Oppose The Cuts-carried at Regional Council meeting on May 26th 2011

This Resolution submitted by LU Fleet and amended by Piccadilly and District west was carried at the Regional council meeting on 26th May

Oppose the Cuts.

This Region opposes:

·The vicious attacks by the ConDem government on public services and working class people.

·The idea that public services should be cut in order to bail out the banks.

·Privatization and cuts to public services, whether NHS, education, civil service, transport industry or local authority, and will resist them.

This Region believes:

Branches: 
LU Fleet branch
Categories: 
Regional Council policy
Political campaigns: 
Economic crisis / fighting public service cuts

Victoria Line Drivers Vote for Action over Safety

Submitted by Admin on 13 April, 2011 - 13:48

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

That we note the result of the ballot for ‘action short of strikes’ is as follows:-

Total votes cast: 45
Number voting “Yes”: 33
Number voting “No”: 12
Spoilt Papers: 0

We congratulate our members on their 73.3% majority vote to take action to defend their safety at work. We note that Finsbury Park branch will discuss this at its branch meeting tomorrow. Once the branch has given its recommendations for action, this matter to be placed back of us.

RMT to Ballot H&C Drivers Against Loss of Jobs at Hammersmith

Submitted by Admin on 13 April, 2011 - 13:44

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

That we note the resolution from our Hammersmith & City branch and the report from our Regional Organiser about London Underground’s plan to cut 8 duties from Hammersmith depot, with the loss of 3 substantive posts and a significant increase in anti-social working hours for drivers at Hammersmith.

Council of Executives Member's Report to Regional Council Executive

Submitted by Admin on 12 April, 2011 - 17:43

Victimisation of RMT reps

  • ballot now running
  • strike committee; - lots of publicity materials / organising work
  • Eamonn's tribunal decision made, but not delivered yet
  • research into public money spent
  • members' meeting 27 April to discuss action before making decision
  • coordinate with other unions
  • strike pay?
  • Tony Rowntree CDI

District Line Closed for Rush Hour on Day Mayor Promises to Sort Tube

Submitted by Admin on 11 April, 2011 - 16:30

FROM RMT PRESS OFFICE

On the day that Boris Johnson announced that he is going to sort the tube out for the Olympics the Mayor has been hit by a massive embarrassment as the entire service on the busy District Line stretch from Earls Court down to Wimbledon is closed this afternoon in advance of rush hour.

TFL are blaming emergency engineering works. An earlier stalled train at Putney Bridge took 80 minutes to de-train due to a shortage of staff.

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said:

RMT Duty Manager newsletter, April 2011

Submitted by Admin on 11 April, 2011 - 09:37

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download this newsletter; read the text below:

LUL Management Caught Out - Stations Operations Standards Manager?

No this is not an April fool. Although if you are a DSM you are not only being taken for a fool but being led up the garden path and out the door. In a recent recruitment campaign for Duty Station Manager when some of our members clicked on the link up popped an advert for “Stations Operations Standards Manager”. The company claim it was a typo error, Duty Station Manager to Stations Operations Standards

Management Of Charing Cross Flooding Came Close To Ending In Disaster

Submitted by Peter on 9 April, 2011 - 18:44

TUBE UNION RMT today demanded an urgent review of safety procedures and an assurance that crucial lessons have been learnt after an internal report into the flooding of Charing Cross station by water from the Trafalgar Square fountains two weeks ago revealed that the incident almost ended in disaster.