The third Issue of the Easthammer newsletter is now uploaded to the web with a copy here as well please distribute it as widely across the group/Branch as possible.

I am going to start uploading the Easthammer newsletter onto this site as well as Easthammer but a few changes will be made to how they are done

Dear Colleague,
Please find the attached newsletter For The Record for the RMT members of Liverpool Street Group.

You will notice that there are a number of underlined words and phrases. If you click on there you will be forwarded to a webpage relating to the something in the newsletter (if you are connected to the net that it. Some will open up an email window.

Please pass it on to any members of staff you know who are RMT member, but do not use TfL email addresses. A limited number of printed copies will be available.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the newsletter; read the text below.

Overtime and rest day working …

The matter of overtime and rest day working was raised with the new GSM, who insisted that there was not a ‘blanket’ overtime ban, but merely that ‘overtime’ was being more closely managed. However, the outcome of this ‘closely managed overtime’ has been evident for all to see... Ticket offices closed, gate lines unstaffed, meal relief duties un-covered and staff being told to take DMR’s, and all this why we are being told to provide ‘A world class service’...

King’s Cross Goes It Alone
Barbican and Farringdon join the Liverpool Street Group.
Were you kept informed?
Despite the rumours that have circulated that I had discussed the transfer of staff and two stations - namely Barbican and Farringdon to the Liverpool Street group, nothing could be further from the truth.

Thursday 28th of May 2009 – Thursday 18th of June 2009

A New Roster.

A new roster was proposed by BNS as part of a SATS review to better meet the business needs of both Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations. An integral part of this roster is the addition of 4 weeks with a concomitant increase in staff at Liverpool Street; because BNS do not require SATS over the weekend and arranged its schematics to fit business needs the additional four weeks were to be worked Monday through to Friday with no additional weekend shifts.

This is a bulletin for staff on Willesden Green group. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it. Read the text below.

As you will know a RMT ballot for strike action took place on the Willesden Green Group.

The new issue of RMT Goodge Street group news addresses members' questions about the current industrial action ballot, and provides updates on local issues.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it.

Vote YES for Strike Action - Ballot Papers will arrive from 23 July

• Five CSAs told they Will be Transferred on 10 Aug
• LUL Wait until RMT rep going on Leave to Issue Notices
• We Must Stand Together and Fight this Disgraceful Management Behaviour

We would all hope that our colleagues would support us if we were facing a forced transfer. You would not want to face getting a staff taxi at 3am to make a dead early at Paddington. Don’t let it happen to your fellow workers.

You can download a leaflet/poster by clicking on the file name below.

From the new Bakerloo Line RMT newsletter - you can download the newsletter by clicking on the file name below.

RMT Council of Executives has formally supported Jerome Bowes after being sacked by LUL during an incident on new years eve 2007.

The new issue of Bakerloo line branch's newsletter urges readers to defend Jerome Bowes, sacked Elephant & Castle CSA. It also reports on management breaking the Framework Agreement for ex-Silverlink staff and on several issues for drivers.

Download it here.

April's Bakerloo News celebrates the vote by RMT members for industrial action to stop casualisation, urges members to come to the branch to help plan action, and explains why the issues at stake affect us all.

It also reports on the Metronet dispute, and urges readers to say 'No' to BoJo - Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate for Mayor.

The latest issue of Bakerloo News urges all members to vote Yes in the ballot for industrial action against casualisation.

It also challenges management's positive portrayal of life on the ex-Silverlink stations, reports on the detrainment dispute, and gives a drivers' view of management's plan to move tipping out from Willesden Junction to Stonebridge Park.

The two RMT branches on the Central Line - Stratford no.1 and Central Line West - have jointly produced this newsletter urging Central Line staff to vote Yes to industrial action to stop casualisation and de-staffing.

The August issue of Stratford no.1 branch's newsletter reports on the 'Metronet Meltdown', the threat to Central Line ticket offices and our fight to save ill-health pensions. It also carries a message from striking postal workers explaining their dispute and asking for our support.