| RMT Night Tube action goes ahead – RMT says action goes ahead over imposition of impossible and unreasonable demands on staff in advance of Night Tube reopening. TUBE UNION RMT has confirmed today (22 Nov) that action goes ahead by members over what it describes as the imposition of unacceptable and intolerable demands on staff in advance of the Night Tube reopening which the union says will wreck work life balance by bulldozing through additional night and weekend working. This union says that LU refused point blank to consider the serious grievances at the heart of the dispute and that it has become clear the drive from tube bosses is all about cutting costs regardless of the impact on staff and the services they operate. As a result all train operator and instructor operators working on night-tube lines (Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly & Victoria) have been instructed not to book on for any duty commencing between 04:30 on 26/11/21 and 04:29 27/11/21. Further all train operator and instructor operators working on the Central and Victoria lines are instructed not to book on for any duty commencing: between 20:30 on 27/11/21 and 04:29 on 28/11/21 between 20:30 on 3/12/21 and 04:29 on 4/12/21 between 20:30 on 4/12/21 and 04:29 on 5/12/21 between 20:30 on 10/12/21 and 04:29 on 11/12/21 between 20:30 on 11/12/21 and 04:29 on 12/12/21 between 20:30 on 17/12/21 and 04:29 on 18/12/21 All train operator and instructor operators working on night-tube lines (Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly & Victoria) are also instructed not to book on for any duty commencing from 04:30 on 18/12/21 to 04:29 19/12/21.  General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “We have made every effort in ACAS and direct talks to resolve this dispute but it is clear that LU bosses are driven solely by the bottom line and have no interest whatsoever in the well being of their staff or the service to passengers. We will take no lectures from LU on safety as no one has worked harder to ensure a safe environment for women on London Underground than the RMT. While Tube bosses have axed staff and left stations routinely unstaffed, with all of the obvious risks, we have campaigned relentlessly for the front line, physical presence of visible staff on stations and platforms. LU have ignored us as cuts come first. We are now being repaid by the imposition of working arrangements that would wreck the work-life balance of our members. No one should underestimate the anger this issue has generated amongst drivers…” read more Save London’s Transport demonstration (19 Nov) – RMT to join ‘Save London’s Transport’ demonstration outside Parliament on Wednesday 1st December. Transport Union RMT will be protesting outside Parliament alongside other trade unions in a ‘Save London’s Transport’ demonstration opposing attacks on pensions, the imposition of pay freezes and threats to services and jobs, imposed as part of the government’s conditions for the bailout out of Transport for London. The demonstration will be taking place outside Parliament on Wednesday 1st December, assembling at 11am at Old Palace Yard read more |