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RMT repeats call for reversal of staffing cuts
Tube union RMT today re-iterated the need for a reversal to the Tube station staffing cuts in light of a major fire-related incident at London Bridge yesterday .   The fire, underneath an escalator, prompted a full evacuation, and only the...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, london bridge, every job matters
Tube stations staffing dispute
"Our reps have met this afternoon and have agreed unanimously that all planned action remains on. RMT has been available for further talks throughout the weekend and we can confirm that those talks‎ will now convene at ACAS on Tuesday...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, station staff, every job matters,
RMT confirms further strike dates in Tube dispute
Following a failure to make significant progress at intensive ACAS talks in the London Underground stations staffing disputes  RMT’s National Executive Committee has taken the decision to call further action and instructs ALL LUL STATION & REVENUE members:  Not to...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, every job matters, station staff, strike
RMT confirms new phase of industrial action on Tube
                www.rmt.org.uk     12th January 2017 Immediate RMT confirms new phase of industrial action in Tube station staffing and safety dispute Following the rock-solid strike action taken by RMT tube station members on the 8th and 9th of January the...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, every job matters, station staff, safety
RMT to ballot London Underground fleet staff
RAIL UNION RMT confirmed today that it will be balloting its London Underground fleet staff members for strike action and action short of a strike over a breakdown in industrial relations and numerous breaches of agreed machineries and agreements by...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, fleet staff, every job matters, ballot
RMT repeats call for talks in Tube safety dispute
General Secretary Mick Cash said: “The 24 hour strike that ended yesterday evening was absolutely rock solid right across the combine and was the clearest possible reflection of the anger of tube workers at the potentially-lethal impact that the 838 job cuts...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, safety, jobs, every job matters
RMT warns TFL to stop peddling "dangerous lies"
General Secretary Mick Cash said;   "It does no one any favours for TFL to openly lie about how many Tube services are running. It just piles more people into stations that are already dangerously over crowded and ramps up...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, station staff, jobs, every job matters
Tube staff out in force across the network
General Secretary Mick Cash said;   "Our members are out in force across London Underground this morning in the fight for jobs and safety. The strike action is ‎being solidly supported on every line, at every station and on picket...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, station staff, jobs, every job matters
RMT confirms ballot timetable for London Underground staff
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed a ballot timetable today for nearly 3500 workers a week after the terror alert at North Greenwich put tube safety right back at the top of the agenda.  Station staff members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, every job matters
RMT sets out its position on Night Tube
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said;   “RMT supports the introduction of the Night Tube and ever since the idea was first floated our members have fought tirelessly to make sure that it is done properly and that the huge...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, tfl, night tube, every job matters
RMT demands halt to job cuts after Clapham South incident
Tube union RMT today demanded a halt to the massive LU job cuts programme and to the lethal idea of driverless trains after the publication of the official report into the dragging incident at Clapham South Station last year. RMT...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, every job matters, lul, tfl, clapham south
EVERY JOB MATTERS
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 3rd March 2016 Dear Colleagues, EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND As you will be aware, the new operating model in respect of Fit for the Future - Stations commenced on 7th February 2016 and I have...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lul, central line
Crunch tube talks today
TUBE UNION RMT said today that if crunch talks at Director level over this weekend’s 48 hour station staffing strike fail this morning then the matter will be referred immediately to ACAS as the clock ticks down towards Saturdays action. RMT...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, fit for the future stations, every job matters
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 29th January 2016 Dear Colleague, EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND WEEK OF ACTION – SUNDAY 7TH – SATURDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2016 Further to previous correspondence where I advised you that RMT would be organising a...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 26th January 2016 Dear Colleague, EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND Further to yesterday’s announcement that the strike action today and tomorrow is suspended, I want to clarify that the OVERTIME BAN FOR RMT STATION...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: LONDON UNDERGROUND, LUL, EVERY JOB MATTERS
