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LUL: On Call Payment Back Pay

Despite reaching agreement with LUL at Acas (click it >>Metronet Grades Dispute – ACAS Resolution (3)) regarding the increase of On Call payments in Engineering and Back Pay to 2007, so far LUL have only increased the present rate. Even that was only recently.

Our members have now had enough. Promises of jam tomorrow never appears and tomorrow has now came and gone. This is clearly unacceptable. Numerous emails and promises have been sent, none have materialised with back pay into our members bank accounts.

Therefore we advise our members that are affected to raise a grievance with LUL. Please see the template below:

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Name:

Grade:

Location:

Date:

To Bob Doyle

cc. Terry Deller

Dear Bob,

I would like to take a grievance over non-payment of my on call back pay.

I am owed <<enter amount if known or state period that you are owed for i.e. from January 2009 etc>>

I would like my money with immediate effect.

Yours

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Please send any evidence that you may have. Also copy in your local RMT rep to the email.

If LUL refuse to pay then we intend to refer the matter to our legal team ASAP to give an opinion whether a claim through County Court is viable and look to take cases forward if there is.

To get a legal opinion please fill out the forms below

repayment-of-fees

legal-form-guidelines

L2-June 2014

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How to raise a grievance

Grievances:

 A grievance is just a term used to describe a complaint that you want to lodge. It can be about any issues from unpaid overtime to severe bullying and harassment.

Your company is legally obliged to care for you under the following legislation:

  • Health and Safety: Your company has a duty of care to ensure that you are safe at work. That can be from obvious risks such as a moving train, or less obvious such as stress. See Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 & Managing Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (amongst others)
  • Workplace Bullying and Harassment: Everyone has the right to be treated equally at work, without prejudice for having a protected characteristic such as Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Age, Religion etc. See Equality Act 2010 (amongst others)

 Why should I take a grievance?

A complaint should be raised informally first (if this is possible). If this does not work then the next step is to raise a formal complaint in writing. If this is difficult for you to do then your union rep can assist you to structure your complaint. The reality is that you are likely to be taking a grievance because you feel that there is no other choice.

Most issues should just be dealt with by an employer. Often they are not and resorting to a formal process is required.

Remember:

  • It is not wrong to actually stand up for your rights and complain if something is wrong or is not dealt with properly. Why should your company get away with it?
  • There is some legal protection should you raise certain issues such as Health and Safety under the Whistle Blowers Act, Discrimination etc
  • The HR department ARE NOT your friends – they’re only there to mitigate your employer’s liability!
  • Always take a union Representative with you. The union also have specially trained Harassment Reps that can help

 Preparation: 

  1. Gather Evidence: The type of evidence depends on the nature of your grievance. However some examples are: acquiring witness statements from workplace colleagues, collecting emails and keeping them safe, any medical evidence, work place risk assessments etc.
  2. Policies and Procedures: acquire and review your employer’s policies and procedures prior to lodging a grievance letter. Then read them so that you understand the terms used to describe certain acts such as bullying, and the process that needs to be followed, including appeals.
  3. Data Protection Act: You may be able to use the data protection act to obtain your personal data that is help by the company. This data could be written notes, emails, paper files etc. To obtain this information, you can lodge a click it>> Generic Subject Access Request Form
  4. Notes and Diary: Documenting a case, especially one that is over a long time is vital. Keeping a diary will help as a memory aid and can be used to show contemporary reporting of issues to assist your case.
  5. Time Lines: If appropriate, try to write a time line of events to show how you’ve been treated. This can be very simply written. Just Date and short description of the event

What to put in your grievance letter

  • A grievance should have three main sections: introduction/ complaint/ what outcome that you want
  • It should be to the point. You are not writing ‘war and peace’ but succinctly describing an issue and/ or event
  • Bullet Points often help
  • It needs to be clear so that it is understood

Details of how to write a grievance: 

  1. Put your name, grade, location, contact details and date
  2. The name of the person the grievance is going too i.e. line manager (as per your local grievance procedure)
  3. If the complaint is about your manager, send it to their manager

 Introduction Section: 

