Poster for Depot Union Boards - RMTupfront.org.uk

Submitted by Peter on 10 October, 2011 - 04:27

Print out this poster and display on union notice boards or hand out in depots.

Help spread the word about www.rmtupfront.org.uk: the site with all the latest news, updates on the Pay and Olympic agreements and archives of useful documents and previous issues of the Up Front Newsletter for London Transport Region tube drivers.

London Underground Rates Of Pay And Conditions Of Service 2011

Submitted by Peter on 7 October, 2011 - 15:50

FOLLOWING CONSULTATION with local reps, tube union RMT confirmed today that it will be putting the latest tube pay offer to a referendum ballot of members with a recommendation to accept.

The offer is 5% this year backdated to April with RPI plus 0.5% for the following three years with a guarantee of no less than 2% if inflation were to drop significantly.

Joint Union Statement On RMT & TSSA Possible Merger Talks

Submitted by Peter on 7 October, 2011 - 01:36

Statement 4: “TSSA and RMT met again as planned on Tuesday, 4 October 2011 for friendly and constructive talks to discuss sectoral and geographical organisation of our respective union memberships and possible future opportunities for trade union organisation in the event of a potential merger in the transport, travel and offshore energy sectors currently represented by the two unions. It is clear that there are very substantial overlaps between our two unions in terms of industrial and sectoral organisation and in our existing structures as well as significant potential areas for growth and new organisational opportunities for a merged trade union in the sectors we organise.

Health & Safety Reps: the 'Brown Book'

Submitted by Janine on 6 October, 2011 - 19:11

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the 'Brown Book', which sets out the rights of health and safety representatives.

On a personal note, the reason that I have posted this today is that the 1977 regulations, which gave these rights to safety reps, were brought in by Labour Secretary of State for Employment Albert Booth, my uncle, who sadly died this morning.

Act Now to Win Justice for James!

Submitted by Janine on 6 October, 2011 - 18:04

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

That we are utterly disgusted by London Underground’s continuing refusal to reinstate James Masango despite the Employment Tribunal ruling two months ago that LU had dismissed James unfairly and with the company 100% to blame.

The formal processes have failed to reverse this shocking injustice. We therefore instruct the General Secretary to, without any further delay, implement our previous decisions on this matter, and specifically to:

Progress on Central Line Asbestos

Submitted by Janine on 6 October, 2011 - 17:00

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

That we note the correspondence from our LU Engineering branch, reporting that major progress has been made in negotiating a safer system of work for track workers in this area, although there are outstanding concerns regarding non-track project staff and the potential of complacency creeping in.

EDF Powerlink pay latest

Submitted by Janine on 6 October, 2011 - 17:00

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

We note the most recent pay offer from UK Power Networks Services (formerly EDF Energy Powerlink). We do not accept the company’s proposal to base an annual pay rise due to be paid on 1 April on June’s RPI figure, as this institutionalises late payment of our members’ annual pay rise. We instruct the General Secretary to ensure that this view is communicated to the company.