London Transport Museum staff - RMT and TSSA members, are expecting news of redundancies any day now. We and calling for support at two City Hall lobbies to ask TfL to restore the £1.5 million cut from the museum!
Angry Bakerloo passengers have tweeted:
“Bakerloo line has been just an appalling service all week. I leave my house earlier and earlier each day and appear to get to work later!!”
“I would rather hop everywhere than have to get on the Bakerloo Line again.”
“Is there any refund procedure for continuous delays to your service? Bakerloo line is an absolute joke at the moment.”
With over 3000 passenger overcarries into the Queens Park sidings last year, culminating in the near fatality of a 12 year old boy in October, drivers are physically checking that trains are empty of passengers before moving trains into sidings.
KNOW YOU RIGHTS – USE THEM OR LOSE THEM!
It may not feel like it at times, but you have rights at work! Some are set down in law, some are company policies and agreements fought for by RMT.
These laws and rights cover issues such as:
The RMTs new broadsheet 'We Can Stop Job Cuts' for the London Transport Region, is now available for distribution in workplaces. The RMT's London Region acting Regional Secretary said "Please could representatives make arrangements for collection accordingly for direct distribution into workplaces in accordance with the General Grades Committee’s decision. When you come, you will find a collection sheet and you are asked to put your name and workplace on it just so we know where the papers have gone.
At yesterdays Health & Safety tier 2 meeting it was agreed that on TBTC lines when working a train out of service station skip would not be used and T/Ops would manually start trains at every station.
At the present time when auto is not permitted T/Ops drive in protected manual and we maintained that this should remain the case.
Management suggested that T/Ops could have a choice to either work the train in auto or PM and we have said we will take this away and discuss with the Reps on the lines concerned.
This letter is from the Pensions Working Group 'staff-side' of RMT, ASLEF, TSSA and Unite, to the human resources director of TfL.
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON PENSION FUND 2012 TRIENNAL ACTUARIAL VALUATION RESULTS
Folíowìng the Pensions Working Group (PWG) Staff Side meeting held on 14th January 2013 it is requested that you consider the following:
The Workers Education Authority is running a course "An Introduction To The History Of Black People In Britain." Black and Asian people have been an active part of British society for centuries. This course gives a broad overview of the experience of immigrants and their interaction with settled populations, particularly in relation to slavery and the labour movement.
The course takes place over three consecutive Saturdays from March the 2nd of March between 10am and 2pm.
The course is held at the WEA Learning Centre, 96 - 100 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4TP.