  1. Write a basic introduction about your complaint.
  2. For example ‘I would like to raise a formal complaint under the grievance procedure. I feel that I have been badly treated and the company have failed to deal with my complaint informally’
  3. It should include any dates for a hearing that you cannot do, for example if on leave etc
  4. Be explicit. If the case is race discrimination state it. ‘I would like to raise a complaint of Race Discrimination’ etc

Complaint/ Main Section

  1. Clearly set out the facts of your complaint.
  2. Explain what the complaint is about and include all relevant information such as dates of events/ short description of the event/ any witnesses (including grades if necessary to identify them) and where the matter happened
  3. It is often helpful to put events in date order by which they happened. If you do not know the exact date, then try to generalise such as early January etc

Outcome Section 

  1. Write what outcome you wish to gain from the grievance.
  2. For example, it may be payment for missing overtime, an end to bullying, or training. Be specific on this. If you do not know what outcome you want, then you are unlikely to be satisfied with the outcome you eventually receive.
  3. Try to have reasonable expectations. Asking to be promoted to CEO is unlikely to work. Full payment for money that you are owed/ respect at work etc is reasonable.

Delays:

  • Delays are your enemy
  • Any complaint must be referred to the Acas Early Conciliation (https://ec.acas.org.uk/) prior to going to an Employment Tribunal. This MUST be done within three months minus a day from when the last incident occurred i.e. if sacked on the 2nd January, a referral to Acas must be done before 1st April
  • You must allow time for the employer to resolve the matter BUT not at the expense of the case going out of time
  • Should a case potentially come under the authority of an Employment Tribunal or Court, then obtain an click it>> L2-June 2014, plus legal-form-guidelines and repayment-of-fees as soon as possible and send these back to Unity House

Example Letter 1

Example Letter 2

Example Time Line

Other additional helpful documents

Subject_Access_Request_Form LUL

Discipline-and-grievances-Acas-guide3

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Italian state Railway to plunder Britain's railways

Now Government opens door to Italian state to plunder Britain’s railways

 

In a written statement today the Government have confirmed the list of bidders given a “fast track” passport to soak up lucrative franchises on Britain’s rip-off railways.

As well as the usual list of chancers, failures, spivs and foreign state operators, a new face has emerged, “Trenitalia” – an operation owned by the Italian state.

The announcement follows the confirmation last week that Arriva/DB Schenker will be taking over Northern Rail.

RMT General Secretary  Mick Cash said:

“With over three quarters of Britain’s train operations owned by overseas state companies the Government have now decided to widen the “fast track” route to the great British rail rip-off by opening the door to the Italian state operator – Trenitalia. They are following in the footsteps of the German, Dutch, French and Chinese state rail companies.

“Along with the usual gang of failures and rip off merchants we now face the prospect of rail services in Romford being plundered to subsidise rail services in Rome. That is a scandal which proves conclusively that this rotten Government will happily have any state running our rail services as long as it isn’t the British state.

“RMT will continue to fight this nonsense and will battle for a railway owned and run by the British public in the interest of safe and efficient services.”

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December Inflation Rates

New Inflation Rates

 

The Office for National Statistics has published inflation figures for the twelve months to November 2015.

 

The Retail Prices Index (RPI) stood at 1.1% for the year to November 2015, up 0.4% on the figure for the year to October 2015.

 

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 0.1% for the year to November 2015, up 0.2% on the figure for the year to October 2015.

 

I would be grateful if you could bring this Circular to the attention of all Branch members and further information will follow in the Pay Bulletin presently.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Mick Cash

General Secretary

 

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Blacklisting: Significant legal and political developments

  1. High Court blacklisting litigation saw a 2 day hearing on Mon-Tues last week (7-8 Dec), with an additional evening session on Tuesday. As the blacklisting firms have already admitted their guilt to the court, the entire 2 days was taken up with legal argument over the use of expert witnesses for calculating loss of earnings.

 

John Hendy QC told the court that the estimated total damages for the 600 claimants is in the region of £60-70million, made up of £40m in loss of earnings and £20-30m in general damages (defamation, human rights, hurt to feelings etc..). Lawyers on behalf of blacklisted workers had applied to use the expertise of Dr Victoria Wass from Cardiff Business School, one of the leading labour market economists in the UK who has acted as an expert witness in numerous high profile cases in the past.

