The next Hammersmith & City branch meeting will take place on Wednesday 2nd June 2010 from 5pm at the Exmouth Arms, 1, Starcross Street, Euston, NW1 2HR.
The nearest tube stations are Euston and Euston Square.
Come along to the Clachan Public House to bid a fond farewell to a RMT legend !
19 May at 1600 hrs for an evening of celebration with Fitz.
Wish him well on whatever career he chooses and enjoy a few jars of beer with us.
As luck would have it,thats the day we get our CSS bonus and the balance of our pay LUL cheated us out of in April.
A double celebration if you will !!!
Anyone wishing to donate to Fitz`s collection please give to the following before 19 May;
Present: John Kelly, Gary Lazell, Clare Reilly, Glenroy Watson, John Reid, Carol Foster, James Wong-McSweeney, Andy Izard, Jackie Darby, Adrian Finney, Josie Toussaint-Pinnock, Vaughan Thomas, Janine Booth, Will Reid, Dean O'Hanlon, Lewis Peacock. In attendance: Olly New Apologies for absence: Steve Hedley, Gwyn Pugh, Paul Rutland, Steve Reeley, Bjorn Bradshaw-Murray, Micky Hyde, Dave Rayfield, Malcolm Taylor, Neil Cochrane, Linda Wiles
RECRUITMENT AND ORGANISATION
This resolution, submitted by Hammersmith & City line branch, proposed by Stratford no.1 branch and seconded by Neasden branch, was carried unanimously by the May meeting of the Regional Council ...
This Regional Council believes that RMT workplace representatives would benefit from an annual ‘refresher’ training day, and asks head office to request release for this from all employers.
RMT blasts Mayor’s “transport strategy” as a smokescreen for job cuts, ticket office closures and attacks on safety standards
TUBE UNION RMT today blasted London Tory Mayor Boris Johnson for throwing up a smokescreen under the guise of a “Transport Strategy”, designed to deflect attention away from his multi-billion transport cuts package that threatens thousands of jobs, ticket office closures across the Capital and a systematic undermining of current safety standards.
The new issue of 'RMT London Calling' gives lots of facts and arguments against London Underground's plan to cut 800 jobs. It also celebrates the end of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the return of Tube Lines to public ownership, while warning TfL not to make workers pay the price.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it. Please distribute widely.
Section 10.1(a) of the Employment Relations Act 1999 states:
Right to be accompanied
(1) This section applies where a worker—
(a) is required or invited by his employer to attend a disciplinary or grievance hearing, and
(b) reasonably requests to be accompanied at the hearing.
(2) Where this section applies the employer must permit the worker to be accompanied at the hearing by a single companion who—
(a) is chosen by the worker and is within subsection (3),
From the Labour Representation Committee ...
The left and trade unions have started organising a broad coalition against the incoming coalition government and its plans to cut public services, jobs, pensions and benefits. There is no popular mandate for cuts and, as in Greece, any attempt to impose them will be firmly resisted.
John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said:
Here are some of the responses we have received from passengers to our 'Staff Our Stations' leaflets:
"White City Tube Station is very busy and well and is situated at the heart of a large residential community and serves a number of major businesses such as the BBC and Westfield Shopping Centre. I object most strongly to the proposed staff cuts at this station."
Simon McKay
An interesting and informative discussion is to take place on thursday 27th may. Reps and activists could benefit by attending. It may provide interesting ideas on how to solve problems in their workplaces.
The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and the Institute for Employment Rights invite you to hear Lord Wedderburn QC and Jim Mortimer (former Labour Party General Secretary) in conversation with John Hendy QC
"The Law Versus the Trade Unions? Reflections on the Past and Strategies for the Future".