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Silverlink JWP 18th May 2010
Submitted by Malcolm Taylor on Thu, 20/05/2010 - 09:51After not meeting since October 2009 your reps and management met again on Tuesday 18th May to continue talks surrounding issues on the ex-silverlink stations. Items discussed were as follows:
Ex Silverlink a model for the future??
Submitted by Tim O Who on Wed, 16/09/2009 - 12:25Over a year on since the dispute and still no closer
Following last years dispute and supposed resolution over the treatment and working conditions of our comrades on the Wembley Central group we are still no closer to getting what was agreed and hardly none of what was meant to be implemented has happened.
Report: ex-Silverlink Joint Working Party, Monday 20 July
Submitted by admin on Wed, 22/07/2009 - 11:57As well as the attack on Core Station Supervisor training outlined here, the following issues were also discussed at Monday's Joint Working Party about the ex-Silverlink stations:
Ex-Silverlink Stations: Management Attack Core Supervisor Role
Submitted by admin on Mon, 20/07/2009 - 19:39London Underground management are trying to whittle away the core roles of a Station Supervisor by creating a part-qualified Supervisor grade on the ex-Silverlink stations. RMT believes that this is both unfair on the staff who will take up these Supervisor jobs and a threat to the Station Supervisor grade in general.
Ex-Silverlink staff: who do they work for??
Submitted by Malcolm Taylor on Thu, 17/07/2008 - 10:08Stations and Revenue functional reps and the local rep on the Wembley Central group had a meeting on Tuesday 15th to discuss the absolute disgraceful rosters which the ex-silverlink staff are currently working. The staff are still working to rosters from the old days under the Silverlink which in most cases mean a minimum of a six day week and some almost unlimited days working!! One example shows only one fixed Rest day in a four week roster!
Decent Treatment for ex-Silverlink Staff? Management Say No.
Submitted by janine on Thu, 10/07/2008 - 12:21Despite regular articles in On The Move suggesting that the ex-Silverlink staff are working in some kind of paradise, London Underground are in fact denying the staff some really basic fair treatment. Four of these issues were discussed at the Company Council meeting on 2 July. Management repeatedly said 'no' to quite reasonable demands from RMT - but if you read through to the end, you will find a small yes!
Ramsey Not Keen On The F Word
Submitted by janine on Wed, 11/06/2008 - 09:46From the Bakerloo line branch newsletter
You have to hand it to Lance Ramsey, the current incumbent of the Bakeroo General Manager's hot seat. Most new managers, and there have been a few lately, enjoy a honeymoon period and promise the earth before delivering nothing; Lance has gone straight to the default position: delivering nothing.
The case in question affects our new comrades on the Wembley Central Group, the ex Silverlink staff. These employees are now fully fledged LU staff entitled to the same money, terms and conditions as all LU staff across the combine.
Special 'RMT Platform' for ex-Silverlink Staff, 22 April 2008
Submitted by janine on Tue, 22/04/2008 - 23:00This special issue updates our ex-Silverlink members on the latest developments with contracts, rosters, pay and other issues.
View, download and print it here.
Update: Ex-Silverlink staff
Submitted by janine on Mon, 21/04/2008 - 23:00LUL has issued new contracts to staff. It is OK to sign these, as they are standard LUL contracts. If you want management to clarify anything before you sign, you have every right to ask them.
Staff went on to LUL conditions from 6 April, but will not get the pay rate until June! RMT continues to fight for the pay rise to be backdated to 11 November last year: the date of the transfer.
On The Move
Submitted by janine on Sun, 02/03/2008 - 00:00The following letter was sent to On The Move. It was not published, so we re-print it here. (Update: It was eventually printed in a later issue.)
Anyone reading the article ‘Silver Service’ in the last On The Move would think that the ex-Silverlink employees on the Bakerloo and District lines are now working in paradise. However, this is far from the truth.
