POSTED ON BEHALF OF MALCOLM TAYLOR

Following a meeting between functional reps and LU management, a proposal by LU has been presented to the TU's for moving the OE staff into established positions this proposal is as follows:

From Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary

Correspondence was received from management concerning the levels of representation on LUL. This has now been considered by the General Grades Committee and the following decision has been taken:-

“That we note the correspondence from LUL in relation to new Station Groups and Trade Union representation.

From Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary

I write to advise branches that London Underground’s proposed changes to the Stations Framework Agreement version 22a has been rejected, and the General Grades Committee has made the following decision:-

“That we continue to press Management on this matter in line with union policy. This file to be merged with Job Cuts – LUL.”

RMT's Regional Organiser has sent the following letter to London Underground ...

RMT stations and revenue reps have brought to my attention a matter of great concern. At today’s Stations & Revenue Control Council meeting, management insisted that they would ‘work to’ (ie. impose) version 24 of the Stations Framework Agreement. However, this document is a still a draft, has outstanding areas of disagreement, and has been neither agreed by the Stations & Revenue Council nor ratified by the Company Council.

Our reps believe that in certain respects, it will significantly worsen the working conditions of staff, and are not prepared to agree it until these matters are addressed. While we have indicated that some parts of the document will be acceptable to us, others are not, and therefore the document as a whole is not acceptable, and - I reiterate - we have not agreed it.

Management have posted a copy of the Framework agreement on the intranet stating that this has been agreed by your reps. It is true that the majority of the document is close to being agreed but it is by no means a finished article and the meetings continue to try and get to a point where by we are in a position to ratify this agreement.

Click '2 attachments' / file names to download this guide as a PDF, and to download the level 1 referral form.

As a Representative you are entitled to have a Level 1 meeting with your employing manager (GSM/TOM/SCM) four times a year ie. every three months. Ensure that the GSM/TOM sticks to this schedule.

The new framework of agreement as shown below is currently still under negotiation and not yet agreed due to two sticking points on the defintion of 'business area' ( Schedule 2, section 2.3) and the interpretation of how reserve staff duties can be varied (Schedule 2, section 4).

We have been negotiating with LUL on the new New Ticket Office Procedures Handbooks for over a year now and they have been introduced without due consideration to our comments and concerns.We have real fears that the original TOPH is being watered down to make it easier to reduce ticket office hours,close ticket offices and get rid of SAMF and SS jobs.

The staff-side secretaries of both the Stations & Revenue Council and the Stations & Revenue Safety Council have jointly writtten the following letter to LUL management.

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All LU Managers:

Below is an extract from London Underground's document Key Planning Developments and Assumptions: A supplement to the LU Strategic Plan and handbook for LU Business Planning, Version 6, March 2007.

It spells out in detail the company's plans to drive business away from ticket offices - plans which will undoubtedly be a precursor to renewed attacks on ticket office jobs.

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Here is LUL's guidance for staff who couldn't get to work because of the snow.

Guidance for attendance for all Operational Staff in LU following the adverse weather conditions.