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

Today I received a new leaflet from Steve Headley of which I have printed out around a 1000 of I will be handing these out on the trains on the way to work and slipping them inside of copies of the metro as and when i get a chance.

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.

Over on the RMT London Calling website, I have posted a detailed guide to the directions and guidance recently published by the PPP Arbiter. This is an important document, which may turn out to be a staging post in the collapse of Tube Lines and – following 2007’s similar collapse of Metronet – of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) itself.

Click the link to read the guide in full, or click 'read more' below to read extracts of particular concerns to station staff.

Dear Colleagues,

Please find the attached Circular from the General Secretary:

Circular IR/398/09 23rd December Rates of Pay and Conditions of Service.

Kind regards & best wishes for the New Year

Gavin

Dear Colleagues,

Most of you will have seen the internal communication from LUL regarding the pay deal, according to which operational staff can expect to be paid in late February.

I've attached the internal communiqué.

Kindest regards

Gavin

After a long drawn out fight and lots of "vote yes" "this paydeal is unacceptable" comments the EC have decided that the paydeal is acceptable and that were going to concentrate on the job cuts. Yes we must fight the job cuts but now we have put ourselves in the position of looking as bad as Scablef who done exactly the same.

Just a quick one today to let you know of the only real issue on the group this week.

This being management asking to see proof of medication ie a photocopy of the medications box showing dosage name drs details etc. It was agreed in the recent level 1 meeting that it is acceptable for management to request to see this information. It was also confirmed this was not as management were trying to tell staff "Company Policy" and when asked for this policy then being told "LUOH/District line policy" and then admitting it is ot a policy at all

This is the Article that has just been sent out as a Special DEC 2009 East Hammer

Rick Grogan Special

Dear Colleague,

The plan is to close them all after the Olympics.

Print out or email the attached pdf to all your friends who work in tickets offices, who hope to work in ticket offices or who work on stations or train side and point out to them that the first to be seen to respond to this by the Evening Standard is the RMT Union, send it especially to those not in the RMT.