News, reports and information for London Transport cleaners
SUBJECT: JUSTICE FOR ABM CLEANERS (FORMERLY “RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, CLEANERS ABM (LU CONTRACT)
That we note the ballot result for Strike Action is as follows:
Number of members balloted: 620
Total votes cast: 299 (48.2%)
Number voting YES: 294 (98.3%)
Number voting NO: 5 (1.7%)
Spoilt papers: 0
The 40% threshold was met but the 50% turnout thresholds were not met.
Jubilee South news is produced by RMT Jubilee South branch activist. Please download and distribute it in your workplace.
In this edition:
Ballot planned as RMT rejects Tube pay offer
CSA sacked as AM ditches right to redeployment
Workplace violence increasing
ABM boss earns £4.5m
Detrainment staff return to the W&C line
As tube cleaners ballot for action RMT reveals they would have to work 20 years to earn a TfL executive’s annual pay packet.
As tube union RMT ballots Tube cleaners for industrial action for pay justice the union has revealed that an Underground cleaner would have to work for nearly 20 years to earn the £374,000 TfL’s highest executive makes in just one year, while it would take them 246 years to earn the £4.5 million the CEO of the US outsourcing company that employs them pulls in annually.
Bakerloo News is the newsletter for Bakerloo Line workers and is produced by RMT activists.
In this edition:
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STRIKE PAY FOR RMT ABM TUBE CLEANERS!
The RMT NEC has just unanimously agreed an INITIAL £100,000 for hardship payments for striking Tube Cleaner Members!
"That we note the call to support our ABM members and Instruct the General Secretary to initially ring-fence £100k for hardship payments to our members who participated in strike action. This is to be kept under review."
Together We Are Stronger!
JUSTICE FOR TUBE CLEANERS!
Jubilee South branch have produced a special newsletter as part of our efforts to build the ABM Tube cleaners' ballot. Cleaners are being balloted in a fundamental fight for free staff travel, decent pensions and sick pay.
In this edition:
For Pensions, Sick Pay And Free Travel
The Law and taking strike action
Free Staff Travel
Company sick pay
Decent pensions
Ballot to win justice begins
29 October 2019
VOTING PAPERS ARRIVING THIS WEEK!
Dear colleague
JUSTICE FOR ABM CLEANERS
The ballot to win justice for you and your colleagues at ABM opened yesterday so you should be receiving your voting papers in the next couple of days.
TUBE UNION RMT has confirmed that a strike vote involving cleaners the length and breadth of London Underground in a fight for workplace justice has kicked off today.
Dear Colleagues,
JUSTICE FOR ABM CLEANERS (LUL/14/2)
A dispute situation was declared by the National Executive Committee over the company's failure to provide free staff travel, a company-wide sick pay scheme and a decent company pension (Ref: IR/240/19, 13th June 2019).
No progress on these matters has been achieved, despite the best efforts of our representatives and negotiators. Therefore, notice of a ballot of all RMT members at the company was served on ABM this week and the ballot opens on Monday 28th October 2019 and closes on Tuesday 19th November 2019.
Report on ABM Tube Cleaners RMT Ballot Campaign Activities
*Workplace Visits*
Today we visited cleaner members & non members on the North End of the Bakerloo Line, the South End of the Northern Line & Acton Town Depot
Cleaners were leafleted, the importance of a strong YES vote in the ballot was explained, a non-member was joined into the union & members were put into the RMT Cleaners WhatsApp.
*Organising Meeting*