 

The firms argued against the use of Dr. Wass, arguing that the ‘regression analysis’ that she was using was ‘too complicated’ and could not be fully understood by the court (even though virtually every university student in the world is taught regression analysis as a standard statistical tool nowadays). Dr Wass is able to provide a high level of precision in her estimates of loss because she has restricted access to micro data from the Office of National Statistics labour market database. Without an ounce of irony, lawyers for the blacklisting companies, told the court that having access to the ONS personal sensitive information could potentially be a breach of human rights and data protection!

 

In the end, Lord Supperstone and Master Leslie refused the claimants submission – once again, judges make findings in favour of big business and against the interests of blacklisted workers. This may be a minor setback in a small skirmish but we are still going to win the war.

 

The next provisional hearing date is 1st February 2016. Full trial is set to start in May 2016 and will last 10 weeks.

 

Blacklist Support Group would like to publicly thank the various legal teams for all the hard work they have carried out on our behalf over many years – its appreciated. Special mention to Liam Dunne, who as the lead solicitor for Guney Clark & Ryan has been representing us since 2009, who has recently got married: Congratulations!

 

  1. John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor was the keynote speaker at a packed Blacklist Support Group parliamentary meeting in Westminster on Monday 7th. McDonnell raised a number of issues during his speech which will have major impact even before the election of a Corbyn government. A few of John McDonnell’s quotes from the meeting:

“Blacklisting was a deliberate attempt to undermine trade unions by victimising a layer of activists they could not buy off”

“Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn and myself put in amendments to legislation on the issue of blacklisting over a period of decades – no government took any notice”

“We are currently drawing up advice for Labour councils over public procurement regarding blacklisting, human rights and environmental issues”

“Company directors who orchestrated blacklisting conspiracy should have been sent to prison. Blacklisting should be made a criminal offence”

“If we can have the Leveson inquiry into celebrities phones being hacked, then why can’t there be a pubic inquiry into blacklisting?”

These remarks could have immense significance for companies involved in blacklisting.

 

John McDonnell was a founder member of the Blacklist Support Group who has stood with blacklisted workers on picket lines, in parliament and at our meetings ever since. We stand shoulder to shoulder with him against all the attacks from the mainstream media and are proud to call him a comrade.

 

Also in attendance at the BSG meeting was Sir Bill Morris and speakers including Chris Stephens MP and blacklisted activist Helen Steel.

 

The BSG parliamentary meeting voted unanimously that the apology given to the women activists by the Met Police should be used as a template for any future apology that blacklisted workers should expect from the blacklisting construction firms and that a representative of the BSG should be present at any ongoing talks where such matters are being discussed.

 

  1. Scotland

Another speaker at the BSG parliamentary meeting was Chris Stephens MP for Glasgow South West (SNP trade union coordinator at Westminster). Stephens was questioned by many in the audience including UNITE EC member Frank Morris, over why blacklisting firms were still being awarded public contracts such as Dundee Riverside and ScotRail in Scotland, despite a Scottish government procurement note on the issue. Stephens gave positive assurances that behind the scenes, this were moving in the right direction and asked the audience to wait for a Scottish government announcement very soon.

 

There have also been massive developments in Scotland over the past few weeks regarding the role of undercover police spying on trade unions and social justice activists. The Pitchford inquiry into undercover policing has a strict remit which only allows investigation into the activities of the political policing units in England and Wales. But following a UNITE the Union, meeting in the Scottish parliament 3 weeks ago, there have been a number of articles in the Scottish press calling for an inquiry into the role of the undercover police in Scotland.

 

Blacklisted environmental activist Helen Steel was another speaker at the BSG meeting and she told how she was spied on by the undercover police officer John Dines when a member of London Greenpeace during the McLibel trial in the 1980s and how she had visited Scotland with the police spy. Steel also called for the activities of the undercover police in Scotland to be fully investigated by Pitchford.

