Opposing cuts in staffing levels and jobs
RMT press release, 8 January 2010 ...
RAIL UNION RMT today announced arrangements for a rally and lobby of parliament on Wednesday 27th January 2010 in the fight to stop the axing of nearly 1500 safety-critical maintenance jobs by Network Rail. A timetable for a national ballot for industrial action by rail maintenance staff will be confirmed shortly.
Venue: Indian YMCA, Fitzroy Square, nearest station: Warren Street - map here.
Show your support for RMT’s fight for jobs, pay and justice!
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a notice advertising this meeting. Please distribute this widely at work.
London Underground's plans for slashing station staffing - leaked last week by RMT - will directly affect Stratford no.1 branch station staff in two major ways. Firstly, virtually all our ticket offices will close, with shedloads of jobs lost. Secondly, Barkingside group will be disbanded and its stations reallocated to Leyton and Buckhurst Hill groups.
New leaflet from RMT ... Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the leaflet; read the text below.
Station and Trains Admin: your jobs are about to be slashed by a group of senior managers enjoying large bonuses.
A number of groups are being dismantled and there will be a large reduction in staffing levels among admin staff and other grades.
New leaflet from RMT ... Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the leaflet; read the text below.
It has now come to the attention of the RMT that your jobs are about to be savagely slashed by the Senior Management! Yes the Senior Managers you supported by helping to keep stations open and trains running during strike action by the other grades and some in your own grade.
While these Senior Managers plan how to spend their bonus’s you can plan for your unemployment.
TUBE AND TfL union RMT today released new information which exposes the full extent of the first wave of cuts under Boris Johnson’s £5 billion tube savings programme with 144 station ticket offices and 1200 jobs under threat of the axe.
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TUBE UNION RMT today warned of serious risks to public safety as it emerged that track safety patrols are to be cut.
RMT are pointing to the move to halve safety inspections as clear evidence that claims by Mayor Boris Johnson that the £5 billion black hole facing TfL will not result in front line cuts are nonsense.
Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said: “We have warned all along that the multi-billion pound black hole facing TfL, and the financial chaos at Tube Lines, would result in real service cuts and would impact on safety and reliability.
Please Find Attached, the Current issue of The Neasden Flyer
Inside this issue...
Willesden Green Group Ballot for Strike Action
Defending Jobs & Agreements Train Operators Detraining instead of CSAs
Straford Market Depot Ballot for Strike Action
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Rail Union RMT revealed today that Network Rail have threatened to sack their entire maintenance workforce of 13,000 and to re-employ a reduced number of workers on new terms and conditions in a bid to bulldoze through a multi-billion pound cuts package.
The threat to sack the workforce, who carry out the essential day to day maintenance of tracks, signals and overhead lines, was thrown at RMT representatives during re-organisation talks.
This is RMT's Official circular regarding TfL - IR/301/09 dated 15th of October 2009, from General Secretary Bob Crow
Further to my circular of 9th October 2009, the General Grades Committee has asked me to make the necessary arrangements to convene a meeting under the auspices of ACAS in accordance with the TfL procedural agreements. I am given to understand that TSSA are making a similar approach.