Slow Progress at Dispute Talks - Keep Building Strike

Submitted by Admin on 6 June, 2009 - 14:47

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Yesterday, RMT met with London Underground bosses to discuss the issues which drove us to organise industrial action for next week - jobs, pay and justice.

Your RMT representatives at the meeting were Steve Hedley, Olly New and Janine Booth.

After hours of talks, London Underground management offered us a choice of two pay deals:

  • a four-year deal: 1.5% this year (a "premium" for accepting a long-term deal) followed by RPI+0.5% in years 2, 3 and 4; or

    • RMT smokes out tube chiefs – talks on dispute set for noon tomorrow

    Submitted by Admin on 4 June, 2009 - 13:46

    TUBE UNION RMT have confirmed that talks on the issues at the heart of the dispute on the tube will take place tomorrow – Friday 5th June – at 12 noon

    RMT members at both London Undergound and TfL have voted to strike from 18.59 hrs next Tuesday – 9th June – in separate disputes on pay, job cuts and bullying.

    This morning RMT issued a call for talks. The union has been contacted by the management side and the talks are scheduled for tomorrow at noon.

    Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said:

    Response to LUL Bulletin

    Submitted by Admin on 4 June, 2009 - 13:29

    LUL management have issued the following bulletin today. It is incredibly cheeky ...

    RMT strike - latest The RMT leadership has now agreed to enter discussions with us on pay as part of a London Underground Company Council meeting tomorrow to which all our Unions have been invited. We welcome this change of heart and have always made clear that we’re ready to meet with the RMT anytime, anywhere.

    RMT tells Mayor and TfL to “get out of the bunker” and open talks on tube dispute

    Submitted by Admin on 4 June, 2009 - 12:28

    TUBE UNION RMT today called on the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, and his senior tube bosses, to “get out of the bunker” and open meaningful talks ahead of the 48 hour tube strikes which will start at 18.59 hours next Tuesday, 9th June.

    It is now a week since RMT announced the strikes after receiving a massive mandate for action from members at London Underground and TfL. All preparations for the strikes are now in place and the support is rock solid.

    Open meeting: Support the Tube/TfL strike

    Venue: Twelve Pins pub, next to Finsbury Park station.

    A meeting for everyone who wants to support Underground and TfL workers in our fight for jobs, pay and justice.

    Boris, the bosses and the Evening Standard are already working overtime to turn public opinion against us. We need your support to help ensure that Londoners see our side of the story too.

    So whether you are a trade unionist, a climate campaigner, a socialist, a passenger, or just a human being with a sense of justice, please come along and help make plans to support our fightback.

    Hypocrites Or What?

    Submitted by Admin on 2 June, 2009 - 16:52

    Here is a list of what LUL and TfL pay their managers. That is the same LUL that offers its staff just 1% this year and RPI+0.5% for the next 4 years, and the same TfL that has not yet even tabled an offer.

    Hypocrites? Judge for yourself ...

    RMT slams TfL and LUL for “rank hypocrisy” on pay as 123 managers scoop over £100,000 a year

    Submitted by Admin on 2 June, 2009 - 15:25

    TUBE UNION RMT today slammed senior tube bosses for “rank hypocrisy” on pay as figures from Transport For London’s annual report showed that 123 managers are now earning more than £100,000 a year.

    Those same managers have been leading the assault on RMT members who have voted to strike over a five year pay deal which would almost certainly amount to a pay cut well into the next decade and over plans to impose compulsory redundancies.