To all RMT members in LUL:
Pay and Night Tube update
Today and earlier this week on Monday I met LUL directors, with our senior reps to discuss and negotiate on pay 2015 and night tube arrangements.
Once again no new offer was made.
As members will know LUL have so far tabled an offer of:
Pay
.. This is effectively a pay cut
2015 ...0.75%
2016.....RPI
Night tube
I can confirm that the next branch meeting will take place in our usual venue, The Torch Pub-Wembley at the usual time of 16:00hrs on Wednesday 20th May. Apologies again to those who attended the last meeting when the pub was closed for refurbishment.
Ode To A Scab
After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a waterlogged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
Comrades
There is a new rule going live on May 4th, OSN 118. This would see trains running in passenger services with no direct contact the controller. This is obviously an unacceptable risk to the RMT.
We have had various meetings with LU on this matter and we have continually objected to its introduction. As LU were intent on imposing this on us we have contacted our Head Office with a view to escalating the matter. You will be hearing from our union top brass in due course on this matter.
London Underground bosses have launched a new website for tube workers which supposedly provides some answers on what Night Tube will mean for us. However there is one big inaccuracy. A question on the site asks “Are you going to change staff frameworks?” And the answer given is that “we do not believe it is currently necessary”.
However LUL bosses - some time ago - said the opposite, writing to the RMT saying they wish to enter into negotiations on frameworks; and these negotiations are taking place right now.
The Night Tube website is clearly misleading.
To all RMT London Underground Industrial and H&S Representatives
Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service 2015 And Night Tube
Dear Colleagues
Please be advised that a mass meeting of representatives will take place for a report back from John Leach, Regional Organiser on the above two agenda items. Meeting details are as follows:
Mass Meeting of RMT Representatives
10.00 hours on Wednesday 6th May 2015
Conway Hall (Main Hall)
25 Red Lion Square
London
WC1R 4RL
Unions in TfL are making concerted efforts to schedule pay talks with TfL management, although no dates have yet been confirmed.
Over the last two weeks TfL Unions have held over twenty well-attended workplace meetings on pay across TfL, with more still to take place in the London Transport Museum and Dial-A-Ride. Feedback from members and non-members at these meetings tells us that the key aspects of this year’s pay talks are:
Sodexo secured 3 year contract extension with TfL with staffing structure changes taking effect on 1st July 2015; before those changes come in place, Sodexo plans:
Next meeting of the LT Regional Council will be held at 12 Pins 263 Seven Sisters Rd N4 2DE
Nearest station Finsbury Park
30 April 2015
Time 1630 - 1830
Please arrive on time as the meeting will start at 1630 prompt
Regional Organiser John Leach and EC member John Reid will be there to report and answer any questions.