Campaigning for higher health and safety standards at work, and opposing the employers' shortcuts
Dear Colleague,
JANUARY 2022 REMOVAL OF COVID-19 PROTECTIONS
I write in relation to the recent decision of UK Government to end “Plan B” restrictions in England, including the removal of the legal requirement for people to work from home and the requirement to wear face coverings in indoor spaces, with the only proviso in relation to face masks being that:
Responding to reports that Londoners are being advised to reduce physical activity on Fridays due to air pollution, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said:
“Car use returning to pre pandemic levels and pollution threatening people’s health confirms that decent greener public transport is essential for public safety.
“And it means now more than ever that the government needs to withdraw proposals to inflict cuts on the Capital’s public transport network.”
REMOVAL OF DETRAINMENT STAFF, WATERLOO, WATERLOO & CITY LINE - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/10)
I write further to my previous Circular (Circular No: IR/271/19, 17th July 2019), the following resolution was received from our Central Line East Branch: -
30 November 2021
TRANSPORT UNION RMT said that it's advising all members to ensure that they protect their own personal safety and the safety of their colleagues as a priority as masks become compulsory on transport services in England.
The union has warned that the Government have made no arrangements to resource the enforcement of their policy switch leaving staff in the front line seriously exposed.
Following the announcement that face masks will become compulsory on public transport, General Secretary Mick Lynch said;
"We support the wearing of masks but there are major issues about enforcement and its our members left in the front line with angry passengers who refuse to comply.
"The Government must make the resources available to properly police this reintroduction of compulsory face coverings on our transport services .
3 in 4 London Underground and TfL staff subjected to violence at work during Covid crisis, survey shows.
76% of staff in public facing roles on London’s Underground and TfL rail networks have been subjected to violence at work since the pandemic began, according to a new RMT survey, with half of these reporting that it has happened multiple times.
Please download the attached newsletter for the latest health and safety news for London Underground train drivers.
RMT calls for strongest possible action against anti-vax and COVID conspiracy theorists found lacing their posters with razor bl
RAIL,TUBE AND BUS UNION RMT today called for the strongest possible action against anti-vaxers and COVID conspiracy theorists found lacing their posters with razor blades in order to injure anyone trying to remove them.
The anti-vaxers are known to be targeting the transport network with their propaganda.
ATC IN DEPOTS AND SIDINGS - LONDON UNDERGROUND (HSR/2/25)
Dear Colleague,
EMERGENCY EXEMPTION FOR COVID-19
Following the publication of material by Network Rail* and the Department for Transport on emergency exemptions from self-isolation for certain critical transport workers, your National Executive Committee resolved as follows at its meeting on 22nd July 2021:
That we note the material on file from Network Rail and the Department for Transport on Emergency Exemptions from self-isolation for certain critical transport workers.