National Black & Ethnic Members Advisory Committee’s
National Black & Ethnic Members Advisory Committee’s
Annual Conference
Wednesday/Thursday March 14/15th
Bernie Grant Centre Tottenham N.15
South East Black and Ethnic Members (BEM)
South East Black and Ethnic Members (BEM)
Monthly Meeting 16th February2012: 1600hrs
Unity House 39 Chalton Street Euston NW1
Black & Ethnic Members Newsletter
Submitted by Eamonn Lynch on 14 February, 2012 - 12:31
The latest newsletter from the BEM includes a report from the new Secretaty for the South East Region and a background of what the BEM seek to achieve, how they have campaigned previously and an update on their elected reps. Just click on the attachment for more details.
Black & Ethnic Members
Submitted by Eamonn Lynch on 14 February, 2012 - 11:53Black and Ethnic members have elected a new Secretary for the South East Region.
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The new Secretary is Glen Hart from Morden Group; here he outlines upcoming meetings and organising activities. Click on the attachment for full details on dates and times.
Service Control Grades Meeting
Sevice Control Grades Meeting
RMT Stands Up to Bullying at Thales
Submitted by Janine on 9 February, 2012 - 16:00
RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note that our LU Engineering branch reports that following our decision to challenge Thales management last year about a bullying culture at Waterloo, the company took the following actions:
- began to investigate the complaints both formally via a grievance and informally
- implemented regular site visits by Human Resources to encourage staff to come forward with complaints etc
- started to implement management training.
Our branch believes that this has led to a sea change and a vast improvement in treatment.
RMT Campaign Achieves Major Pay Victory For OCS Eurostar Cleaners
Submitted by Peter on 9 February, 2012 - 11:38RAIL UNION RMT today announced the end a pay dispute involving OCS cleaners working on the Eurostar contract after a new deal secured the union’s interim objective of getting all staff onto a minimum rate of £8 per hour by the autumn of this year.
A series of incremental increases under the package will say the minimum rate of pay rise from £7.40 an hour to £8.00 per hour by November - an increase of around 8% on the basic.
Fit For London?
Submitted by Eamonn Lynch on 9 February, 2012 - 11:30
For some the jaunt up to Stratford has been a jolly old jape. Day off from your duty, no uniform, trip round the Olympic site, the only downside, having to listen to the LUL propaganda machine telling us how wonderful the world will be post Olympics. Happy days indeed.
RMT Still Fighting for Justice for James
Submitted by Janine on 8 February, 2012 - 16:03RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the resolution from our Finsbury Park branch.
We note that the Employment Tribunal found that London Underground dismissed James Masango 100% unfairly, and believe that LU should therefore reinstate him 100%.
RMT to Seek Agreement on LU Electronic Communications
Submitted by Janine on 8 February, 2012 - 16:02RMT General Grades Committee decision:
We note the legal advice received.
We are disappointed with the advice that LUL can lawfully change its electronic communications policy without consultation or first seeking the consent of employees or the union. This illustrates that employees’ and trade unions’ rights under the law remain very limited and employers’ powers very great.
We further note the advice regarding disciplinary action for breach of the guidelines.