London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/0001 21st January 2016 Dear Colleague, RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND NIGHT RUNNING EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND IMPORTANT UPDATE ON TALKS – REVISED OFFER RECEIVED FROM LUL Further to my previous...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters, night tube
Surge in complaints in wake of ticket office closures
General Secretary Mick Cash said; "These figures confirm all RMT's warnings about the dire impact on passenger services f‎rom the cuts-led ticket office closure programme. Every job matters card "With over 800 tube station jobs due to be axed early next...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, ticket office, boris johnson, tfl, every job matters
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 12th January 2016 Dear Colleague, EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND As members will be aware, at the time of calling the continuous overtime ban from Sunday 3rd January 2016, your RMT Lead Officer had written...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube, every job matters, night tube
Every Job Matters
As members will be aware, discussions and negotiations with LUL over the above and its Fit for the Future Stations (FFFS) proposal have been on going and the General Grades Committee took the decision in September to keep this issue...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lul
Fare evasion rockets
In the wake of figures released yesterday by the Labour Group on the GLA showing that fare evasion on London Underground has rocketed by over 200%, tube union RMT revealed today that, as well as closing ticket offices, LU has reduced...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london undeground, lul, fare evasion, labour group, gla, tfl, every job matters
Increase in fare evasion linked to ticket office closures
General Secretary Mick Cash said; "Today's figures from the Labour Group on the GLA are exactly in line with RMT warnings that axing ticket offices and station staff would be a false economy and would encourage fare evasion. Our warnings...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, labour group, gla, tfl, ticket office, every job matters
RMT on Night Tube delay to next year
"No one wins from this situation - neither Londoners or tube staff. RMT supports the principle of a Night Tube with properly agreed reward and rosters and the union remains available for further constructive talks. "RMT is frankly astounded that Boris...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: London underground, lul, every job matters, night tube
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 21st August 2015 Dear Colleague, EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND Further to my previous correspondence dated 11th August, members are reminded of the upcoming strike action starting Tuesday next week. All Station Grades members...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, every job matters, lul
Chaos on District Line
The District line has lost more than a third of its trains this morning due to the union work to rule in the depots which has been ongoing as part of the Night Tube dispute. Tube bosses have attempted to...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: tube strike, night tube, every job matters, london underground, lul, district line
RMT Responds to Latest Statements from LU's Nick Brown
"This dispute is not about money, it's about being able to plan for and enjoy some downtime with friends and family away from work. The current plans wreck that and the unilateral issuing of the new rosters has simply inflamed...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters, night tube, tube strike
RMT calls for indefinite suspension of Night Tube plans
RMT says that is an open secret across the job that senior managers do not believe that the Night Tube is deliverable on the 12th September without unleashing repeated chaos. As a result of the project being dumped on tube...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, night tube, every job matters, tube strike
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 4th August 2015 Dear Colleague, Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground Further to my previous correspondence dated 15th July, members are reminded of the upcoming strike action starting tomorrow. All Station Grades members are instructed...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters
Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service and Night Running
Our Ref: LUL/0001 4th August 2015 Dear Colleague, Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service and Night Running London Underground All RMT members working for London Underground are reminded of the upcoming strike action starting tomorrow, which will be the second...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters, night tube, tube strike
RMT rejects latest Night Tube offer strike action goes ahead
RMT reps were furious when they examined the details of the current proposals earlier today only to find that they are a re-hash of previous plans and would continue along the course of smashing up long-standing agreements and destroying work/life...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters, night tube, strike, tubestrike
RMT on night tube talks
Our London Underground reps will meet on Monday to look at the detail and we will take a response into the ACAS talks ‎following that meeting. RMT reiterates that next week's action remains on. ". Ends.
