RMT Upgrades News May 2019

Submitted by Admin on 10 May, 2019 - 14:56

RMT Upgrades News has all the latest information about the 4LM project and S Stock issues. Please click the link to read the newsletter. You can then share this story online or print the newsletter out and distribute it in your depot.

In this edition:

  • RMT demand management honour ATO training commitments

  • Traction Brake Controllers

  • New Signalling Interface Display software

  • New Master Control Switch

  • Customer Info System

  • Train Control Management System Human Machine Interface

Cancelled: Join the demo at City Hall against London Underground safety-critical cuts plan

Important demonstration at City Hall against London Underground safety-critical cuts to fleet preparation schedules  - 09:00 Thursday 16th May

Dear colleague,

As an RMT London Underground member, you'll most likely be aware that your colleagues in London Underground maintenance and engineering recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in relation to proposed safety critical cuts.

Employment conditions at ABM 'of grave concern' to RMT

Submitted by Admin on 9 May, 2019 - 19:18

Subject: RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, CLEANERS – ABM (LU CONTRACT)

That we note the resolution from the London Transport Regional Council regarding the impoverisation of our cleaner members by ABM using their super-exploitation model of employment, presided over by London Underground, TfL and the London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Blog: Bakerloo Line branch of the RMT calls for radical socialist policies to confront climate change

Submitted by Admin on 8 May, 2019 - 09:37

The Bakerloo Line branch of the RMT has called for radical socialist policies to confront climate change. The branch discussed the issue in the context of a growing movement of direct-action activity around climate change, including some in and around London Underground workplaces, and passed a resolution. We publish the text of the resolution below, as part of ongoing efforts to build dialogue and solidarity between trade unions and the radical climate movement.
 

Upcoming events for socialists

Submitted by Admin on 7 May, 2019 - 17:12

DO NOT MISS THESE SPECIAL EVENTS

Join RMT members, as well as friends and family, at these great social and commemorative events this year. With Banners Held High, Merthyr Rising, the RMT and Cuba Solidarity Campaign Garden Party, the Durham Miners' Gala, the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and the Burston Strike School Rally are all chances to celebrate RMT and other unions' history and recommit to preserving and extending our legacy:

RMT train reps call for review into insufficient driver numbers

Submitted by Admin on 3 May, 2019 - 14:39

STAFFING LEVELS
Update May 3rd 2019

Today your RMT TFC reps met with LUL to discuss levels on trains; the current numbers were agreed as part of the 2009 Agreement.

The formula used to determine which “Band” a depot fell in was based on various factors, including the number of duties at a depot, the position of the depot on the line, the frequency of trains, number of remote booking locations and the proximity of the train crew to a rolling stock depot.

Jubilee South News May 2019

Submitted by Admin on 2 May, 2019 - 14:53

Jubilee South News is the Newsletters for tube workers on the Jubilee Line between Westminster and Stratford, including drivers at North Greenwich and Stratford, cleaners, caterers and signalers at Stratford Market Depot.

In this edition:

  • It’s official, shift work is a killer

  • RMT General Secretary election nomination

  • Dust Update

 

  • Pay Claim 2019

Please download the attached newsletter to read it, and then share it online or print it out and distribute it in your workplace.