Latest RMT London Calling newsletter on pay
Submitted by Brian Munro on 16 February, 2009 - 23:42Click on the attachment to see the latest newsletter "London Calling"
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The following collective grievance will be presented to LUL management tomorrow (Friday 6 February). To add your name to it, please contact Janine Booth either by email or by text to 07748-760261 TODAY (Thursday).
COLLECTIVE GRIEVANCE - NON-ATTENDANCE TO WORK DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
We the under-named submit this collective grievance arising from our inability to attend work on Monday 2 February due to adverse weather conditions.
Here is LUL's guidance for staff who couldn't get to work because of the snow.
Guidance for attendance for all Operational Staff in LU following the adverse weather conditions.
Employees are required to make every effort to get to their place of work and should always be encouraged to use every reasonable means to achieve this objective. It is their responsibility to get to work.
Camden no.3 covers the following areas:
Camden no.3 branch meets at the Exmouth Arms on the second Wednesday of each month at 17:00, all members welcome
Here are my thoughts on the responses given by management to issues the union raised about attendance. In summary, I'd say that although management's responses may help us put a stop to some of the worst abuses by local managers, they staunchly defend the company's intention to treat sick staff very harshly (to say the least). We need to step up our battle to prevent our members being treated like this, and to demand rights for sick staff.
Length of warning ‘up to’ 26/52 weeks
RMT has raised many issues with London Underground management about the way that the company treats staff who are off sick. Several of them are listed here, with the union's view and management's response. This summary is provided by London Underground management.
Issue - Length of warning ‘up to’ 26/52 weeks
Trade Union Line - Insufficient / no discretion being applied
LUL Management seems to have got themselves in a twist over the 2009 pay.
RMT have demanded a substantial one year pay rise and other benefits, including a ‘floor’ salary of £26,000. Heating and food bills have gone right up over the last year and Underground passenger numbers are higher than ever.
This document covers areas such as maternity and paternity leave, adoption leave, funeral leave, and other forms of leave additional to annual leave that you might need to take to meet your family responsibilities. The text is provided below, and you can click '1 attachment'/file name below to download the document as a PDF.
FAMILY LEAVE GUIDELINES
1. INTRODUCTION
These are guidelines for managers in what was then called London Transport, published in 2000. If you are involved in a harassment case, you may find it useful to look through this document to check that management are following their own guidelines.
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Version 2 (24th October 2000) London Transport Harassment Procedure Guidance for Accredited Managers
CONTENTS
This document provides London Underground's guidelines for progressing flexible working applications. Click '1 attachment'/file name to view and download the document as a PDF, including the application form. Your RMT rep can help you through the application process.
FLEXIBLE WORKING GUIDELINES
1. INTRODUCTION