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tube strike, every job matters
New tube action hits services
New wave of tube industrial action already hitting services this morning as drivers threatened with being sent home for refusing to drive unsafe trains. Tube services are already being hit as a new phase of industrial action kicks in this...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: lu, london underground, night running, every job matters
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 15th July 2015 TO ALL LONDON UNDERGROUND STATION STAFF MEMBERS Dear Colleagues, Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground Members are congratulated for taking part in the significant strike action on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lul
RMT confirms tube strike dates
The strike times for driver members will run slightly later, between 21.00 on 5th August to 20.59 on 6th August. General Secretary Mick Cash said; "The unity and determination of staff across London Underground in the dispute ‎over night tube, the imposition...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: lul, london underground, tube strike, every job matters
Industrial Action – London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/0001 13th July 2015 Dear Colleague, Industrial Action – London Underground All London Underground members are congratulated for the hugely successful strike action which took place across the network during Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July. Now, while RMT...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters, night running
RMT salutes tube workforce
  RMT salutes tube workforce for solid, united and determined action and demands that LU return to serious negotiations. General Secretary Mick Cash said; "RMT congratulates the 20,000 members of all four tube unions who have stood united, solid and determined...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters, tube strike
RMT demand for tube chiefs
General Secretary Mick Cash said; "The strike action on London Underground is rock solid across all lines, all grades and all depots and the unity and solidarity of the entire workforce, which has now brought London to a standstill, must...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: London underground, lul, every job matters, tube strike
MPs condemn “disgraceful” treatment of tube workers
London MP Jeremy Corbyn and other MPs have tabled a motion condemning the “disgraceful” treatment of tube workers and calling on the Mayor of London to withdraw the imposition of night working.   The motion notes that uncontrolled and unmanaged...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters
RMT on tube talks
"That of course means that the detailed offer submitted by LU yesterday must remain on the table as a key part of the talks framework and the union issues on a coherent package that addresses work\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\life balance, equality and safety...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, strike, every job matters
London Underground talks latest
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: “RMT has received the latest offer from London Underground during the ACAS talks today. “Our representatives on London Underground have discussed it and are clear that it is divisive and unacceptable. While a small...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, pay offer, every job matters
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 2nd July 2015 To all London Underground Station Staff Members Dear Colleagues Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground This week you and your colleagues voted massively in favour of industrial action in our dispute to...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters
RMT confirms industrial action dates on London Underground
RMT confirmed today that members will be taking the following industrial action on London Underground following ballots over pay, night running, safety and casualisation: Not to book on for any shifts between 18.30 hours on 8th July 2015 and 18.29 hours on 9th...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, every job matters, industrial action, night running
RMT responds to TFL announcement of record passenger numbers
"We knew this was coming but no one has bothered planning for it and in fact there are more cuts in the pipeline that will increase the transport chaos and safety risks across the capital. We need more staff and...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, lul, tfl, every job matters
RMT steps up tube cuts fight with Bakerloo Line protest
With the London Mayor's ticket office closure programme now underway, RMT is ramming home the point that increasing passenger demand, forecast to continue to surge in the coming years, combined with increased levels of violent incidents against both passengers and...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, every job matters, lu, lul, tube, bakerloo line,
RMT continues fight for safety as first ticket office closes
"The recent stabbing at Lancaster Gate of a member of staff has shown once again the vulnerability of both our members and the travelling public when numbers are sacrificed in the drive for cuts. "RMT will continue to work with...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, ticket office closures, london underground, lul, tube, boris johnson
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 9th October 2014 Dear Colleague, Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTION SUSPENDED – ALL MEMBERS TO WORK AS NORMAL Following the talks at ACAS yesterday attended by your Lead Officer, Stations negotiating...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, tube, lu, lul, strike action
RMT suspends tube action after substantial progress in ACAS
The talks have secured substantial movement in three key areas, enabling both the scheduled strike action and the on-going overtime ban to be suspended:   •         The company has confirmed that the assertion that the consultation over the planned measures...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, tube, lu, lul, strike action
