This is an emergency on line edition of RMT News that we have produced to bring together the various strands of work that the union has been involved in since the Covid 19 crisis took hold.
Since this emergency broke the overriding priority of your union has been to protect the health, safety and livelihoods of our members in every industry and sector where we organise.
Please download and distribute this new bulletin for the LT region.
Bakerloo News is produced by RMT activists for workers on the Bakerloo Line.
In this edition:
- Coronavirus pandemic
- Fight for safer workplaces
- Reinstate Ezra Christian!
- SRT Update
- REINSTATE RACQUEL DWYER
- Update for cleaners
- Update for Bakerloo trains
- Update for Centre Group stations
Please download this newsletter to read it, and consider printing it out for distribution in your Bakerloo Line station or depot.
Yesterday the RMT THSC took part in the third in a series of conference calls with LU to discuss the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and measures that were being put in place to reduce risk to all parties.
LU confirmed that tube usage had remained at 94% down on normal levels but accepted that there continues to be areas which experience short term heavy loading. Their view is that changes to timetables will resolve this concern.
Tier 2 News is a health and safety Newsletter for stations.
In his bulletin:
- Locking and unlocking unstaffed stations
- Dealing with passengers ill on trains
Please download the attached bulletin to learn more. You can also print and distribute it on your station.
Dear Nick,
Thanks for your letter. I am pleased that you have decided to push back the implementation of the new Timetables, but fear that one week will not be enough.
To all ABM Cleaner Members
Dear Colleagues
I am sure that I don’t need to point out the difficulties we are all facing at this extraordinary time. But like many key workers, the efforts you are making are highly valued by the whole community of London.
At the same time your Union RMT and its ABM representatives are going flat out to continue looking after you interests. Should you need to contact one of them, their names and numbers now follow:
In response to the companies statement from TfL’s Head of Occupational Health that stated “where people need to work closely to each other (within two meters) they can continue” we implore you to not take unnecessary risks.
Please do not interpret this in such a way that leads you to think this is ‘business as usual’. It is NOT ‘business as usual’ and there are multiple ways to change how we do things SAFELY without putting each other at risk.
27th of March 2020
« Directors tell us no-one in vulnerable category will be forced to come to work
« There is no plan at present to ramp up the service towards BAU
« But ridiculous advice from LUOH breaks Social Distancing guidance
« And CAP tries to abolish right to refuse unsafe work
The advice from your union is clear. Follow the advice of Public Health England. Maintain social distancing.
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