An RMT London Busworkers Committee meeting will take place on Monday 8th February 2010 between 5pm -7pm at The Bulstrode public house, 55, Lampton Road, Hounslow, TW3 1JG. The pub is situated next to Hounslow Central tube station.
Important recent developments and issues will be discussed at the meeting as well as an election taking place for convenors. All RMT members are welcome to attend.
ATTENDANCE
This is an official RMT circular - IR/32/10 dated 26th of January 2010, from General Secretary Bob Crow.
You would have heard that agreement was reached with Alstom late on 26th January which enabled the Union to call off all industrial action as previously advised. Members have been asked to now work normally.
We now have a sound pay structure that brings significant improvements in pay with immediate effect.
Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the new issue of camdenthreenews. Read the text below.
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Camden 3 is the RMT Branch representing Goodge Street, Camden, Edgware, Finchley Central station groups; East Finchley, Golders Green depots; Coburg Street and CBSO
Next Branch Meeting: 17:00 Wednesday, 10th February at The Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street near Euston Station.
Next Regional Council: 16:30 Thursday, 28th January at the Somerstown Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street
Battle lines are drawn!
Present: Janine Booth, Vaughan Thomas, Ross Marshall, Mick Crossey, Steve Blewitt, Paul Jackson, Becky Crocker, Jackie Darby, Carol Foster, Terry O'Neill, John Reid, Micky Hyde, Tony Gandolfi, mark Harding, Josie Toussaint-Pinnock, Dean O'Hanlon, Clara Osagiede, Glenroy Watson, John Kelly, Adrian Rowe
Apologies: Andy Littlechild, Peter Sheridan, Dave Rayfield, Paul Rutland
In attendance: Olly New (Council of Executives), Steve Hedley (Regional Organiser)
RECRUITMENT AND ORGANISING
RAIL UNION RMT will today (Wednesday 27th January) hand a dossier of safety failures and maintenance cuts to MP’s as rail workers lobby parliament this lunchtime in protest at plans by Network Rail to axe a further 1500 safety-critical jobs.
Hundreds of rail workers have contacted a confidential RMT email line to say lives could be put at risk. The dossier highlights the worst examples of where the scaling back of work and changing standards in preparation for the job cuts are already leading to a serious deterioration in safety.
LU wins ruling against Tube Lines over cost overruns on Jubilee and Northern line upgrades
Verdict comes as PPP contractor struggles to close £1.35bn funding gap
This report is from yesterday's Guardian. You can read the original story here.
London Underground has scored another victory in a funding battle with Tube Lines, the company charged with improving three of its busiest lines, after seeing off a £327m compensation claim.
Please find the following Important Safety Information from the Regional Organiser
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR JUBILEE LINE DRIVERS
Dear Colleagues,
We need to advise you that Jubilee Line train maintainers at Stratford Market Depot, Neasden and Stanmore will be taking industrial action for 24 hours from 19.29 hours on Wednesday 24th January. This will be repeated the following Sunday to Monday, and every Sunday/Monday for three months.
Their dispute is due to the fact that their Northern Line counterparts get paid considerably more money for doing the exact same job.
This dispute could have serious implications for the safety of the trains that will be offered for service during and following the industrial action.
Tube Lines, whose late completion of upgrade work on the Jubilee Line has resulted in numerous weekend closures, has had a claim for £327m in compensation to complete the work rejected by an independent adjudicator. Tube Lines attempted to claim the money from London Underground. It felt LU was to blame for the work not being completed on time as access to the track was not sufficient.
The following resolution, submitted by Piccadilly & District West branch and seconded by Hammersmith & City branch, was carried unanimously at the Regional Council meeting on 28 January 2010.
This Union has not been consulted on the implementation of the £5 minimum top up at Ticket offices. We believe this policy is both an attack on customers, especially poorer people, and a threat to the future of ticket offices and jobs.