Alternate ways of organising union meetings
Submitted by Admin on 19 March, 2020 - 18:00
In response to RMT Union’s Circular No.
Covid 19 - We will provide an essential service but we must be protected & respected
Submitted by Jared on 19 March, 2020 - 13:14
ABM Cleaners Victory
Winning sick pay at the full shift rate for ABM cleaners isolating or sick with Covid 19 is an important safeguard for those members and for everyone working on our tube network. But there are other sub-contractors and self-employed workers working on the tube network and they need the same protection.
When RMT met LUL directors on 16/3/20 we put a number of demands to them. This included the need for sick pay for cleaners but also many other points.
RMT says "use Taxis to create a fifth emergency service"
Submitted by Admin on 19 March, 2020 - 12:49
RMT calls on government to mobilise Taxis as a fifth emergency service for isolated families
Taxi drivers’ union RMT is calling on the government to use Taxis to create a fifth emergency service during the Coronavirus crisis, to mitigate the isolation of families facing increasing levels of lockdown.
RMT Demands Support for Steps Into Work Students as Scheme Closes Until September
Submitted by Janine on 18 March, 2020 - 17:03
Today, RMT has sent this email to Transport for London:
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Steps Into Work has today informed its students that the programme is suspended until September.
Privatised tube cleaners are to get full sick pay after RMT campaign
Submitted by Admin on 18 March, 2020 - 02:58
RMT welcomes news that privatised tube cleaners are to get full sick pay after union campaign
RMT fights Sodexo plan to cut staff
Submitted by Admin on 18 March, 2020 - 00:00
REORGANISATION AND JOB CUTS - SODEXHO (LUL) (LUL/15/4)
Service control strike threat forces management to change direction
Submitted by Admin on 18 March, 2020 - 00:00BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, SERVICE CONTROL, OSBORNE HOUSE - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)
I previously advised you of the magnificent and unanimous 15-0 vote of our Service Controller members at Osborne House to take strike action (Ref: IR/023/20, 15th January 2020) over a breakdown in industrial relations at the location.
London Underground Pay dispute update
Submitted by Admin on 18 March, 2020 - 00:00
RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2019 - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/0001)
Consultation with our representatives has taken place since London Underground tabled its “full and final offer”, which I advised you of in a previous circular (Ref: IR/465/19, 15th November 2019).
To remind you, the offer tabled at that time was as follows:
· Year 1 - 2.7% (RPI Feb 2019 +0.2%)
· Year 2 - 1.4% plus 30 minute reduction in working week (three banked rest days - target implementation date: mid 2020)
· Year 3 - RPI Feb 2021 +0.2%
RMT calls for urgent Coronavirus action on Tube
Submitted by Admin on 17 March, 2020 - 13:31
As I reported yesterday we met with the LUL Managing Director. This is an updated list of issues and demands that we made in the meeting. This morning I spoke to him again on the phone and emphasised the need to support the staff and contractors across the Underground.
Disabled Transport Workers and the Covid-19 Crisis
Submitted by Janine on 17 March, 2020 - 12:28Also attached as a Word document and a PDF.
Disabled transport workers are a significant and valuable part of the workforce that delivers transport to millions of passengers and freight consignments every day. Many of us are also particularly vulnerable during the current Covid-19 pandemic.