 

Chris Stephens MP told the BSG meeting that he fully supported the call by BSG, Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) for there to be a public inquiry into the activities of undercover police in Scotland.

http://m.heraldscotland.com/news/14126896.Revealed__spying_unit_worked_with_Scottish_police/

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14142169.University_called_on_to_fire_former_police_sex_spy/?ref=mr&lp=4

http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2015/12/14/activists-demand-lamberts-sacking/

 

  1. Shrewsbury Pickets

Previously undisclosed documents have been discovered proving that the former Conservative Prime Minister Ted Heath directly intervened in the Shrewsbury trial by supporting the role of the secret services in a hostile TV documentary be shown the night before the trial. “This is the real conspiracy” as Des warren famously said from the dock on the day he was sent to prison. The Shandow Home Secretary Andy Burnham raised the issue in parliament and demanded the release of all the undisclosed government documents relating to the Shrewsbury Pickets trial. . Great research work by Eileen Turnbull on behalf of the Shrewsbury 24. The government still refuse to publish the papers: 42 years after the miscarriage of justice.

 

http://www.tradeunionfreedom.co.uk/the-case-of-the-shrewsbury-24-parliament-tv/

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/05/ted-heath-used-tv-film-to-sway-jury-to-convict-building-strike-pickets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35047872?SThisFB

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/09/andy-burnham-shrewsbury-24-papers-published-documents-unions

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/07/shrewsbury-trials-1970s-trade-unionists-ricky-tomlinson-edward-heath

http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/shrewsbury-24-establishment-cover-up-needs-to-be-exposed-says-unite/

http://www.ucatt.org.uk/national-security-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%98my-arse%E2%80%99

 

  1. Carillion

Carillion have dropped their claim for £3500 worth of legal costs against blacklisted engineer Dave Smith – great investigative journalism by Mark Metcalf who knew before we did! Despite an apology to the High Court, Carillion continue to bad mouth Smith on their corporate website viewed by millions globally. Some apology!

http://www.bigissuenorth.com/2015/12/blacklisting-costs-claim/16270

http://employmentwrites.com/index.php/2015/12/12/carillion-drops-blacklisting-costs-claim/

 

  1. MUA

Dave Smith report: “It was my honour to represent the Blacklist Support Group at the inaugural conference of the Maritime Union of Australia Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Many BSG supporters will remember Bob Carnegie​ who toured the UK this summer, who has just been elected as MUA secretary in Queensland and made the very generous offer. The MUA are one of the most leftwing unions, alongside CFMEU and ETU provide the blue collar militancy that Australian unions are famous for worldwide. Activists from the ITF and the rank & file IDC were present and told stories of solidarity, heroism against police racism and internationalism. I spoke about blacklisting, safety and had the privilege to join Brisbane River Ferry workers on protected industrial action. I also met the crew of Fijian seafarers who had been knocked for wages who were occupying a ship who face being deported and a detention centre for standing up for their rights. Solidarity to Bob Carnegie and all the comrades at MUA”

http://www.mua.org.au/educate_agitate_and_organise_inaugural_queensland_conference

 

  1. Orgreave

See below video in support of the Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign calling for a full public inquiry into the events at Orgreave during the Miners Strike – another disgraceful example of the British state attack on working people prepared to stand p for their rights.

https://vimeo.com/148549592

 

  1. Glen Hart

RMT rep Glen Hart is being victimised by London Underground Limited – support his fight for union rights

http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/content/defend-glen-hart-demo-clapham-common-station-91215-0800

 

  1. Merry Xmas and festive greetings to all our friends and supporters around the world from the Blacklist Support Group.

We are in touching distance of a famous victory for the trade union movement – we could not have achieved it on our own.

Thank You for all your support over the years.

 

CHRISTMAS ON THE BLACKLIST by Time Served Jib Electrician
I stood up for my rights,
My workmates and my brothers,
On bleak construction sites,
I always shone a light,
For safety, and for others,
All these working men,
Have sisters, have mothers,
No work, my back a knife,
What will I tell the missus,
I’m blacklisted for life,
And not just for Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 15: We told LUL so

Last night a serious incident occurred using a Section 15 Possession whereby a message informing staff that there was a train in the area failed to be passed on. Staff could easily have been on the track with potentially fatal consequences when the Engineering Train went through the section of track.

