Tube Bosses Lies Over Bakerloo Line Staffing Dispute
Submitted by Admin on 6 February, 2013 - 17:21
TUBE UNION RMT today slammed underground bosses for continuing to spin the travelling public a total pack of lies over the impact of an on-going staffing and de-trainment dispute on the Bakerloo line which is leading to major disruption to services day in and day out.
Remembering The 173 Who Died At Bethnal Green Tube Station
Submitted by rmtlondon on 5 February, 2013 - 03:30
The Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster turned out to be the worst civilian disaster of World War 2, yet very few people know about it.
The Central line had not reached further East than Liverpool Street when the 2nd World war broke out, so work on the unfinished Bethnal Green underground station stopped. It was a natural place for East Londoners to shelter in safety from the bombs, particularly during the Blitz. There was no track and no trains could run through it, so it could accommodate up to 10,000 people sleeping on the platforms, in the tunnels and in the pit where the track would normally have been. Unlike the present 3 entrance/exits to the station there was only one entrance to the shelter during the war. You went through a narrow doorway that opened out straight onto the rough, wide steps, that were open to the elements so there could be no light to show the way down otherwise enemy planes would have seen it.
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Submitted by rmtlondon on 5 February, 2013 - 03:28February 2013 Regional Council Executive Report & Motions Passed - Additional Motion
Submitted by Admin on 4 February, 2013 - 20:27This motion is part of the article February 2013 Regional Council Executive Report & Motions Passed.
it was passed at February's LTRC meeting.
Request for information from Stratford Branch in relation to report compiled by Brian Whitehead - by CAMDEN 3
February 2013 Regional Council Executive Report & Motions Passed
Submitted by Admin on 4 February, 2013 - 19:49This report of the February RMT London Transport Regional Council meeting has notes from our Executive Member Janine Booth's report, and the motions passed at the meeting. For more information please use the links to relevant articles where they are provided or speak to your local rep. You can also contact us for more details.
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Submitted by rmtlondon on 4 February, 2013 - 01:24Feb 2013 London Calling Newsletter
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 3 February, 2013 - 20:44FIGHT AGAINST JOB CUTS
Members should already be in receipt of the broadsheet, "We Can Stop Job Cuts". This outlines how we lost over 800 jobs between March 2011 & March 2012, while passenger numbers have soared to record levels. The Broadsheet details all the arguments of our Union to maintain a fully staffed, publicly owned and integrated transport system.
Cuts Cost Lives - Staff Save Lives
Submitted by Admin on 3 February, 2013 - 16:05CUTS COST LIVES ... STAFF SAVE LIVES
RMT has warned that London Underground was planning to plunge the tube system into the same lethal cocktail of safety cuts and automation that led to nine people being killed on the Washington DC Red Line service in 2009.
- In June 2009, a rush-hour crash on the Washington DC metro killed nine people, including the operator. It was caused by failure of the automated system, and the Washington Post called it “the price of parsimony” after numerous near-misses went unheeded against a background of cuts to maintenance
schedules and inspections.