RMT General Secretay Bob Crow and TSSA General Secretary Gerry Doherty spoke to the press in a joint statement on the day of the latest job cut dispute strike.
Click on 'read more' to watch the video.
In an interview on LBC Radio, Boris Johnson is asked "For the record, the mayor of London believes London will be adequately protected from fire by twenty-seven appliances crewed by part time staff, trained for on average two weeks." Boris didn't confirm the safety of the plans, dodging the question by answering 'The preparations were perfectly good.'
RMT reps have been back at ACAS over the last couple of days, following on from Wednesday's solid strike. ACAS continues to host a review of London Underground's job-cutting plans.
Now, health and safety reps are working on specific scenarios comparing how safety standards would be maintained comparing current staffing levels with the proposed, lower levels. Meanwhile, stations reps have compiled a report that shows that LU figures used to justify ticket office cuts are inaccurate and that therefore the numbers should be revised.
The review will continue on Tuesday.
The Fire Brigade Union have now called off the strike planned for this weekend
The next London FBU strike runs from 10am Friday 5 November until 9am Sunday 7 November.
1. The Health and Safety Executive is investigating lack of training of AssetCo staff, who are used as 'cover' during FBU strikes - read more here.
2. Click here to read ASLEF's advice on safety concerns during FBU strikes.
3. The FBU has provided us with the following information:
Fire Brigade capabilities during periods of strike action by members of the Fire Brigade union on incidents on the underground network in London
The support for the joint RMT and TSSA strike against the job cuts on November 3rd was immense.
The Bakerloo Branch would like to congratulate all members for their solidarity and determination to resist the attacks on our job from the tube bosses. Once again management were stretched in their attempts to run a service. During the whole of the day and even during the peak hours only a pathetic shuttle service ran between Elephant & Castle and Queens Park. The most remarkable point to note is that during the peak Bakerloo trains were only stopping at 5 stations - Elephant & Castle, Waterloo, Oxford Circus, Baker Street and Queens Park, this when we should be providing a service to 26 stations across the whole of the line.
We kicked off on Tuesday evening with a protest outside Boris Johnson's 'People's Question Time'.
This message was sent to TSSA, FBU and NUJ as well as to ourselves.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Just a short note to show you our unconditional support for your strikes and that we're encouraging our members to do the same - see below.
In solidarity, Max Watson Chair, London Met Uni UNISON Branch
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Dear UNISON members,
I support the strike. Somehow, the message has to get out to the public, but at the moment I'm afraid the right-leaning press, Metro included, is making it all out to be a money-grabbing exercise and people are buying it. Good luck. Eddie de Oliveira
Hello RMT and tube workers
I fully support the retention of staffing at tube stations because of the following:-
1. Personal safety, CCTV cannot be a substitute for having a responsible person on site to help people especially lone female passengers.
2. Rail safety, supervisors have safety duties to do with points and other equipment, who will be on the ground to deal with this?
3. Ticketing, machines break, also they are difficult for some people to use i.e. those with learning disabilities, sight problems and people from different countries.