The RMT are balloting over Section 15 Possessions on the basis that we have said we believe someone will be killed by this procedure. This incident highlights and vindicates exactly what the RMT have been loudly saying to Management

A section 15 Possession is solely about removing tried and tested protection methods for staff to access the track safely and replace it with a diluted possession that fails to address safety issues or cater for human error. It is purely about circumventing our Track Access Controllers who professionally record people working and trains through areas etc with what can only be described as a process more attune to writing it on the back of a fag packet

The RMT are sure that once again they will blame a worker, but the reality is that we have consistently warned this very event would occur. We believe LUL are fully and solely to blame for this mess and those that imposed this process should be held account for this near disaster.

The ‘system’ is not fit for purpose and now LUL have had a near miss, it is time to put our member’s life first and we call on LUL to scrap this ludicrous process and get back round the table with our Health and Safety Experts.

 

 

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RMT NATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MEMBERS’ CONFERENCE 2016

TO: THE SECRETARY

ALL BRANCHES AND REGIONAL COUNCILS

 

Dear Colleague,

 

RMT NATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MEMBERS’ CONFERENCE 2016

 

I am pleased to inform you that the 2016 National LGBT Members’ Conference will take place in Nottingham on Friday 13th (commencing at 2pm) and Saturday 14th May 2016 (concluding at 3pm).  The venue is the Ramada Nottingham City Centre, 19-21 Wollaton Street, Nottingham NG1 5FW.

 

Branches and Regional Councils are entitled to nominate a maximum of four delegates each. Nominations must be made on the attached form, which should be returned to Head Office by 15 April 2016. 

 

Branches and Regional Councils are also invited to submit motions for the agenda of the Conference which should be relevant to the concerns of LGBT members throughout the transport industry and must conform to Union policy. All motions must be received at Unity House by 15 April 2016 at the latest.  In addition to the above, invitations would be welcome from Branches and Regional Councils to host the 2017 Conference.

Branches and Regional Councils need to confirm with delegates that they are up to date with their subscriptions and what arrangements will be made towards their expenses before nominating.  A £35 per delegate payment is made to Branches, up to a maximum of seven, i.e. £245 per Branch per year, payable in respect of delegates to a Grades Conference or the RMT National Women’s; Young Members’; Health and Safety; Black and Ethnic Members’; or LGBT Members’ Conferences.

 

Should you have any queries please contact our Equal Opportunities Officer, Jess Webb, on j.webb@rmt.org.uk or t:020 7529 8821.

 

Yours sincerely,

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RMT NATIONAL BLACK & ETHNIC MINORITY MEMBERS’ CONFERENCE 2016

TO: THE SECRETARY

ALL BRANCHES AND REGIONAL COUNCILS

 

Dear Colleague,

 

RMT NATIONAL BLACK & ETHNIC MINORITY MEMBERS’ CONFERENCE 2016

 

I am pleased to inform you that the 2016 National Black and Ethnic Minority Members’ Conference will take place in Manchester on Monday 21 March (starting at 1pm) to Tuesday 22 March 2016 (concluding at 4pm). The venue is the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester M1 4PH.

 

Branches and Regional Councils are entitled to nominate a maximum of four delegates each. Nominations must be made on the attached form, which should be returned to Head Office by 26 February 2016. 

 

Branches and Regional Councils are also invited to submit motions for the agenda of the Conference which should be relevant to the concerns of black and ethnic minority members throughout the transport industry and must conform to Union policy. All motions must be received at Unity House by 26 February 2016 at the latest.  In addition to the above, invitations would be welcome from Branches and Regional Councils to host the 2017 Conference.

 

Branches and Regional Councils need to confirm with delegates that they are up to date with their subscriptions and what arrangements will be made towards their expenses before nominating.  A £35 per delegate payment is made to Branches, up to a maximum of seven, i.e. £245 per Branch per year, payable in respect of delegates to a Grades Conference or the RMT National Women’s; Young Members’; Health and Safety; Black and Ethnic Members’; or LGBT Members’ Conferences.

 

Should you have any queries please contact our Equal Opportunities Officer, Jess Webb, on j.webb@rmt.org.uk or t:020 7529 8821.

