Sharma Jugroop Employment Tribunal and remedy hearing decisions
Submitted by Eamonn Lynch on 21 February, 2019 - 07:59
The attached Employment Tribunal papers for Sharma Jugroop v London Underground.
Sharma Jugroop - Attacked and beaten by 20 youths - sacked by London Underground
Submitted by Eamonn Lynch on 20 February, 2019 - 21:30
.Sharma Jugroop - Attacked and beaten by 20 youths - sacked by London Underground.
Sharma Jugroop was a CSS on the east end of the central line who was racially abused and physically attacked by a gang of up to 20 youths in April 2017.
He was hospitalised as a result.
Cleaners' demo: Clean Up Outsourcing
Demonstrate on 26 February: clean up outsourcing!
RMT London Transport Regional Council is uniting with three other unions organising outsourced workers for a day of direct action against outsourcing.
Along with the Independent Workers’ union of Great Britain (IWGB), the United Voices of the World (UVW), and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) branch at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), RMT members will demonstrate on Tuesday 26 February to demand rights for outsourced workers, including direct employment.
All Transplant members balloted over bosses 'Transformation' cuts attack
Submitted by Admin on 20 February, 2019 - 01:20
SUBJECT: TFL TRANSFORMATION
That we note the report on file from the Lead Officer; that the company are steaming ahead trying to ride roughshod over our Transplant members with
Transformations job cuts.
The company has not only failed to consult the union properly; but have breached the Main Agreement which no union worth its salt would tolerate.
RMT secures ABM jobs victory, but fight goes on
Submitted by Admin on 20 February, 2019 - 01:18
SUBJECT: STAFFING LEVELS – ABM (LONDON UNDERGROUND CONTRACT)
That we note the report from our Lead Officer that the union is in receipt of a letter from ABM that now clarifies the headcount on the LUL contract; stating that the headcount is 2650, on top of their assurances that there will be no redundancies or job cuts.
Urgent meeting called over Harvinder Billing wrongful dismissal
Submitted by Admin on 20 February, 2019 - 01:13Subject: DISMISSAL, HARVINDER BILLING, CSA2, HEATHROW – LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we note the resolution from Piccadilly & District West Branch regarding the dismissal by the company of Bro Harvinder for allegedly not carrying out procedure
around ticket office accounting, when he has never been trained in the procedure as no training exists for CSA2s.
Trains Functional Council Report February 2019
Submitted by Admin on 19 February, 2019 - 17:47This report is an outline of train grade issues that the RMT Trains Functional Council are dealing with. For more details, please talk to your local rep or attend your branch merting.
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TFC report
Report: RMT Disabled Members' Advisory Committee, 28 January 2019
Submitted by Janine on 19 February, 2019 - 17:16Equal Rights Sub-committee Report
We welcomed Lee Rundle (National Executive member for the South West region) to the meeting. Lee told us about his experiences as a dyslexic member, as well as reporting on the National Executive's decisions on our resolutions from our meeting in November, which were:
Trains Health & Safety Council News: February 2019
Submitted by Admin on 19 February, 2019 - 16:22
The latest bulletin from your RMT trains health and safety council covers London Undergrounds worrying plan to cut train preparation frequency on the Bakerloo Line.
Please download the attached bulletin to read it, and then share it online with your colleagues.
Visually-Impaired Passengers Want More Staff Not Red Tabards!
Submitted by Janine on 19 February, 2019 - 16:10
London Underground Ltd claims that the red 'Here to Help' tabards make staff more visible to passengers, especially to visually-impaired passengers. RMT argues that the only effective way to make staff more visible is to employ more staff.