Security, 'Travelsafe' & Cleaning Members Working For Carlisle On The DLR To Strike For Better Pay

Submitted by Admin on 20 November, 2012 - 23:39

We note our Regional Organiser’s report, and the failure of the employer to meet the just demands of our security, Travelsafe and cleaning members on this contract. We instruct all members on this contract to:

  • take industrial action short of strike action by working to rule on Wednesday 28 November
  • take strike action by not booking on for any duties starting at or after 05:30 on Thursday
    29 November and to return to duties starting at or after 05:30 on Saturday 1 December.

We further instruct the General Secretary to:

Initial Cleaning Members To Take Industrial Action Over Pay

Submitted by Admin on 20 November, 2012 - 23:35

We instruct all members on this contract to take strike action by not booking on for any duties starting at or after 05:30 on Friday 30 November and to return to duties starting at or after 05:30 on Sunday 2 December.

We instruct the General Secretary to:

  • send a personal letter by post to all members involved, explaining this action.
  • email our London Underground members, urging their support for this action.

ISS Cleaners Pay & Conditions 2012

Submitted by Admin on 20 November, 2012 - 22:29

We instruct all members on this contract to take strike action by not booking on for any duties starting at or after 05:30 on Friday 30 November and to return to duties starting at or after 05:30 on Sunday 2 December.

We instruct the General Secretary to:

  • send a personal letter by post to all members involved, explaining this action.
  • email our London Underground members, urging their support for this action.

National Strategy For Justice For Cleaners In The Transport Industry

Submitted by Admin on 20 November, 2012 - 22:25

We note correspondence from our cleaning grade secretary requesting that following the transfer of cleaning members on London Underground to Vinci, we pursue a dispute on this contract.

We therefore instruct the General Secretary to urgently convene a meeting of our representatives on the Vinci contract to discuss how to progress this. A report of this meeting is to be placed in front of us as soon as is practical.

London Transport Regional Council and branches to be advised.

Tube Lines Staff New Wave Of Strike Action In Fight For Pension’s And Passes Justice

Submitted by Admin on 20 November, 2012 - 02:37

A NEW wave of tube strike action on London Underground will kick off on Friday in a long-running dispute over equality and a fair deal on pensions and passes for Tube Lines staff.

Previous strike action and an overtime ban led to the cancellation of tens of millions of pounds worth of essential engineering works on the Northern Line and raised new safety fears as the Emergency Response Unit joined with fellow Tube Lines staff in support of the fight for pensions and benefits justice.

The latest strike action will take place as follows:

Strategy Proposal For Fighting Job Cuts And Attacks On Tube Driver Conditions

Submitted by Janine on 20 November, 2012 - 00:24

As I understand it, the main current issues facing drivers are:

  • a clampdown on discipline and attendance
  • LUL refusing to confirm that Met line T/Ops only will operate the S7 train on the Met line
  • plans to deploy I/Ops on lines other than their own and/or to cross-train other lines' T/Ops or
    I/Os as occurred on the Met line
  • new drivers being repeatedly moved from depot to depot
  • the possible development of a pool of drivers covering a larger area than just one depot, or
    even one line

Stop the War on Gaza Now!

Submitted by Janine on 19 November, 2012 - 11:17

This message has been circulated by Sindyanna, a women's workers' co-operative associated with the Workers' Advice Centre (WAC-MAAN) in Galilee, which RMT supports.

Dear Friends of Sindyanna,

It is with a heavy heart that I forward this message from WAC-MAAN calling for an end to the war on Gaza, an end to the Israeli occupation, and a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.

Please read and share widely.

In hope of better days,

Hadas Lahav

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Inspiring Young Members- #oct20 A tale of two Cities

Submitted by jayeshjpatel on 19 November, 2012 - 01:50

On October the 20th 2012, what were you doing?
I was at a protest holding a banner whilst trying to tweet- a pretty difficult thing to do!
RMT young members played a key role in organising for the demonstration against austerity and to promote all this hard work I was snapping the moment and sharing with the world. Little did I know I had gained a new follower all the way up in Scotland and he too was a RMT young member who had not been involved with the young members group but was at the Glasgow demo.