 

Yours sincerely,

Mick Cash

General Secretary    

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RMT NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 2016

RMT NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 2016

 

I am pleased to inform you that the 2016 National Women’s Conference will take place in Scarborough on Friday 4th (starting at 1pm) and Saturday 5th March 2016 (concluding at 3pm). The venue is Scarborough Railway Social Club, Station Buildings, Scarborough YO11 1TN.

 

Branches and Regional Councils are entitled to nominate a maximum of four delegates each. Nominations must be made on the attached form, which should be returned to Head Office by 12 February 2016. 

 

Branches and Regional Councils are also invited to submit motions for the agenda of the Conference which should be relevant to the concerns of women throughout the transport industry and must conform to Union policy. All motions must be received at Unity House by 12 February 2016 at the latest.  In addition to the above, invitations would be welcome from Branches and Regional Councils to host the 2017 Conference.

Branches and Regional Councils need to confirm with delegates that they are up to date with their subscriptions and what arrangements will be made towards their expenses before nominating.  A £35 per delegate payment is made to Branches, up to a maximum of seven, i.e. £245 per Branch per year, payable in respect of delegates to a Grades Conference or the RMT National Women’s; Young Members’; Health and Safety; Black and Ethnic Members’; or LGBT Members’ Conferences.

 

I hope we can build on the success of this year’s conference, and our celebrations of 100 years of women in the union.  Should you have any queries please contact our Equal Opportunities Officer, Jess Webb, on j.webb@rmt.org.uk or t:020 7529 8821.

 

Yours sincerely,

Mick Cash

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Leytonstone Stabbing

RMT demands moratorium on station job cuts as union reveals that Leytonstone will lose half its rush hour staff in February

 

TUBE UNION RMT today demanded that London Underground halt its station job cuts programme as the union revealed that Leytonstone station, scene of Saturdays horrific knife attack, will lose half its rush hour staff from February under proposed new rosters. The Leytonstone cuts are part of an overall package from early next year which would strip 838 front-line, uniformed station staff out of the tube system.

 

Leytonstone currently has four station staff on duty during rush hour and London Underground plan to cut that to just two as part of their drive to reduce staff numbers.

 

Even worse, one of those two staff will be allocated to platform despatch duties meaning that only one person will be on station duty during the time of peak demand as opposed to three currently.

 

RMT has also challenged TFL claims that all staff have received updated briefings in light of the current security situation with the union saying that the briefings are “at best cursory and at worse non-existent.”

 

RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:

 

“RMT is demanding that London Underground immediately halt the station staff job cuts programme and send out a clear signal that they are genuinely facing up to the current security threat that faces passengers and staff alike.

 

“Plans to halve the staff numbers at Leytonstone in February will shock passengers as they face up to the appalling events of the weekend. Those cuts are replicated across the tube network.

 

“RMT also challenges the claims that all staff have received updated and detailed security briefings as that is simply not matched up with the experience of our members.

 

“The union expects the moratorium on station staffing cuts to be implemented immediately and we will not be fobbed off with a whole load of meaningless rhetoric and political posturing at a time when we all need to be working together to address the current security alert across the transport network.”

 

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Threat of Privatisation – Network Rail

To the Secretary all Branches,

Council of Executive members,

Regional Councils and Regional Offices

 

 

Monday 7 December 2015

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Threat of Privatisation – Network Rail

 

Network Rail, which is responsible for maintaining the safety of our railways, is threatened with privatisation as part of a review being carried out at this very moment. We know from experience of Network Rail’s predecessor, Railtrack, that privatisation resulted in years of underinvestment and contributed to several rail disasters. We don’t want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

 

At present Network Rail is in the public sector, which is the best option for ensuring sustainable investment in future and prioritisation of safety.

 

Please could you email your MP, asking them to write to Nicola Shaw, who is heading up the review into Network Rail, highlighting the concerns about privatisation and lending support for Network Rail to remain in the public sector. This will help ensure safety is put before profits.

 

Action for Rail have set up the following link to email your MP: http://campaign.actionforrail.org/page/speakout/Safety-Before-Profits

 

Yours sincerely

 

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