To keep pressure on against further LU stations job cuts, RMT has decided to boycott the ‘line reserve’ and enhanced AFM functionality policies. These are both measures which assist LU to manage with fewer staff, paving the way for future job cuts.

TO ALL RMT MEMBERS AT LONDON UNDERGROUND

Dear Colleagues,

I write to advise members that all strike action that was due to commence next week has been suspended following talks with the company. All RMT Train Operators and Instructor Operators are instructed to work normally. A summary of the agreement reached is as follows: -

RMT SFC Reps John Kelly and Neil Cochrane alongside our TSSA colleagues met LUL management at ACAS on Tuesday 18th January regarding the Ticket Office Review.

This morning, the BBC has reported that RMT will not hold strikes against London Underground job cuts during the month of January, and attributes this to a "highly-placed RMT source". This report is wrong.

The RMT Executive's current position on industrial action in the continuing dispute about London Underground job cuts is as follows:

• to press LUL for further talks [which have now been set up] prior to an escalation of this dispute.
• to make dispute payments to members in the event of further strike action

From Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary

Some of our station representatives recently raised concerns regarding the issue of the New Years Eve rosters and the current continuous overtime ban. It was pointed out that to implement the overtime ban it would not be possible to agree New Year working and this would give management an opportunity to impose rosters, allocate overtime which favoured individuals and would create a precedent for working on New Year’s Eve with lower staffing levels. Similar considerations also apply to other grades of staff. We were approached by TSSA on this matter and it was agreed that we would suspend the overtime ban for 48 hours only over the New Year period.

From Bob Crow, General Secretary:

I write to advise branches of the latest GGC decision in relation to our ongoing dispute over job cuts on LUL. The General Grades Committee has recently met to discuss the situation and the following decision has been taken: -

LUL safety and jobs – congratulations on another solid strike

Dear Colleague,

I would like to congratulate you on delivering another rock-solid strike to defend safety and jobs.

TfL’s dishonesty about the effects of the dispute, as well as their lies over unstaffed stations have now well and truly caught up with them and that the public no longer trust them.

A message from Steve Hedley, RMT Regional Organiser

The RMT strike action and action short of a strike is taking place after a legally held ballot. You may have seen an employee relations bulletin suggesting that you can get into trouble for going on strike or refusing to abide by the 5 pounds minimum top up policy, this is nonsense.

Unions offer to recommend suspension of tube action if management agree to twelve week suspension of staffing cuts plans to allow for thorough safety evaluation

Dear Colleague,

LU VICTIMISED EAMONN LYNCH – VOTE YES FOR ACTION

On October 13th, London Underground sacked RMT trains health and safety rep Eamonn Lynch for
making an operational error. Eamonn made a mistake and LU summarily dismissed him. But the
company gave retraining rather than the sack to the signallers and control room staff who gave
Eamonn instructions to breach the rules; and it gave a 12-month caution to a Piccadilly Line driver who
made the same mistake after Eamonn’s incident. RMT believes that LU victimised Eamonn because of
his trade union activity. Indeed, Simon Jones, the GSM on the sacking panel used Eamonn’s status as
a rep as the basis for this outrageous decision. A Tribunal judge agreed with the RMT.

Suspend cuts and we will halt strikes, say RMT and TSSA

STRIKE ACTION by more than 11,000 members of RMT and TSSA, the two biggest unions on London Underground, will go ahead tomorrow evening after Tube bosses again failed to suspend their “dangerous and unnecessary” plan to axe 800 safety critical station staff.

My travel to and from work was quite severely disrupted on Monday 4 oct. But I do support your action

• People should not lose their jobs
• I really need a safe travel system
• I need safe stations
• Remembering the roles staff played in helping commuters on 7/7

All the best

Jennifer Mann

RMT and TSSA have today sent the following letter to Prime Minister David Cameron:

Dear Mr Cameron

London Underground Dispute

We are writing to ask you to intervene to ensure direct talks take place between the trade unions and the Mayor of London.

Just wanted to wish everyone luck today/tomorrow on the picket lines.
Hope all goes well and we cripple them yet again.

Solidarity from EHM

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At the start of September, station and revenue control staff and our workmates in other grades brought London to a standstill as our strike showed the strength of opposition to LU's disastrous job-cutting plans.