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Tube pay offer 'nowhere near meeting the aspirations of our members'

Dear Colleagues,

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/0001)

Following a series of meetings between RMT and London Underground, management tabled the following offer in respect of your union's demands for an increase in pay and substantial improvements to members' terms and conditions:

Station overtime ban announced

Dear Colleagues,

DEFENDING JOBS, PENSIONS & AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/148/23, 24th May 2023), I wrote to LUL seeking talks in an effort to make progress over this dispute and in particular, the new rosters and staffing cuts which have been imposed on stations leading to unprecedented levels of station closures and a deterioration of members' work life balance. The clear need for full and proper station staffing has been further highlighted by recent serious assaults on station staff.

Industrial action short of strike continues following ballot success

  • Details of the continued 'action short of strike' are at the end of this circular.

24th May 2023

Circular No: IR/148/23                                               

Dear Colleagues,

DEFENDING JOBS, PENSIONS & AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)

Further to my previous Circular (IR/143/23, 17th May 2023), the ballot concluded with members voting as follows:

Are you prepared to take strike action?

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:      9,799

Mass meeting - Defend Jobs, Pensions & Agreements

Meeting

24th May 2023

Dear Colleagues,

DEFEND JOBS, PENSIONS AND AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND

You are all congratulated for returning a fourth vote in this dispute and giving a magnificent mandate to continue our fight to protect your jobs, pensions and agreements.

A meeting for all LUL members has been arranged on Tuesday 30th May 2023 at the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ from 15:00 to 17:00 hours to discuss our continued fight to Defend Jobs, Pensions & Agreements.

Please make every effort to attend.

Tube workers facing threats of violence after more than 100 hundred station closures in two months

RMT called on TfL to end its cuts programme, which is forcing repeated station closures across the network, opening staff up to abuse from frustrated passengers.

TfL has had its funding from central government dramatically cut but instead of standing up to ministers, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is cutting 600 staff and implementing a new rostering system that does not work.

Joint Trade Union TfL Pensions Working Group (PWG) newsletter update

Dear Colleague,

TFL PENSION FUND - INDEPENDENT REVIEW

I refer to my previous email of 2nd November 2023, I can advise that a further joint Trade Union TfL Pensions Working Group (PWG) newsletter update has been prepared in respect of the independent review into the TfL Pension Fund. The newsletter can be found by clicking on the following link https://bit.ly/3pxa2hy

I will keep you advised of future developments.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Lynch
General Secretary

 

Bakerloo News May 2023

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

In this edition is information on the reballot in our Jobs, Pensions and Agreements dispute; articles on proposed station job cuts and equality and an update on a Bakerloo branch motion calling for the creation of a democratic republic.

Please download the attached newsletter to read it. You can also print it out and distribute it in your Bakerloo Line workplace.

RMT rejects London Underground 'Train Modernisation' plans

RMT Regional Organiser Jared Wood has written to London Underground to reject their 'Train Modernisation' plans.

In his letter, Jared states:

"A future based on ten-hour shifts, six hours working without a meal-break, remote booking on/off without travelling time, cross-line working, short-notice cover, the end of most spare turns, an end to fixed links, maximising of driving time and minimising of breaks and the reduction of over 300 train operator positions cannot be accepted by RMT."