RMT cleaners, security staff and travel safe officers on Docklands Light Railway will be taking strike action on New Year’s Eve over a comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations. The workers are employed by contractor ISS on the KAD contract.

The dispute has arisen over the failure to hold meaningful pay talks or provide a proper response to the union’s pay claim and the failure to resolve long standing issues.

RMT members working for ISS (KAD Contract) are instructed to not to book on for any turns of duty that commence between:-

Stand up for your Rights!

ABM is taking over all the cleaning contracts this year.  The RMT is campaigning to get them to recognise your value.

By joining a Trade Union, you are working together to stand up for your rights. The RMT will assist you, and train Cleaners to become Trade Union Representatives.

You have the support from the strongest Trade Union in the UK, the RMT. Together, we will fight for:

Please download and distribute the last SFC News of 2017.

Printed copies are avaialable from Unity House and can be collected up to mid day on Fri 22 Dec.

Newsletter includes:

2017 was a Historic Year for Stations

CSA Sacked for asking colleague to swap a duty with less than 12 hours rest

Annual Leave & Roster Changes

More Attendance Management Abuses

Gateline Wizard

Subject: BREACH OF MACHINERY – ISS (KAD CONTRACT)

We congratulate the Lead Officer, DLR Branch, Reps and Members and note the huge yes ballot result for strike action and actions short of a strike:

Are you prepared to take strike action?

Subject: BOXING DAY WORKING – LU ASSET OPERATIONS

We note the ballot result for strike action is:

Subject: WORKING ARRANGEMENTS, NIGHT TUBE – LONDON UNDERGROUND

We note the resolution from Finsbury Park Branch and instruct the General Secretary to raise all the issues contained within the resolution with the company, and to report back to this NEC, branches and members on any progress made and on which matters remain outstanding.

We note that the last paragraph regarding Night Tube representation is currently being dealt with.

Night Tube Members to be advised.

Relevant Branches and the London Transport Regional Council to be advised.

Subject: TRAIN PREPARATION PAYMENTS, TRANSPLANT MAINTENANCE STAFF – LONDON UNDERGROUND (ex-AP JNP)

We note the letter from the company.

We instruct the General Secretary to suspend all industrial action in light of scheduled talks in the new year.

Further, we instruct the General Secretary to place a report back on progress in scheduled talks in front of this NEC no later than the third week in January 2018.

Members to be advised by email and text.

LU Fleet Branch and the London Transport Regional Council to be advised.

Subject: PAY PARITY, TRANSPLANT MAINTENANCE/STORES STAFF – LONDON UNDERGROUND (ex-AP JNP)

We note the letter from the company.

We instruct the General Secretary to suspend all industrial action in light of progress made in negotiations.

Further, we instruct the General Secretary to place a report back on progress in scheduled talks in front of this NEC no latter than the third week in January 2018.

Members to be advised by email and text.

LU Fleet Branch and the London Transport Regional Council to be advised.

We note the report from our London Transport Regional Council regarding the  recently changes to the TOPRA/TOSCA agreements; which clearly amount to an attack on our more recently employed Driver Members and the introduction of a discriminatory two tier approach for addressing SPADs.

We instruct the General Secretary to run a campaign of information on this issue, additionally to call a meeting of all train representatives consulting them on all
approaches up to and including the potential of a ballot for industrial actions.