LUL's New Idea To Speed Up Sackings
Submitted by Admin on 8 August, 2008 - 23:00From 'RMT On The Trains' newsletter, August 2008
From 'RMT On The Trains' newsletter, August 2008
August's issue of 'RMT On The Trains' reports on lots of issues, including the new Victoria line stock, doubts about Connect radio safety, the Instructor Operator review, and LUL's attendance and discipline clampdown.
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Happy London and Brighton Pride!
July saw two of the biggest and best Pride events to date.. London Pride and Brighton Pride.. the RMT were present at both, flying the flag proving that we are as diverse as every other company or employer....
Time To Talk?
Your union sat down with the senior management, held meetings and negotiated the ‘Heads of Agreement’, which states: ‘Rosters will be presented by the centurion manager that meet operational requirements, determine required resources and comply with the Framework of Agreements. If, following line and local discussion the original roster cannot be agreed then alternative compliant rosters will be produced by duty managers and agreed by an appropriate proportion of staff.’
It also states:
The Regional Council meeting on Thursday 29 May 2008 unanimously adopted the following resolution from Stratford no.1 branch ...
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This Regional Council believes that our campaign for next year's LUL pay claim starts now. We believe that the first stage is to conduct a democratic debate as to what our claim should be. We therefore resolve that:
Minutes of branch meeting, 11th July 2007, The George, 17:00
Attendance: Terry O’Neill, Chris Bluett, Rob Crowhurst, Dave Dean, Nino Meriano, Richard Loomes, John Latona, Martin Bell, Adrian Finney, Dave Pittman, Steve Rice, Kay Shatford, Brian Witham, Ash Malik, Nicola Higgins, Richard Millhouse, Allan Thomson, Mohammad Mujahid, Alan Deabill, Gary Weston, Den Fitzpatrick, Steve Read, John McConville, Rahim Faily, Janine Booth (taking minutes), Unjum Mirza (in the chair)
Guests: Jim McDaid (Bakerloo line branch), Steve Hedley (LU Engineering branch)