When negotiations fail, RMT members take action
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that it has called strike action on the Bakerloo line in a dispute over the impact on train drivers over unworkable timetable changes that place operators under intolerable levels of personal stress.
A ballot for action covering driver members produced a 95% vote for action.
Members have been instructed as follows;
RMT Upfront is the newsletter for Tube train drivers from RMT activists. In this special edition you can read about why Bakerloo Line drivers are going to take industrial action.
Please download and distribute the attached newsletter in your Bakerloo Line depot.
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17th December 2019
TO ALL TRAIN OPERATORS ON THE BAKERLOO LINE
Dear Colleagues,
WORKING TIMETABLE 44/45 (WT44/45) TRAIN OPERATORS, BAKERLOO LINE – LONDON UNDERGROUND
I write to advise you that the ballot has now closed and the result is as follows: -
Are you prepared to take strike action?
Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot: 105
Number of votes cast in the ballot: 84
Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question: 80
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
Please download the newsletter and distribute it in your workplace and share it online.
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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