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 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.

Click on '1 attachment' / file name to download a leaflet encouraging station staff to vote Yes in the forthcoming industrial action ballot over pay. The leaflet can be cut into two separate halves.

Please download, print and distribute widely.

STRIKE BREAKERS NEED TO OPEN THEIR EYES

Management want to scrap the ‘no compulsory redundancies agreement’, they have made that clear, (RMT members took 2 days strike action to secure this agreement, and won).They go on to say that the only planned job losses are admin, not front line. So then why do they want to scrap it for operational front line staff too?

Congratulations to all members, who showed during the recent strike action what being part of this great trade union is about. Throughout London underground only a few Scab members came into work but these few were not enough to get stations open even though the usual office employees were there too.

TUBE UNION RMT today called for direct talks with London Mayor Boris Johnson following the breakdown in industrial relations with London Underground and TfL which is at the heart of the overwhelming votes for industrial action confirmed yesterday.

THE TUBE’S biggest union today declared an overwhelming mandate for strike action in ballots of members across London Underground and Transport for London in two separate disputes centred on jobs, pay and working conditions.

From Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary.

It has come to my notice that LUL management are handing out anti-strike propaganda and asking people to sign for it. This is nothing more than a crude attempt to intimidate people during the current ballot and is both counterproductive and completely unnecessary.

This letter is from Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it. Read the text below.

To All Probationers and Apprentices Employed by LUL - Our Ref : LUL/14/2 - 19th May 2009

Dear Colleague,

Current Dispute with London Underground.

RMT press release, issued today

THE TUBE’S biggest union today began a re-ballot of nearly 10,000 members across London Underground and Transport for London for strike action in separate disputes centred on jobs, pay and breaches of disciplinary and attendance agreements.

RMT press release, issued today

THE TUBE’S biggest union is to re-ballot nearly 10,000 members across London Underground and Transport for London for strike action in separate disputes centred on jobs, pay and breaches of disciplinary and attendance agreements.

From Steve Hedley, RMT Regional Organiser

Dear Colleagues,

Your RMT representatives and I met with Gerry Duffy and LU management yesterday and sadly very little progress was made. Firstly we even had difficulty getting our representatives released to attend the meeting, which did not indicate a willingness on management's part to solve the issues.

RMT press release, issued today ...The RMT said today that the 24 hour strike on the Victoria Line, starting at 9pm this evening, is “rock solid” after management refused last minute talks to resolve the dispute over passenger door safety and the bullying and victimization of RMT members.

Happily, the industrial action between Wednesday 8th April and Thursday 9th April 2009 was a success.

This is a bulletin for staff on Willesden Green group. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it. Read the text below.

As you will know a RMT ballot for strike action took place on the Willesden Green Group.

Following an overwhelmimg yes vote for Industrial action and London Undergrounds refusal to invite the Equality and Human Rights Commission to investigate Managements discriminatory and abusive treatment of our members,a strike has been called as follows:

The new issue of RMT Goodge Street group news addresses members' questions about the current industrial action ballot, and provides updates on local issues.

Click '1 attachment' / file name to download it.

RMT's rep on Goodge Street group has produced this excellent question-and-answer article about our ballot for industrial action ...

What are the issues?

Pay. LUL’s pay offer is a five year pay cut. We want a decent pay rise.

RMT has produced a leaflet for duty managers urging them to support rather than work against RMT's dispute jobs, pay and justice. You can download it here. Duty managers in your area might find it interesting.

Congratulations to station staff at Willesden Green who have voted yes for strike action and action short of a strike by a margin of 3 :1 with a turn out in excess of 50%.The dispute centres around a breakdown of industrial relations resulting from management ignoring Discipline and Attendance procedures and bullying our members.