Written for train drivers, by train drivers

Mid July 2015 Issue 43 www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk

Unions In Unity - Time

For a Good Deal

union, but we need to keep up the pressure

to make sure that any settlement rewards
all grades equally.
Just seventeen drivers - 0.4% - came in to
work none of whom drove trains. Bosses
rewarded their loyalty by instructing
them to put on Hi-Vi vests and point
passengers
in
the
direction
of
overcrowded buses.

Congratulations to members of all grades

in all unions who took strike action last
week. The support was outstanding, and
the effect on the service devastating. We
are now firmly in the driving seat as
negotiations reopen.
Despite the media referring to the strike
Propaganda from LUL, the Mayor, the being about greedy drivers after more
Government and the media built up to a money, our message is being heard. We are
fever pitch in advance of last weeks strike. trying to safeguard our work-life balance
Pleas to individual staff members fell on which is being jeopardised by a company
deaf ears and the press hysteria only had intent on running more frequent services
with more work but no recompense for us.
the effect of strengthening our resolve.
The support from all grades has been
fantastic with the overtime bans already
causing a shortage of prepped trains and a
number of station closures. We have shown
the effectiveness of an all-grades trade

Drivers not to book on for any duties

that commence between 2100 hours
Wednesday 5th August and 2059
hours Thursday 6th Aug

 unions shut down the tube

What are we asking for?
Night tube extensions planned
Trains grade meeting invite

What are we asking for?

that. On the stations there are staff who

only get 1 long weekend a year. These
rosters place incredible stress on the
relationships of all grades but LUL are
refusing to acknowledge this.
With new action called for 5/6th August it
is more important than ever to maintain
this Unity and get a deal that is acceptable
to our members.

It was way back in 1992 that LUL changed

the way we are paid from an hourly rate,
with enhancements for unsocial hours, to
the salaried system we have today. The key
problem is that service increases,
especially at weekends and evenings, have
not been taken into account when we get
pay increases. Now bosses expect us to
work through the night with no financial
incentive.
Train drivers are asking for:

Night Tube
Planned

Extension

Already

Tube bosses have already planned to

extend Night Tube to more lines. They have
detailed how much the night time economy
is growing.
That'll mean more trains
running on more lines in future, which
means more night work for all of us. This
means we have to get the right deal now if
we are to allow bosses to change our
frameworks. What comes out of this
dispute will lay out how we are expected to
work for the rest of our careers.

A consolidated (pensionable) one off TfL has a report which evaluates the
rise to reflect the changes required to economic effect of running Night Tube on
Thursday night. Whilst they think about the
our agreements to facilitate night tube
economy, we need to think about what the
An immediate freeze on weekend future of an extended Night Tube will
working levels with a commitment to mean for us.
return to levels prior to company plan
th
with a cap on the maximum amount Train Grades Meeting 30 July
worked
Have your say on the dispute and discuss
Compensation in terms of time off and
payment for night tube turns

the next steps. Its your dispute lets

get a deal that works for us

A decent pay rise and commitment to

move to a 32 hour 4 day week

Unity House 1430, all drivers welcome.

All other aspects of our claim to be

addressed
Many staff started work when we only
worked 1 in 4 Sundays and 2 in 4 Saturdays
with regular 4-day long weekends. Our
current rosters bear no resemblance to

Industrial reps:
Dean O'Hanlon
- 07956 342235
Will Reid
- 07983 958 429
Vaughan Thomas
- 07720 297657

H&S reps:
Jim McDaid
- 07917 131692
Nigel Eivers
- 07961 141924
Dave Rayfield
- 07719 132161