When negotiations fail, RMT members take action
Bakerloo News is the monthly newsletter for workers on the Bakerloo Line, produced by RMT activists of the Bakerloo branch.
In this edition:
- Drivers: vote yes for action! Fight to scrap WTT44!
- Breakdown of industrial relations at Queen’s Park
- Cleaners fight continues
- RMT Bakerloo: fighting for every member
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RMT Upfront is the newsletter for tube drivers from the RMT. In this special edition we look at what the company has offered for drivers in their so called 'full and final' pay and conditions offer, and why the RMT has come to the decision that a ballot for industrial action is now required to enable us to push for a better, fairer offer.
WORKING TIMETABLE 44/45 (WT44/45) TRAIN OPERATORS, BAKERLOO LINE - LONDON UNDERGROUND (LUL/14/2)
Our Industrial and Health and Safety representatives on the Bakerloo line have been raising serious concerns over the implementation of Working Timetable WT44/45 which has been in place since May 2019. We firmly believe this timetable is failing and is causing undue stress on Train Operator members.
SUBJECT: JUSTICE FOR ABM CLEANERS (FORMERLY “RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, CLEANERS ABM (LU CONTRACT)
That we note the ballot result for Strike Action is as follows:
Number of members balloted: 620
Total votes cast: 299 (48.2%)
Number voting YES: 294 (98.3%)
Number voting NO: 5 (1.7%)
Spoilt papers: 0
The 40% threshold was met but the 50% turnout thresholds were not met.
As tube cleaners ballot for action RMT reveals they would have to work 20 years to earn a TfL executive’s annual pay packet.
As tube union RMT ballots Tube cleaners for industrial action for pay justice the union has revealed that an Underground cleaner would have to work for nearly 20 years to earn the £374,000 TfL’s highest executive makes in just one year, while it would take them 246 years to earn the £4.5 million the CEO of the US outsourcing company that employs them pulls in annually.
Bakerloo News is the newsletter for Bakerloo Line workers and is produced by RMT activists.
In this edition:
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STRIKE PAY FOR RMT ABM TUBE CLEANERS!
The RMT NEC has just unanimously agreed an INITIAL £100,000 for hardship payments for striking Tube Cleaner Members!
"That we note the call to support our ABM members and Instruct the General Secretary to initially ring-fence £100k for hardship payments to our members who participated in strike action. This is to be kept under review."
Together We Are Stronger!
JUSTICE FOR TUBE CLEANERS!
29 October 2019
VOTING PAPERS ARRIVING THIS WEEK!
Dear colleague
JUSTICE FOR ABM CLEANERS
The ballot to win justice for you and your colleagues at ABM opened yesterday so you should be receiving your voting papers in the next couple of days.
TUBE UNION RMT has confirmed that a strike vote involving cleaners the length and breadth of London Underground in a fight for workplace justice has kicked off today.
Subject: BREACH OF AGREEMENT, SSL POINT CARE SIGNALLING DEPARTMENT – LONDON UNDERGROUND
That we note the meeting took place between our workplace representatives, Track & Signals Functional representatives, Senior Assistant General Secretary and members of the NEC following the resolution passed at our 2019 AGM, and the company are persisting with breaching of our agreements.
Accordingly, we instruct the General Secretary to prepare a ballot matrix of affected members and advise the company that a dispute situation now exists between our two organisations.