Report: TfL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, 31 October 2019
RMT, Unite, PCS and TSSA were represented at the meeting. ASLEF did not attend.
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Report: TfL Diversity and Inclusion Trade Union Engagement meeting, 30 July 2019
RMT representatives: Janine Booth, Jamie Parry
Unite had three representatives at the meeting, PCS one. The other unions - TSSA, ASLEF and Prospect - were not represented.
‘Safety Moment’
We raised the issue of sexual harassment, especially on Night Tube. Management responded that the Mayor’s office (Michele Dix and Amy Lame) had drawn up a charter for women’s safety at night. The unions expressed alarm that we had not been consulted about this. Management agreed to arrange for our involvement.
Urgent meeting called to discuss ‘TfL Work-Related Violence and Aggression Strategy' document
Subject: VIOLENCE AT WORK
That we note that the company have produced and sent the union a document entitled ‘TfL Work-Related Violence and Aggression Strategy’.
We instruct the General Secretary to circulate the document to our Stations and Trains Tier 2 Safety Council Representatives and arrange an urgent meeting of our Stations and Trains Tier 2 Safety Council Representatives, Lead Officer, Senior Assistant General Secretary and members of the NEC in attendance.
Members to be advised by email & text.
TFL executive earnings twenty times that of ABM Tube cleaner
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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.
Strike ballot opens this week as RMT battles 'Transformation' cuts
Strike ballot opens this week in RMT fight over Tube cuts as union moves onto a war footing
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that an industrial action ballot will open this week in the fight against cuts plans being smuggled in across London Underground under the cloak of the “Transformation Programme”.
The ballot will kick off on Wednesday. Nearly 2000 staff will be involved covering engineering, signals, electrical, track and control centre staff and will include the Emergency Response unit. The ballot will close on the 16th July.
Reps meeting: Transformation, Extended Train Prep Schedule, LU Pay dispute and Kyei-Donkoh disciplinary
LONDON UNDERGROUND DISPUTES MEETING FOR RMT REPS
The National Executive Committee has taken the decision to arrange meetings between the Senior Assistant General Secretary, Lead Officer, NEC and Reps regarding:-
1. ROP & COS 2019 - London Underground (all 2nd stage reps) - 9am
2. Extended Train Prep Schedule (all Fleet IR and H&S Reps, Trains Functional & Trains Safety Council) - 11am
3. Disciplinary, S. Kyei-Donkoh, CSA, Piccadilly Circus (IR and H&S Reps from Bakerloo Line Branch) - 12 pm
Reps meeting called to discuss poor TfL pay offer
16/07/18
RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2018 - TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TFL/0001)
Further to my previous Circular (IR/107/18, 23rd February 2018), and following further talks with TfL, the Company has advised that the original 1% base pay budget, applied through the Pay for Performance framework, is a full and final offer.
Meeting called to discuss TFL pay offer
Subject: RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2018 – TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
We note the report from our Lead Officer regarding the poor pay offer from the company, and we instruct the General Secretary to arrange a reps meeting for all TfL
union reps to address the matter.
Members to be advised by email and text.
TfL No.1 branch and other relevant branches and the London Transport Regional Council to be advised.
Ballot matrix to be prepared over TFL 'Transformation' cuts plan
Subject: TFL TRANSFORMATION
We note the concerns of our LU Engineering Branch that LUL are now informing staff that they are intent on ignoring our jobs for life deal (Annex H, PPP Code of Best Practice) and have stated that people may be made compulsory redundant.