Attendance: Janine Booth, James Wong-McSweeney, Adrian Finney, Pat O'Brien, Carol Foster, Olly New, Frank Curtis, Gary Doyle, Dean O'Hanlon, Glenroy Watson Apologies: Adrian Rowe, Steve Hedley, Paul Rutland, Paul Jackson, Mick Crossey, Linda Wiles, Vaughan Thomas

1. RECRUITMENT AND ORGANISING

We endorsed the suggestions from the Branch Membership Secretaries' training day, listed here.

We agreed to ask the Regional Organiser to convene a 'spheres of influence' meeting as part of our next Organising Team meeting, on Tuesday 14 September, 13:00, Unity House.

Update on density calculation exercise: Gavin not yet been given release.

Cleaners: agreed to:

• ask GS if Unity House can be used once per month for cleaner's grade meeting - LTRC to meet any cost
• write to cleaners' grade secretary asking for report on meetings
• write to Education Officer asking for three-day course for cleaner reps
• ask RO for update on recognition with ISS
• discuss with cleaners what is their key demand: free travel? better mess room facilities?
• discuss further how best to take up the issue of immigration status

2. COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES REPORT

Olly reported on:

• Tube Lines - offer accepted
• LU Fleet ballot re maintenance optimisation
• Met line management, want to keep train wheels in service with pits up to 45mm!
• LU Machinery of Negotiation
• Kevin Mortell - reballot
• LU Stations Framework Agreement
• East Ham ballot result (clarification required)
• LU ballot result tomorrow; protest/leafleting at Euston
• DLR referendum

Q&A included detailed discussion on options for LU industrial action.

We agreed to fund the costs of the rally on 24 August.

Janine reported Ross' suggestion of T-shirts and placards; no definite decision made.

3. DECISIONS OF LAST LTRC MEETING

Janine gave update on implementation of all decisions.

GS rejected two resolutions as too similar to AGM decisions. Agreed that Janine should ask GS for update on progress with implementing these decisions.

4. NEXT LTRC MEETING

3 resolutions accepted:

• LONDON UNDERGROND PAY CLAIM 2011 (Stratford no.1 branch)
• RMT MEMBERSHIP 'APP' (Neasden branch)
• RMT WEBSITE (Neasden branch)

Janine to email resolutions to all branch secretaries.

Bob Crow to be guest speaker at meeting.

Also agreed to request to invite Rise Up festival campaigner to speak; if possible at September meeting; if necessary, at August meeting.

5. REPORTS

• Carol Foster - women's lunch successful; to organise follow-up in October; £33 expenses agreed (receipt lost)
• Glenroy Watson - need to carry out last year's decision to hold conference for station supervisors on cleaners' issues
• Glenroy Watson - Reparations Conference, 23 August
• Glenroy Watson - Mumia Abu-Jamal film showing, 12 August