RMT and ASLEF reps say: Stations job cuts affect train drivers

Submitted by Admin on 9 April, 2010 - 19:09

posterClick '1 attachment' / file name to download a poster with quotes from RMT and ASLEF representatives, showing that despite London Underground's claims, the plans to cut stations jobs do affect train drivers.

Please distribute this as widely as possible to drivers. Other grades - especially station staff - will also be pleased to see this evidence that drivers' union reps understand the impact of the job cuts and oppose them.

Stations & Revenue Grades Committee

Stations and Revenue Grades Meetings Monthly meetings that bring together rank-and-file station and revenue RMT reps and activists. All members are welcome to come along and raise issues that concern you and plan with others how we are going to fight for a better deal for our grades.

Come along and bring your experience and ideas with you!

Location: The Exmouth Arms (upstairs), nearest station Euston Square.

exit the station turn right, take the first right. For a map http://www.exmoutharms.co.uk/ click the FIND US tab.

Standing Items on the Agenda:

London Underground's Grievance Procedure

Submitted by Admin on 3 April, 2010 - 23:00

If management mistreat you, you have the right to complain! Here is LUL's Grievance Procedure - the text is below, and it is attached as a PDF file. Make sure you get the help and support of a union rep throughout the process.

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LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
LU Employee Relations

1st April 2010

Individual Grievance Procedure

London Underground - Individual Grievance Procedure
Issue date: [1st April 2010]
Effective: [1st April 2010]

This supersedes any previous version

Index

Section A
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Scope

Station Groups Re-organisation: the gory details

Submitted by Admin on 3 April, 2010 - 15:22

London Underground has given some information about its plans to reorganise station groups. Comparing this with existing staff numbers, we can see where the company plans to cut jobs, and what effect the reorganisation will have on your working life.

You will see from this that every station and every group will be affected. You can not escape the effect of these cuts - except by joining RMT's fight to stop them!

Click here to read what London Underground is planning and why RMT objects.

Voluntary Severance? Forget it ...

Submitted by Janine on 2 April, 2010 - 16:53

London Underground has made clear that only managers and a handful of SAMFs may have the chance of voluntary severance when it makes its job cuts. CSAs will not, and neither will the vast majority of SAMFs, and neither will any other grades.

In a case of "one rule for managers, another for the rest of us", LU is confident that it can achieve its job cuts in the CSA and SAMF jobs without offering VS because it has held so many posts vacant, and because it plans to simply move you around and displace you to other stations.

Questions and Answers about Job Cuts

Submitted by Janine on 2 April, 2010 - 16:38

At yesterday's Joint Working Party meeting about job cuts, the unions raised some points about the process and received answers to questions we raised at the previous week's Company Council meeting. These issues are listed below. You will notice that in most cases, the company is not giving clear answers to the unions' questions, which reinforces RMT's view that it is not talking to us in good faith.

Staff Our Stations - Strike Ballot Called

Submitted by Peter on 31 March, 2010 - 01:46

TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that they are preparing for a ballot of members for strike action and action short of a strike after London Underground failed to withdraw the threat of axing 800 staff.

“RMT has made it clear that we will not sit idly by while the Mayor, his transport officials and Tube Line’s drive down tube staffing levels to dangerously low levels. We gave LU and Tube Lines an opportunity to pull back from these cuts but they have decided to plough on leaving us with no option but to organise ballots.”