We've Got The Uniforms, Now We Want Our Pay & Our Rights
Submitted by janine on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 19:48It is two months since eleven stations transferred from Silverlink to London Underground. So why are we still on our old, lower pay rates? And why do we have lots of problems? Answer: Because London Underground Ltd (LUL) has not acted to give us our equality and rights. And what can we do about that? Get involved with the RMT trade union.
Ex-Silverlink Staff: Your Issues
Submitted by janine on Wed, 02/01/2008 - 00:00Staff have told RMT reps about various problems. We raised them all with LUL:
- Agency staff do not know how to do the banking, so existing ticket office staff have to do it. Management said they would look into this.
- LUL has delivered equipment to stations but not installed it eg. printers, microwaves. Management said there had been a problem with telephone lines that was now resolved, but they would look into any outstanding problems.
More Issues For Ex-Silverlink Staff
Submitted by janine on Tue, 01/01/2008 - 00:00- Casualisation and De-Staffing
- Agency Staff
- Your Working Hours
- Medicals and Training
Special 'RMT Platform' For Ex-Silverlink Staff, 1 January 2008
Submitted by janine on Tue, 01/01/2008 - 00:00We start the new year with a special issue of RMT Platform for ex-Silverlink staff, reporting on pay and conditions and workplace issues.
Download it here.
What’s Your New Job?
Submitted by janine on Mon, 31/12/2007 - 00:00LUL plans to move ex-Silverlink staff into the following LUL grades:
- Barrier staff, platform announcers and fire wardens will become Customer Service Assistants (station duties, barrier, patrols and platform announcements);
- Booking office staff, ticket office clerks and CSA multifunctionals will become Station Assistant Multi-functional (mainly ticket selling; some station duties);
- Supervisors will become Station Supervisors.
RMT’s view is that this makes sense, with two ‘buts’:
Defend Our Jobs: Defend Our Staffing Levels
Submitted by janine on Sun, 18/11/2007 - 00:00- Eleven stations on the Bakerloo and District lines have now transferred from Silverlink to London Underground. RMT welcomes the transferring staff into our region, and the stations themselves back into the public sector. The new staff will get better pay and conditions. But LUL intends to delay this by several months. RMT is demanding that as soon as they put on an LUL uniform (11th November), they should get LUL pay.
'RMT Platform' 29 October 2007: Staff Our Stations
Submitted by janine on Mon, 29/10/2007 - 00:00The new issue of RMT Platform explains how LUL has used the pretext of eleven stations transferring in from Silverlink to attack established staffing arrangements. It also reports on the latest Bakerloo detrainment strike day, the campaign to defend our ticket offices, and the various issues discussed at the last Stations & Revenue Council meeting.
Staff Our Stations
Submitted by janine on Thu, 25/10/2007 - 23:00YES to
- well-staffed stations
- LUL work done by LUL employees
- every station to have a Supervisor
- equality for new and existing staff
NO to
- security guards
- agency staff
- mobile Supervisors
- a two-tier workforce
On November 11th, several Bakerloo and District line stations - together with platforms at three other stations - will transfer from Silverlink to London Underground.
Silverlink Transfer
Submitted by janine on Wed, 03/10/2007 - 23:00Silverlink stations on the Bakerloo line (Queen’s Park to Harrow & Wealdstone) and the District line (Kew and Gunnersbury) are to transfer to LUL, as are Silverlink platforms at Blackhorse Road, Highbury & Islington and West Brompton. RMT welcomes this, as Tube services run through these stations and it brings a few small parts of the privatised mainline railway back into public hands.
Silverlink station staff will become LUL employees, with a big improvement in their pay and conditions. But LUL has plans for the transfer which should alarm us all. The company intends to:
Your RMT Stations and Revenue Council representatives: click on their names or photos to send them an email.
John Reid 07748-760261
Neil Cochrane (staff side chair) 07739-869867
Mick Crossey 07834-117509
John Kelly 07740-065367
Malcolm Taylor (staff side secretary) 07748-933241
Mac McKenna 07801-071363





