Campaigning for better working conditions
Transport union RMT said today that is continuing to apply pressure in discussions with TFL for full support and protection for London Transport staff as the Covid-19 emergency continues.
RMT pressure, at both workplace and Functional level, has resulted in an agreement that all areas must implement local arrangements to revise staff deployment and shift allocation on the basis of emergency BNSs and the reduced service.
download the attached poster. You could also print and distribute it in your depot.
Most drivers will be aware of the Boxing Day “agreement” that was hastily signed off by Aslef about 9 years ago. It was a very unsatisfactory deal because the bonus of £350 wasn’t index linked and has consequently gone down in value every year.
27th of March 2020
RMT welcomes news that privatised tube cleaners are to get full sick pay after union campaign
RMT Upfront is the newsletter for tube drivers, produced by RMT activists.
This editions focusses on the decision to ballot our 1700 tube drivers and 12,000 members across the tube.
Please download the attached newsletter, print it out and display and distribute it in your depot.
RMT moves to ballot all tube staff over failure of London Underground to come up with acceptable pay offer.
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today this it is moving to an urgent ballot of 10,000 staff across London Underground for both strike action and action short of a strike after more than a year of negotiations have failed to produce an offer on pay that meets the very reasonable demands of the workforce.
After two meetings with senior Bakerloo managers and
three meetings at the Arbitration and Conciliation Service
(Acas), we are no further forward in our efforts to resolve
our dispute with LU over our shambles of a timetable.
JUSTICE FOR STATION AND REVENUE STAFF (LUL/14/2)
I previously advised you that RMT has launched a campaign for Justice for Station and Revenue Staff (Ref: IR/023/20, 15th January 2020, with the immediate instruction from your National Executive Committee being that I commence a ballot of Revenue Control Inspectors.
RMT Tube cleaners’ report released today outside Parliament reveals fears that cleaning contractor is putting profits before passengers
A new report by Tube union RMT released today at a demonstration outside Parliament, with the support of MPs, shows London Underground cleaning staff believe US owned corporate giant ABM, which is responsible for cleaning the Tube, is putting profits before passengers and is engaged in widespread discrimination against cleaning workers.