The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing in elections on Thursday 3 May for the London Assembly against cuts and privatisation of public services.
This motion was passed at Jubilee South & East London Lines April Meeting - it relates to this story
It is disgraceful that such clearly homophobic adverts could get so near to being placed on London buses.
Jubilee South And East London line Branch passed the following motion at their April meeting
Jubilee South & East London Line Branch believe that our negotiators should and mostly do reflect the general feeling amongst LTRC members and reps when negotiating on our unions behalf.
This branch agrees that we should not be working outside of our frameworks during the Olympic period. This remains our view whether it is voluntary or if we are forced to break agreements.
We welcome the correspondence from ASLEF and TSSA agreeing to seek a joint approach to protecting London Underground staffing levels for the duration of the current pay settlement. We instruct the General Secretary to arrange an early meeting with ASLEF and TSSA on this matter, and to press Unite for a response. This issue to be placed back in front of us with a report of this meeting, and in the event of any other development.
London Transport Regional Council and branches with London Underground members to be advised.
We note the request from our Regional Organiser and accordingly instruct the General Secretary to advise London Underground that we are in dispute with the company on this matter and are available for talks to seek a resolution.
London Transport Regional Council and branches to be advised.
We note the correspondence from our lead officer, and share his alarm that Tube Lines has notified members that it to change its occupational health provider from Aviva to Capita without any consultation with this union, and has written to members asking them to sign release forms for their medical information to be transferred to Capita.
We note the report from our Regional Organiser, who met with Cubic Transportation services
today to discuss our pay claim and an Olympic bonus. The company:
RMT London Taxi Branch notes the instruction by Addison Lee PLC (A London Private Hire Operator) to instruct their driver to break the law by using bus lanes reserved for Buses and Taxis.
We demand that Transport for London (TfL) suspends the operating licence of Addison Lee PLC with immediate effect and rigorously enforce the Bus Lanes to prevent such dangerous and reckless behaviour.
From RMT General Secretary Bob Crow
Members of the RMT employed at Tube Lines are due to take part in strike action, the period of the strike will be from 16.00 hours on 24th April until 16.00 hours on 27th April.
Should you, as an individual, feel that as part of your duties you are placing yourself in serious or imminent danger during the dispute you should comply with your company’s policy as required by the MHSW.
Attached to this circular is a pro-forma should you wish to record your concerns in writing to your management.
TUBE UNION RMT today wrote to TFL chiefs demanding safety assurances during the Tube Lines strike action next week after bosses issued statements saying that they will continue to try and run services regardless of whether essential maintenance and repairs work is being carried out and regardless of the fact that the safety-critical Emergency Response Unit will be joining the strike action.