground Bulletin:

  • New permanent commissioner establishes benchmark for pay
  • TfL presses on with further £600m of cuts
  • Further Strike Action inevitable
  • Unions prevent inclusion of COVID items in attendance disciplinary action

Please download the attached newsletter to read all the latest news. You can also print and display or distribute it in your London Underground workplace.

Faults on 4LM signalling system

Submitted by Admin on 22 June, 2023 - 13:45

Dear Colleague,

LUL – FAULTS IN 4LM SIGNALLING SYSTEM

I have received alarming reports from my Tier 2 safety reps in the Trains and Service Control functions of LUL; a number of software issues have come to light as the Thales 4LM automatic train system is rolled out. LUL was unable to contradict my representatives’ assertion that the railway no longer fails safe. The company accepts that a risk of derailment and/or collision has been imported with the roll out of the 4LM project.

RMT demands ABM's 'Project Lean' is stopped

Submitted by Admin on 22 June, 2023 - 08:31

21st June 2023

Dear RMT Member,

CHANGES TO WORK LOCATIONS AND ADDITIONAL WORKLOADS (PROJECT LEAN) – ABM (LUL)

I have received reports from your RMT Reps that ABM are calling you into meetings where members feel pressurized into accepting more work at more locations. This is taking place as part of a review of responsibilities and work locations which the Company is calling ‘Project Lean’.

Bakerloo News June 2023

Submitted by Admin on 22 June, 2023 - 08:20

Bakerloo News is the newsletter for workers on the Bakerloo line.

In this edition:

  • Cleaners: it’s your union!
  • Dispute update: more strikes due!
  • Equality is a union issue
  • LUL PAY UPDATE
  • Are you a future union rep?

Please download the attached newsletter to read more and share / display it in your Bakerloo Line workplace.

Windrush 75th Anniversary Events

Submitted by Admin on 20 June, 2023 - 08:46

Dear Colleagues,

Windrush 75th Anniversary Events

On 22nd June it will be the 75th Anniversary of when HMT Empire Windrush arrived in Britain. There will be many events to commemorate this anniversary around the country, and I write to highlight and encourage attendance at two in London:

Sign the petition to support rail cleaners

Submitted by Admin on 15 June, 2023 - 00:00

Dear colleague,

Sign new petition to win travel facilities for rail cleaners, security guards and other outsourced workers

15th June is International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Guards, which is held each year in memory of a group of Los Angeles janitors who were beaten up by the police during a peaceful demonstration against their contractor.

Thales pay and conditions update - referendum of offer announced

Submitted by Admin on 7 June, 2023 - 15:45

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - THALES GTS (LUL/0001/T(GTS)) 

Following talks with the Company, the offer which has now been received for Thales GTS Collective Staff Graded 1-7 in JF07 & 10 is as follows:

          Year One:

·A 6% increase, effective 1st January 2023

·For LR4 employees whose base salary is under £30k per annum; an enhanced offer of 8% on base salary (except apprentices who are managed outside the collective on fixed pay scales)

          Year Two: