The RMT held a public meeting on the 31st March to start the fight to save our stations from London undergrounds 800 Job Cuts. TSSA also spoke at the meeting.
TSSA and RMT announced at the meeting that they will ballot at the same time over the job cuts at LUL.
A video has been released of what was said at that meeting. Click 'read more' to watch the video; or see it on RMT's YouTube page here.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download a petition against the job cuts. Get your friends, workmates and family to sign it, stand outside your station and collect signatures, knock on doors in your neighbourhood ... and once it is filled in, send it in, print off another one and start all over again!
Agenda: 1. Minutes from previous meeting 3rd March 2010 2. Standing Orders 3. Election of third contact for Staff our Stations Campaign 4. Membership lists (change to agenda agreed by members present) 5. Recruitment and retention Plan 6. Standing Items: Stations & Revenue Council Report, Local Reports, Stations and Revenue H&SReport.
Venue: Exmouth Arms, Star Cross Street, near Euston
All workers have the legal right to refuse to work in unsafe conditions. By using this right, we can protect ourselves and force employers to provide a safer workplace for us, our workmates and our passengers. With employers under increasing pressure to cut corners in order to save money, this issue is more important than ever.
The workshop will ensure that you understand your legal rights and how to use them.
This training workshop will look at:
Paul Jackson, LU Engineering branch secretary writes ...
I had an incident at my local station on Thursday that may be indicative of LUL's future.
Click '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.
Click on these links to:
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:
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download and print this leaflet. Then give out shedloads of them!
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