'RMT London Calling' Special Issue - Respect to all Strikers!
Submitted by Admin on 12 June, 2009 - 12:14
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Message from an RMT Member
Submitted by Admin on 12 June, 2009 - 09:21Brothers and Sisters,
I was proud to stand with you on the picket lines across London over the past two days. Our demands were clear and concise and fair. Despite the misleading Tory press headlines and Boris's propaganda from outside the dispute and the constant stream of misinformation from LUL, we stood strong. As well as all this we had not only individuals but the leadership of another union breaking the strike.
RMT London Busworkers Meeting, 5 to 7 pm, 22nd June 09
An RMT Bus Workers meeting will take place on Monday 22nd June 2009 at the Bulstrode public house, Lampton Road, Hounslow, which is next to Hounslow Central Station.
The meeting will start on time, all members are welcome to attend.
The Pick of the Picket Line Pics!
Submitted by Admin on 11 June, 2009 - 21:04Early doors at Leytonstone with this Tuesday morning picket ...
At Queens Park, pickets keep up their sustenance ...
... as well as posing for our photographer ...
A Personal Message from the General Secretary
Submitted by Admin on 11 June, 2009 - 20:12I would like to congratulate members on the stand they have taken in supporting the strike action. You know it’s having a massive effect when the media take notice and start chasing their own tails.
On the one hand they are saying loads of trains are running but on the other we are inconveniencing 3 million commuters because they can’t get on the tube. The reality is LUL are running a skeleton service at best, and it is LUL that are inconveniencing the public as they pulled the deal that could have sorted this dispute out at the last moment.
RMT Confirms ACAS Talks With LUL Next Week
Submitted by Admin on 11 June, 2009 - 18:57Following discussions today, RMT tonight confirmed that talks aimed at settling the London Tube dispute will take place at ACAS next week, on a date to be confirmed, with LUL.
Bob Crow on Tube dispute
Submitted by Admin on 11 June, 2009 - 18:26Tony Benn Backs Tube workers
Submitted by Admin on 11 June, 2009 - 17:34Striking RMT members today received backing from Labour Movement legend Tony Benn.
Following earlier support from MPs and GLA members, Mr Benn, one of the most best known and respected politicians of modern times paid tribute to Tube workers and urged others to do the same, Mr Benn said simply:
“LONDON DEPENDS ON THE TUBE WORKERS AND THE TUBE WORKERS ARE ENTITLED TO GET SUPPORT FROM LONDON.”
Striking RMT Members Backed in Parliament
Submitted by Admin on 11 June, 2009 - 17:24RMT members were strongly supported in Parliament today when the Labour MP for Hendon, Andrew Dismore MP, used questions to the Leader of the House of Commons to wade into the Mayor and London Underground. Mr Dismore accused them of pulling the rug on the deal reached with RMT negotiators on Tuesday night which would have allowed for the tube strike to be suspended.
The MP's intervention follows the intervention by several London Labour MPs today, former Mayor Ken Livingstone and Assembly members calling for Boris Johnson to agree with direct talks with the RMT.
Ken Livingstone on Tube Strike
Submitted by Admin on 11 June, 2009 - 17:20Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone today launched a furious broadside against Boris Johnson and his tube chiefs for their failure to meet with RMT at an early stage to address the issues at the heart of the tube dispute.
Livingstone has also made it clear that the union is right over the key issue of compulsory redundancies.
Writing in The Times, and speaking on radio this morning, Livingstone said: