Please Find Attached the January 2011 Edition of 'The Neasden Flyer'
Inside this issue
Congratulations - 40 Year Service Awards!
Driver-less Trains?Boris puts foot in mouth again
TRANSPORT UNION RMT today announced 48 hours of strike action on DLR between 03.59 hours Thursday 20th January 2011 and 03.58 hours Saturday 22nd January 2011 in a dispute with Serco Docklands over the following issues: -
In two separate disputes, RMT drivers will be striking on the Bakerloo and Northern lines, starting with the night duties on Friday 14 January and continuing all day Saturday.
Please join the picket lines. Your support will be welcome, whatever length of time you can stay. Here are details of Saturday pickets
RMT General Grades Committee decision:
That we note the memorandum stating that the meeting with the TSSA will be held next Wednesday, 19 January, and are disappointed that the meeting could not be held earlier.
We instruct the General Secretary to place this matter back in front of the GGC on Wednesday 19 January, immediately following the meeting with the TSSA.
RMT General Grades Committee decision ...
That we note the absence of a reply from London Underground on this matter. We instruct the General Secretary to urgently contact the company demanding a reply.
We also seek the views of the relevant branch, Stratford no.1, on how this matter should be pursued, and instruct the General Secretary to place this matter back in front of the GGC once those views have been received.
Click on the attachment to see the latest Bakerloo Branch newsletter.
Main story follows:
LU stick two fingers up to the law and Bakerloo Drivers
Double standards from London Underground have reached a new high. As all drivers are aware, RMT are campaigning for LU to see reason and comply with the law on the discrimination and victimisation of Eamonn Lynch. Eamonn followed instructions from the Network Rail signaller and Bakerloo Control Room and was sacked as a result.
General Grades Committee decision ...
That we note the report from our Regional Organiser. We agree that the offer from London Underground to our members regarding grade progression is unacceptable, and instruct the General Secretary to conduct a referendum of members in the LU Power Control Room and a referendum of Track Access Controller members, with a recommendation in both cases to reject the company’s offer. We instruct the General Secretary to send a personal letter to all members in these grades explaining the union’s stance.
RMT's General Grades Committee adopted the following report from the Southern Sub-Committee:
Following consultation with our Docklands Light Railway branch, we instruct our members on Serco Docklands to take strike action and action short of strikes in pursuit of our dispute over the breakdown of industrial relations as follows:
Members are instructed not to book on for any shifts commencing from 03:59 on Thursday 20 January until 03:59 on Saturday 22 January.
Decision from RMT's General Grades Committee
That we note the accounts of the HALT Society and the resolution of our London Taxis branch (12/1/11) calling on us to bring the issue regarding Heathrow Airport Licensed Taxis (HALT) to a satisfactory conclusion for our members by taking the necessary legal action.
We instruct the General Secretary to arrange a meeting as soon as practical with our legal representatives and London Taxis branch officers to pursue this matter.
David Cameron has discussed making democratic ballots invalid where under fifty percent of members vote. This idea was originally mooted by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson was elected following a vote of less than fifty percent of Londoners.
Click 'read more' to see the BBC report.