Campaigning for better working conditions
Here is the latest issue of Bakerloo News. Please download and distribute it in your Bakerloo Line workplace.
In this edition:
- Cleaners: prepare to strike!
- Win on MYB mess room
- Hot weather debacle
- SRT staff demand proper training
Dear colleague
JUSTICE FOR ABM CLEANERS
As you may know, RMT is currently in dispute with ABM in our campaign for “Justice for ABM Cleaners.”
Yesterday, 26th June 2019, your Regional Organiser John Leach along with RMT ABM representatives met the company's Contract Director and his HR team face to face to demand improvements on the key issues at stake in this dispute:
- Free Staff Travel
- Decent Company Sick Pay
- Access to a direct pension scheme, same as the TfL pension scheme
Subject: Marylebone Station Mess Room
We note the correspondence from Bakerloo Line Branch and instruct the General Secretary to convene a meeting at Unity House of the SAGS, Lead Officer, RMT Health & Safety Officer.
Health & Safety Reps, and NEC particularly the Health & Safety Sub Committee at the earliest opportunity.
Bakerloo Branch & Relevant Regional Council to be informed.
Subject: RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, CLEANERS – ABM (LU CONTRACT)
That we note the report from our Lead Officer following the meeting with our ABM union representatives; and that no movement on any of our matters raised have been addressed by the company. We therefore instruct the General Secretary to advise the company that we are in dispute over their failure to provide free staff travel, a company wide sick pay scheme
or decent company pension.
TUBE UNION RMT said today that it is moving into a ballot for strike action involving London Underground staff after crucial talks collapsed today with management refusing to offer any significant improvement to the pay and conditions of the workforce across the network.
Ballot preparations for 10,000 staff across all grades are now well advanced with the union saying it is angry and frustrated that a golden opportunity to come up with a positive offer has been blown by tube bosses today.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:
RMT revenue reps are to discuss all options including possible industrial action over LULs appalling decision to close all Line Revenue Offices.
The proposal is that all RCIs will be based at Baker Street in the current revenue control office. This includes all locker, shower and PC access only being available at Baker Street, an office that barely suits 40 odd people there now.
With nearly 140 RCIs being planned to move there , it’s a case of treating RCIs like sardines. It also means journey times of up to an hour to access mess facility’s and lockers.
STAFFING LEVELS
Update May 3rd 2019
Today your RMT TFC reps met with LUL to discuss levels on trains; the current numbers were agreed as part of the 2009 Agreement.
The formula used to determine which “Band” a depot fell in was based on various factors, including the number of duties at a depot, the position of the depot on the line, the frequency of trains, number of remote booking locations and the proximity of the train crew to a rolling stock depot.
Subject: RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2019 LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we instruct the General Secretary to organise a mass members meeting to discuss the following items:
SUBJECT: STAFFING LEVELS – ABM (LONDON UNDERGROUND CONTRACT)
That we note the report from our Lead Officer that the union is in receipt of a letter from ABM that now clarifies the headcount on the LUL contract; stating that the headcount is 2650, on top of their assurances that there will be no redundancies or job cuts.
Jubilee South News is the newsletter for tube workers, from activists in the Jubilee South branch.
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