RMT reaction to Hutton Pension Review

Submitted by Admin on 10 March, 2011 - 16:50

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow says the Hutton Review will be "the spark that lights the blue touch paper of co-ordinated strike action". Bob Crow said:

"We have seen this week that gold-plated bonuses and pensions for the bankers and speculators who caused this crisis are still the order of the day while those slogging their guts out making this country tick are lined up for a kicking by Lord Hutton and the ConDems."

DISI - Defective in Service Instructions

Submitted by Janine on 10 March, 2011 - 10:46

RMT General Grades Committee decision on DISI:

That we note and accept the report from our lead officer for London Underground. Accordingly, we instruct the General Secretary to issue as soon as possible a circular with the following wording:

RMT is completely opposed to section 2.2 of version 3 of the D.I.S.I. that states “Generally the train operator will be the most appropriate person to assess the defect. However in some cases the controller may decide to arrange for somebody else to attend the train and carry out the assessment.”

Council of Executives report to Regional Council Executive, 8 March

Submitted by Janine on 9 March, 2011 - 15:47

COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES MEMBER’S REPORT TO LTRC EXECUTIVE, 8/3/11

  • DLR – RMT won appeal; in same Appeal Court decision, ASLEF also won similar appeal; proposal for new strikes on DLR to be discussed at GGC Wednesday; talks with management Wednesday
  • LU victimisations – see decision; will be a single ballot of drivers; membership lists / database needs checking; ACAS talks Wednesday; RCI rep Tony Rowntree sent to CDI
  • LU job cuts – report on Equalities review posted on website; need more reports to members on reviews; comments invited re ongoing strategy

London Transport Regional Council Recruitment and Organising Plan 2011

Submitted by 1913 Lockout on 8 March, 2011 - 23:39

This is the proposed LTRC 2011Recruitment and organising plan which will be submitted for approval to the London Regional Council meeting on 31st March.

LONDON TRANSPORT REGIONAL COUNCIL RECRUITMENT AND ORGANISING PLAN 2011

Organising team

Two years ago LTRC set up a ‘recruitment and organising team’. This year, we should develop this, adding new activists and overseeing the implementation and review of this plan. The Membership Secretary should convene the recruitment and organising team. The team will consist of a member from each branch (ideally the Branch Secretary or membership secretary) within the region and will meet at Unity House. An up-to-date regional membership list will be available at the meeting.

Bakerloo News March edition

Submitted by Joffe on 8 March, 2011 - 18:26

Click on the attachment to down load the lastest Bakerloo Branch newsletter.

Main stories follow:
Double standards exposed
Since RMT health & safety rep, Eamonn Lynch’s dismissal in October, train drivers on the Bakerloo Line have taken two days strike action for his reinstatement. The issue is now being dealt with at ACAS and the RMT’s General Grades Committee has agreed to escalate the dispute to every train depot on the combine.

Executive decision: Awards for Activists

Submitted by Admin on 8 March, 2011 - 15:08

Council of Executives decision:

That we note this resolution and that this request has not come from the families of the unfortunate deceased.

However, it would be inappropriate to name awards after activists due to the amount of activists that we have in this Union.

If the families of any activists or members want a memorial the General Secretary is to arrange for this to be in the Garden at Maritime House.

Draft Minutes of Regional Council AGM/Meeting on 24th February 2011

Submitted by 1913 Lockout on 8 March, 2011 - 13:43

Draft Minutes of Regional Council AGM/Meeting on 24th February 2011

Attendance:
Bakerloo - Eamonn Lynch, Brian Munro
Camden No.3 - Rebecca Crocker, John Reid
Central Line West - Vaughan Thomas
DLR - Mark Honetman, David Fisher
East Ham - Natasha Robetson, Unjum Mirza, Alan Suleyan
Finsbury Park - John Kelly, Frank Curtis, Dean O Hanlon, Neil Cochrane
Hammersmith&City - Josie Toussant-Pinnock, Sandra Hunt, Mac McKenna, John Colville, M. McViswant, Shaun McKenzie
Jubilee South - Linda Aitken, Jason Moriarty, Korhan Osman

Agenda Regional Executive meeting 8th March 2010

Agenda Regional Executive meeting 8th March 2010

Venue:The Cock Tavern,23 Phoenix Road,
Euston,NW1 1HD

1.Recruitment and organising-feedback on 2011 Recruitment plan

2.TUC Demo 26th March

3.Progress on passed Resolutions

4.New Resolutions

5.Reports

6.Update on Actions/outstanding LTRC matters

7.Grades Committees

8.Nominations for new Officer positions

9.Correspondence

10.Next Regional Council meeting

Report: Job Cuts Equalities Review

Submitted by Janine on 6 March, 2011 - 21:39

The latest meeting of the Equalities strand of the OSP (job cuts) review, on Tuesday 1 March, revealed that London Underground does not consider the needs of equalities groups when calculating its station staffing levels. RMT secured agreement from LU to consider revising these calculations to include equalities considerations.