RMT Tube cleaners secure victory on staff travel

Submitted by Admin on 25 September, 2022 - 20:28

RMT today welcomed the news that heroic cleaners on London’s Underground network will receive free travel on Transport for London services as of the new financial year.

Following a long campaign fought by the union, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today announced that the cleaners, who are outsourced to US company ABM, will finally get the free travel given to directly employed TfL staff. The Mayor has also asked TfL to look into making sure the cleaners get sick pay and to assess whether they can finally be brought in-house in April 2023.

RMT response to mini budget

Submitted by Admin on 23 September, 2022 - 22:05

Responding to the Chancellor's comments in his mini budget on further restrictions for unions, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said:

"We already have the most severe anti-democratic trade union laws in Western Europe and this latest threat will rightly enrage our members.

"The government should be working towards a negotiated settlement in the national rail dispute, not seeking to make it even harder to take effective strike action.

Newsletter: Organising Workers on the River Thames

Submitted by Admin on 8 September, 2022 - 20:53

In the latest newsletter from the RMT River Thames branch:

  • RIVER THAMES UPDATE By Branch Secretary Sarah Emmings
  • CONTINUE WITH THE GOOD WORK! By Darren Procter, National Secretary
  • ICONIC RIVER – POOR EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS By NEC member Dale Kember
  • THE ROLE OF RIVER THAMES BRANCH
  • SODEXO BATEAUX
  • ORGANISING AT RNLI
  • PENSIONS ON THE THAMES
  • And much more

Please download the attached newsletter to read all the articles.

TfL to identify options to 'save' £100m a year on pension costs

Submitted by Admin on 8 September, 2022 - 11:45

Circular No: IR/195/22                                                         

8th September 2022

Dear Colleagues,

DEFENDING JOBS, PENSIONS AND AGREEMENTS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)

Further to my my previous Circular (IR/166/22), dated 10th August 2022, the Regional Organiser has met with your representatives to discuss the funding agreement recently made between the Department for Transport and TfL.

RMT joins mass lobby of parliament

Save the dates! We Demand Better! TUC mass lobby of Parliament and Autumn of Action

Dear RMT member

Mass Lobby of Parliament - Wednesday 19th October 2022

This winter, working people will be pushed to breaking point. The cost of everything is going up - from energy and fuel, to food and other household essentials, whilst at the same time wages are being cut. 

This economic crisis is no accident. It is a direct result of successive failures of government, and a government that puts profits before people.

TfL agree 'wholescale attacks on your jobs, pensions, agreements and potential future pay awards'

Submitted by Admin on 31 August, 2022 - 16:03

31st August 2022

Dear Colleagues,

DEFEND JOBS, PENSIONS & AGREEMENTS – LONDON UNDERGROUND

Further to previous correspondence, TfL has now settled its funding agreement with the Department for Transport. This was done without any input or consultation with the Union and as expected, it contains a raft of wholescale attacks on your jobs, pensions, agreements and also potential future pay awards.

Notably, the funding agreement contains and confirms the following attacks:-

Video: Protesting outside Palestra for proper TfL funding

Submitted by Admin on 30 August, 2022 - 15:24

As the TfL board meet in Palestra to discuss the proposed funding deal, RMT Regional Organiser Jared Wood joins the protest outside.

Unlike other European capitals the Government is refusing to provide proper funding for London Transport. As a result, our public transport could be on the brink of collapse. There are already cuts to services and staffing on bus and tube.