News, reports and information for RMT members who work for London Underground Ltd
Here is London Underground's reply to the letter that your Regional Organiser sent to him objecting to the company deducting staff's pay or leave on the day of heavy snow ...
Impact of Adverse Weather on 2 February 2009
I am writing in response to continuing demands for further discussion of LU's approach at a recent Stations Functional Council meeting.
What they say ... Boris: I won't dock pay of snowed-in Tube staff after all... Mayor Boris Johnson today backtracked on a decision not to pay Tube staff who failed to turn up for work because of the snow. ... A spokesman for Mr Johnson said ... "The Mayor has absolutely no intention of penalising anyone who failed to get to work due to last week's exceptional weather." Evening Standard, 9 February
What they do ... Dock London Underground workers' pay or leave.
Join our protest outside Mayor's Question Time at City Hall (nearest station: London Bridge).
This is the excerpt from the General Secretary's report to the 2009 AGM concerning the obs, pay and justice dispute on London Underground ...
At the time of writing these notes RMT again found itself having to withdraw from a ballot for industrial action on legal grounds. The tragedy here is that we had a massive vote in favour of both strike action (3,165 for and only 619 against) and action short of a strike (3,495 to 266) delivered by our members.
Venue: Friends House, Euston Road
Speakers:
Click '1 attachment'/file name to download a leaflet advertising the meeting. Please distribute widely.
This letter is from Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it. Read the text below.
To All Probationers and Apprentices Employed by LUL - Our Ref : LUL/14/2 - 19th May 2009
Dear Colleague,
Current Dispute with London Underground.
As you know we are currently balloting all LUL members for strike action and action short of a strike over the company’s refusal to make a reasonable offer on pay, breaches of long standing agreements and their proposals to make up to 3000 staff redundant.
From RMT General Secretary, Bob Crow
Dear Colleague,
LUL: Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service 2009, Redundancies and Breach of Agreements
Further to my earlier letters, I am writing to remind you that the re-ballot in this dispute begins today and you should receive your ballot paper in the next day or so.
You returned a magnificent YES vote for action in the first ballot, but LUL turned to their lawyers and used technicalities that would have made no difference to the outcome to stop your union using that mandate for action.
RMT members working for LUL recently returned a massive YES vote for industrial action to oppose the company's insulting pay offer, it's job cut proposals, and it's complete disregard of agreements such as the Attendance at Work Policy. With a good turnout, over 83% of members voted for strike action and 94% for action short of a strike. The message sent out by this result could hardly be clearer: We will not stand by while you cut staff, attack our living standards and bully us into working when we're sick.
Click on the attachment to read or download the May 2009 edition of Monthly News.
This is London Underground's policy on facilities for union reps. If you are not getting all that you are entitled to, raise it with your employing manager, and also advise your branch secretary.
From RMT official circular IR/152/09, dated 7th May 2009
Dear Colleague,