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 8th October 2014 Dear Colleague, Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground Talks at ACAS Re-started All members will be aware of the decision taken yesterday to call on all London Underground members to take strike...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, tube, lul, lu
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 7th October 2014 Dear Colleague, Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground All London Underground Members to take Strike Action Further to previous correspondence, a mass meeting of your Reps took place on Thursday 2nd October...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lul, lu, tube
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 7th October 2014 Dear Colleague, Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground All London Underground Members to take Strike Action Further to previous correspondence, a mass meeting of your Reps took place on Thursday 2nd October...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lul, lu, tube
RMT confirms 48 hours of strike action on London Underground
The vast majority of RMT tube members have been instructed not to book on for any shifts between 2100 hrs on 14th October through to 2059 hrs on the 16th October. Fleet members have been instructed not to book on for any...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, every job matters, lu, lul, tube, strike action
RMT Exposes Tube Bosses' Deliberate Attempt to Mislead GLA
Following information requests from Labour GLA member Val Shawcross, LU claimed that the total job losses were 587. However, close examination of documents by RMT negotiators show that those figures are wildly inaccurate and misleading with the real number of posts...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: london underground, every job matters, lu, lul, tube, gla,
RMT announces latest phase of industrial action on Tube
With effect from 00.01 hours on Wednesday 24th September 2014, until further notice, Station Grades Members, Revenue Protection and Duty Station Manager Grades Members are instructed not to work any overtime. The decision to move back into industrial action across the tube...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, tube, lu, lul
Every Job Matters
Our Ref: LUL/14/5 17th September 2014 Dear colleague Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground Further to previous correspondence on the above matter, despite months of discussions between your union and London Underground, it remains the case that management...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, tube, london underground, lul, lu
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref LUL/14/5 2nd September 2014 TO ALL RMT MEMBERS AT LONDON UNDERGROUND Dear Colleagues INDUSTRIAL ACTION SUSPENDED! Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground I write to all LU members concerning our dispute with London Underground over their...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lu, lul, tube
RMT announces latest industrial action on London Underground
•    With effect from 00.01 hours Wednesday 3rd September 2014, until further notice, all station staff and station supervisors are instructed not to work any overtime •    With effect from 00.01 hours Wednesday 3rd September 2014, until further notice, all Station Supervisors members are...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lu, lul, tube
Every Job Matters
Our Ref LUL/14/5 27th August 2014 Dear Colleagues TO ALL RMT STATION STAFF INCLUDING STATION SUPERVISORS AT LONDON UNDERGROUND Dear Colleagues INDUSTRIAL ACTION CALLED EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND Your union has been in ongoing discussions with...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london undeground, lu, lul, tube
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
Our Ref LUL/14/5 21st August 2014 TO ALL LONDON UNDERGROUND MEMBERS Dear Colleagues MASS MEETING OF MEMBERS FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST! EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND Further to my recent letter, a mass meeting of all London Underground...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london undergrond, lu, lul, tube
Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground
Our Ref LUL/14/5 15th August 2014 TO ALL LONDON UNDERGROUND MEMBERS Dear Colleagues MASS MEETING OF MEMBERS FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST! Every Job Matters – Defending Jobs on London Underground A mass meeting of all London Underground members has been arranged to...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lu, lul, tube
RMT research exposes Boris Johnson's tube fares scandal
The research also showed that the real terms increase in Tube fares of 24%, means that for example the cost a Zone 1 – 4 annual Travel card will rise to £2238. The fare hikes are taking place despite frontline station staff being...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: tube fares, boris johnson, every job matters, london underground, lu, lul
Tube union official Mark Harding found not guilty
Mick Cash, RMT Acting General Secretary, said “This is an important victory, not just for RMT but for the whole trade union movement, and has significant implications for every single trade unionist taking action and seeking to picket effectively at...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: mark harding, every job matters, london underground, lu
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
Our Ref LUL/14/5 7th May 2014 TO ALL RMT MEMBERS AT LONDON UNDERGROUND Dear Colleagues, EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND I write further to my letter on Bank Holiday Monday where you were informed that we had...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lu, tubestrike
EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND
Our Ref LUL/14/5 7th May 2014 TO ALL RMT MEMBERS AT LONDON UNDERGROUND Dear Colleagues, EVERY JOB MATTERS – DEFENDING JOBS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND I write further to my letter on Bank Holiday Monday where you were informed that we had...
Region: South East and Anglia
Tagged with: every job matters, london underground, lu, tubestrike