June 2018 - read more at www.rmtlondoncalling.org.
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Management offer increase in Saturday rest days
The RMT National Executive will debate and make a formal decision about the offer from LU early next week
The detail of the
offer from LUL This is what London Underground bosses have offered to resolve the issue of an increased percentage of Saturday shifts on the new timetable.
Your reps at the ACAS negotiations
believe this is a good offer. The RMT’s decision making body, the National Executive Committee, will A successful dispute Issues with the new timetable now proceed to debate and formally The Jubilee Line dispute is near to a Your reps also highlighted further respond to the offer early next week. successful conclusion, with an offer issues with the timetable at a special- of an increase in the number of rest ly convened line meeting. This includ- days on the roster at Stratford, North ed issues such as the move towards 1. At each depot on the Jubilee line, Greenwich and Wem- more extreme duties, increase the roster size by adding bley Park depots. insufficient stepping an additional week to the top of
After the threat of two
In numbers back time at Stratford now that a platform each main roster (this will be cat- egorised as pool cover, thereby reducing the pool by one person); days of industrial ac- 2 - The number of planned has been closed, and tion and several days the agreement around • Include a guaranteed Sat- in ACAS negotiating strike dates. North Greenwich urday rest day on this a deal, your reps 30+ The number of reps meal breaks. week; have ensured that the • Make no change to the and managers involved in increase in weekend At this meeting man- minimum establishment negotiations. numbers; working that the im- agement said they plementation of time- 5 - Days spent negotiating at would come back to • On this week, duties will be table 15 bought about ACAS. us with their re- allocated 28 days in ad- will be reversed. vance. In the unlikely event 80% - The percent who vot- sponse, and we look forward to them mak- there are no rostered du- Importantly, this dis- ed yes to strike. ing a proactive at- ties available, additional pute also highlights to 0 - The strike days taken to tempt to resolve is- spare duties will be allocat- managers on the line, sues and make im- ed. These additional spare resolve the dispute. that when reps and provements as neces- duties are subject to union members feed- 0 - The wages lost. sary. change while remaining on back concerns, this the same shift pattern. shouldn’t be ignored. Changes can- Solidarity wins! not be steamrollered through without This dispute, as with all others is 2. The pool train operator nominat- proper dialogue and processes being about more than just the direct issues ed to work on the roster (in ac- followed correctly. raised. It came about because line cordance with this agreement): management believed they could How does the resolution work? ignore the concerns you raised via • Will be subject to the Line At your depot an extra roster line will your reps. We’ve reminded them that Pool Agreement. This will be added called ‘pool cover’; but with they can’t. only be once the pool is a guaranteed Saturday rest and 28 exhausted. days notice given like any normal It is crucial for all of us to support the • May have their duties cover week. The most senior person union and to vote yes in industrial changed up until midday on the pool will then be put onto the ballots. The stronger the yes vote, on the Thursday prior to roster to cover this additional roster the more power negotiators have to the week they are to be line. worked. get more great results like this. when it’s your name in the manage-
ACAS - An insider’s report ment frame.
“The whole debacle also serves as a wake-up call to London Underground to end the bullying culture which is In the end we got there. Think about rife throughout the company and stop where we started, with rest days be- setting up and picking off individual ing nicked off us in breach of an staff. The attempt to rule by fear has agreement. Now we're getting them been exposed by this case and RMT back. Our rights at work (agreements is demanding it is called to a halt im- with the trade unions) have been pro- mediately.” tected and honoured.
Respect for the workforce for sure! Check your details
It is imperative that RMT members who have changed their place of In other news… work, job title, home address and contact details inform head office of their new situation. RMT tells LU 'end the This can be done by email- bullying culture' follow- ing [email protected], calling free- ing ET loss phone 0800 376 3706 or changing them yourself by logging in at the top TUBE UNION RMT today called on of the page and amending your de- London Underground to end the cul- tails. ture of picking on staff and misusing procedures after the company lost an Employers have used discrepancy in important employment tribunal case, RMT's membership database to chal- costing the taxpayer a six figure sum lenge legitimate activity through the in the process. use of anti-union legislation in court. Have you ever wondered what happens at ACAS? The driver in question was re-instated Executive report: Ballot pre- by LU yesterday at a resolution meet- pared for all LUL grades over ACAS, the ‘Advisory, Conciliation and ing with the Employment Tribunal Arbitration Service’ is used to enable unfair sacking Judge and London Underground two sides in a dispute to try and re- management solve disputes. This NEC is appalled by London Un- . dergrounds shocking handling of the Not only have LU re-instated the Paul Bailey case. In our case it meant more than a doz- member back to his driver en reps from RMT and position but they have al- ASLEF in one room, and We note that this travesty calls into so agreed to back pay all question the integrity of the entire a similar number of man- his wages - well over a agers in another; with a drugs and alcohol policy and testing years worth - and pay his regime. third room used for small- legal costs plus compen- er breakout negotiation sation. All due to the fact groups made up from di- Due to the potential consequences of that trumped up charges this sacking being upheld at appeal in rectors , full-time officers were levelled at him with from the union and the event of this occurring we instruct procedures bent and mis- the General Secretary to immediately reps each side to work used to try and make through a deal. Bringing prepare a ballot matrix for all grades them stick. on London Underground at all loca- in specialist and local reps where needed. tions. RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: The reality of ACAS is that it is a nec- Your branch needs you! essary, yet long and often boring pro- “RMT is delighted with the outcome of cess; waiting for the other side to All members are welcome and en- this case but our member should nev- come forward with a new or revised er have been subjected to this traves- couraged to attend their branch. offer. Indeed the offer which saw our ty of justice from the start which left Speak to your local rep, or contact the second strike date suspended, was him with an axe hanging over his relevant Branch Secretary for details. made just after 7pm as ACAS were head due to appalling mismanage- telling us the room hire had ended ment by London Underground. and the lights were about to go out! Jubilee South (Stratford and NOG) “The victory, which will cost the Lon- Eamonn Lynch: Detail is key don taxpayer a packet due to the vin- [email protected] Much of the detail hung on a few dictive attitude of the company, is words, with the unions taking a de- ringing out across the combine as Neasden Branch (Wembley Park) tailed and methodological approach staff take note of both the background to ensure there was nothing in it that and outcome. It proves that you need Nigel Eivers: could be detrimental to us. a strong trade union on your side [email protected]