Please click on the attachment to download a copy of Finsbury Park's Strike Special edition.
In this newsletter:
STRIKE FOR JOBS AND SAFETY - ROUND 3 - How our actions are really hurting the company and why we need to keep up the pressure;
FIREFIGHTERS' STRIKES - LUL managers say there is no danger on the railway arising from the firefighters' strikes. Great. Now read the truth;
To All Members Annual General Meeting
Due to strike action we will hold the Branch AGM on the 2nd of December 2010 at 1700hrs at the Exmouth Arms (a flyer is enclosed). The AGM elects for the following year positions including: • Branch Secretary and assistant, Branch Chair and Vice Chair, Auditors, Branch membership Secretary and Newsletter Editor. • Local representatives, both Industrial and Health & Safety for • Stations: Liverpool St Group, King’s Cross Group, Baker Street Group, Paddington/’Ladbroke Grove Group x 2.
RMT members and supporters will be leafleting passengers at several London stations on Friday morning from 8am. We will be dishing out thousands of leaflets explaining our case against cuts in London Underground staffing, and asking people to make their opposition known by sending off a 'protest postcard'. Please join us at one of the following stations: Earls Court, Finsbury Park, Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, Manor House, Oxford Circus, Victoria
Today, a 'review' of London Underground's OSP (job-cutting policy) begins at ACAS. RMT and TSSA members of the Stations functional and safety councils will be presenting our case against the job cuts, covering areas including safety and the impact of new technology. LU managers will also put their case.
Keep checking back here for updates.
Eamonn Lynch's Appeal was heard yesterday 25th of October. He was represented by Assistant General Secretary Pat Sikorski. Pat and Eamonn were informed by the Appeal Chairman that they would be informed on Friday of the decision.
Neasden Branch has nominated Janine Booth for the London Transport Position on the Unions Council of Executives
There are many reasons why the Branch nominated Janine, Please find attached Posters to be displayed in your workplace.
Green Park group Industrial Rep, Peter Hartshorn has come under attack by local management. He faces the trumped up allegation of swearing at a DSM, which could result in a CDI and possible dismissal. In reality, the only thing for which Peter is guilty is being an effective local rep prepared to defend his members and stand up to management bullying and intimidation. Read more by clicking on the attachment below.
Click on the attachment below to download the October edition of Monthly News.
In this issue:
Please Find Attached the October Edition of 'The Neasden Flyer'
Inside this issue
THANK YOU - For Solidarity with Strike Action'
Station Unstaffed - Drivers not to stop
Flats & Seat Tags Safety Standards lapse
RMT Executive election Who your branch has nominated
"This emergency budget deals decisively with our country's record debts"
Research by PCS shows that between 1918 and 1961 the national debt was over 100 per cent of GDP. Today it is 56.3 per cent.
Our debt is lower as a proportion of GDP than the economies of the US, Japan, France and Germany.
"The richest will pay more than the poorest. Not just in terms of cash but as a proportion of income as well"