RMT suspends Bakerloo detrainment action
Submitted by Joffe on 21 March, 2013 - 15:54The RMT has agreed to suspend the Bakerloo detrainment action with immediate effect. The full decision is below:
"We note our Regional Organiser’s report, the proposals from London Underground Ltd, and the views of our representatives.
We also note the letter from London Underground Ltd, which falsely claims that its contents have been agreed by RMT. We deplore LUL’s disregard for the safety of staff and passengers from the point at which the company first imposed its ‘flash and dash’ detrainment policy. We note that management is introducing a new procedure under which trains will be physically checked and confirmed as empty before they go into depots or sidings. We welcome this progress, which is the result of determined action by Bakerloo line drivers backed up by an active campaign of protests. However, we still have several serious concerns: