Minutes: Regional Council meeting, 26 August 2010

Submitted by Janine on 30 August, 2010 - 10:58

ATTENDANCE

  • Bakerloo branch –
  • Camden No.3 branch – Becky Crocker, Tony Gandolfi
  • Central Line West branch – Vaughan Thomas (meeting chair), Stefan Melnyk
  • DLR –
  • East Ham – Andy Izard, Unjum Mirza
  • Finsbury Park branch – Glenroy Watson
  • Hammersmith & City branch –
  • Jubilee South & East London Line branch –
  • London Taxis branch – Dave Vigeon
  • LU Engineering branch –
  • LU Fleet branch – Anthony Beese
  • Morden & Oval branch –
  • Neasden branch – Nigel Eivers
  • Piccadilly & District West branch – Brenda Sutton

Joint RMT-TSSA Strike Committee meeting

A Joint RMT-TSSA Strike Committee meeting has been arranged for Monday 30th August at 1600 in the function room at the Twelve Pins Public House,Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park.

We will be organising picketing and discussing ideas for escalating industrial action short of a strike and work to rules.

From 1730 onwards the meeting will be open to any public support groups who may want to assist us during the dispute.

Article against Job Cuts

Submitted by Janine on 27 August, 2010 - 17:58

I have written this article for my local anti-cuts campaign newsletter in Hackney ...

We may not have London Underground here in Hackney (except at our very edges!), but the loss of 800 Tube staff posts would still affect us - in a very bad way. So, many Hackney residents and workers fully support Tube unions RMT and TSSA in their campaigning and industrial action against these cuts.

Bakerloo August 2010 Branch newsletter

Submitted by Joffe on 27 August, 2010 - 09:31

Click on the link to download the latest Bakerloo Branch newsletter.

The main article follows:

RMT & TSSA unite to fight for jobs and safety!

RMT & TSSA members have sent a resounding NO to management’s plans to cut jobs and undermine safety on London Underground. With a yes vote for strike action of over 75%, the unions have announced a joint rolling campaign of strike action starting on Monday 6th September with an overtime ban for all grades at the same time.

RMT Executive decision on industrial action, London Underground

Submitted by Admin on 26 August, 2010 - 22:08

We note that LUL plans to cut 800 jobs is only the next stage of their plans to turn the Underground into a second or third class system. They are brazenly cutting safety standards and public service in a reversal of Mayor Johnsons pledges prior to his election

The strong vote by RMT members across LUL shows the determination of our members to resist this attack, which has been combined with a n aggressive series of sackings of staff for workplace errors and illness.

Messages of support for our action against Tube job cuts

Submitted by Admin on 26 August, 2010 - 14:24

I had a terrible journey today [Tuesday 7 Sept!] but nothing compared to how it would be every day with the cuts promised. And certainly nothing to how you guys are being treated.
You have this commuter's support. Keep up the fight!
Sean Robinson

An email of wholehearted support to everyone trying striking in defence of services, safety and jobs.
Thanks for the leaflet today which I picked up outside Camden (I walked to work from Finsbury Park in order to give a bit of support of my own). I will contact my member of the GLA and write to TFL and email Mayor Boris Johnson.
Best wishes to Mr Bob Crow and everyone supporting the strike.
Alison Cushing

Dear Union members
I was very pleased to talk this morning to members of the union on strike. As a regular user of London Underground I fully appreciate the concerns of the union about safety and staffing cuts. Travel would be much affected by lack of staff on every level and would leave many of us seeking alternative forms of transport or even changing work patterns, all of which would be detrimental, not only to our quality of life, but to the economy which this government says it is keen to put to rights. I might also add that my own daughter was so nearly caught up on that fateful day of the bombing but was advised by the staff to go home and that the presence of staff in the stations is essential to safety but also makes travel on the underground so much more endurable.
Best of luck in your negotiations. I will certainly voice my concerns to the relevant bodies and would appreciate being kept informed of any other ways the public can help.
Kathy Adams

Hi there,
I'm not in London today so couldn't come down to a picket line to show mysolidarity, but just wanted to say best of luck to all striking RMT members today and over the coming weeks.
As a regular tube user I fully support the staff in their struggle against these crazy job cuts. None of us want to feel unsafe in our own tube stations, nor see a return to the station fires of the 70s and 80s.
RMT should do everything in its power to publicly illustrate the relation between this dispute and the looming breath-taking cuts to the public sector. Both are clear examples of private pockets filling with public money stolen from ordinary workers.
In solidarity,
Greg Brown