RMT is leafleting the public throughout this week over the victimisation and discrimination of health and safety rep Eamonn Lynch

Bakerloo Line drivers are striking this Saturday, 15 January, because London Underground (LU) has unfairly and unlawfully sacked our workmate.

Eamonn Lynch has been a London Underground driver for 15 years and has an unblemished safety record. During a service disruption in October 2010, Eamonn carried out instructions from the Network Rail Signaller and Bakerloo Line Controller to get the service moving and prevent delays to your journey. It turned out that the instructions were wrong, and LU
bosses used this a pretext to sack Eamonn. The company did not discipline the managers who gave the instructions, and has not dismissed other drivers in similar situations.

LU sacked Eamonn because he is an effective health and safety representative - a champion
for passengers’ and workers’ safety on the Bakerloo Line. You do not need to take our word
for this: an Employment Tribunal Judge has ruled that LU dismissed Eamonn unfairly
because of his trade union activities. It is unlawful to discriminate against an employee on the
grounds of their race, sexuality, disability, gender or trade union activities.

Despite this ruling, LU has upheld Eamonn’s sacking, and is now pursuing this vindictive
dismissal despite its cost to you, the passengers. On 10 December, RMT asked LU Directors
to overturn this sacking; a month later, they have not replied. The company has refused to
listen to our representations, and has refused to listen to an Employment Tribunal Judge.
Drivers have reluctantly concluded that we can only make LU listen by striking. We are
losing pay in doing so, and taking this course of action as a last resort - but we cannot stand
by and tolerate this injustice and discrimination against our workmate.

Your journey is being disrupted on Saturday because of LU’s unjust actions. London Underground has acted as though it is above the law.

Bakerloo drivers are taking a stand against injustice and discrimination.

Please help us to win Eamonn’s job back and prevent further strikes:

Send us a message of support. E-mail bakerlooline@rmt.org.uk
Urge London Underground to reinstate Eamonn. Write to Customer Service Centre,
London Underground, 55 Broadway, London SW1H 0BD, or phone 0845 330 9880
E-mail Boris Johnson mayor@london.gov.uk