Every Job Matters - Defending London Underground Jobs

Dear Colleagues,

STRIKE ACTION SUSPENDED – MEMBERS INSTRUCTED TO WORK NORMALLY

EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND

I wrote to you on Friday advising you that your negotiators believed that some progress had been made, but the company at the last minute decided to impose pre-conditions, including RMT calling off strike action and totally withdrawing from the current dispute, this would have meant a new ballot being required for any further industrial action.

This is the May edition of Every Job Matters - Trains Dispute Report. In this edition:

• Train drivers are fit for the fightback
• Why did we strike?
• LUL wrecks ACAS talks
• Job for life promise for drivers in doubt
• ACAS Update
• Transport For All support
• TUC support
• Strike pay periods

• The two sets of strike action fall in two different pay periods.
• The CSS bonus is due to be paid in one of these two.
• Your branch may be able to help if you are suffering hardship: speak to your rep or branch secretary.
• RMT’s Executive is discussing making more money available for striking members.

In any case, think what you stand to lose if TfL/LUL imposes these cuts - 20% pay cut? Frozen pension? No job?!

Report on talks at ACAS, 2 May 2014, about Every Job Matters dispute with London Underground Ltd from John Leach, RMT Regional Organiser

So, what really happened?

At 10:00 hours yesterday morning, I as Regional Organiser and eleven other lead reps from all grades attended talks at ACAS to see if we could find a way forward in this dispute.

Piccadilly News is the newsletter for drivers at Arnos Grove, Acton Town and Northfileds.

In this edition:

• Rock solid again
• Arnos Grove depot - best supported strike at Arnos Grove ever
• Acton Town and Northfields - There was a tremendous show of support from all but a few
• Once again, RMT station staff responded magnificently tothe strike call
• Attack on pensions

This General Grades Committee notes the report from our Lead Officer and are extremely dismayed that London Underground has failed to make any significant offer at ACAS that would be acceptable to this union and our members. Not only that, but LU’s last minute conditional demand that we withdraw our dispute over this is completely inappropriate and not how this union does business. It is also a reprehensible attempt to interfere with the internal democracy of this union. As a consequence our strike action scheduled for next week remains on.

Dear Colleagues,

EVERY JOB MATTERS - DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND

STRIKE ACTION ON

This week saw the RMT take their second 48 hour period of strike action against London underground's devastating plan to close all ticket offices and shut nearly a thousand jobs. Many tube lines were suspended by the RMT action, with big delays across all other lines.

RMT is mid way through a planned five days of all-out strike action across London Underground after long-running talks hosted by ACAS, aimed at settling the dispute over cuts to jobs, ticket offices and safety, were wrecked by a combination of management intransigence and the introduction of additional measures that actually worsened the original toxic package. It has also been made crystal clear to the union that this is just a first tranche of cuts with even harder attacks being lined up for the near future.

The RMT is today (2nd May, 2014) back at ACAS following the recent industrial action.

Transport For All, an organisation which champions the cause of accessible transport in the capital, has voiced serious concerns about London Underground's cuts plan.

The organisation of disabled and older people said of the plans to shut all ticket offices and cut nearly a thousand workers: