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General Secretary Mick Cash said;   “The huge hike in fares confirmed last week is another kick in the teeth for passengers who ‎already fork out colossal sums to travel on rammed out, unreliable trains while the private operators are laughing all the way to the bank.   “With over three quarters of Britain’s railways …

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Head Office Circular No. NP/131/17   To the Secretary, all Branches and Regional Councils Tuesday 15 August 2017   Dear Colleagues   ANNOUNCEMENT OF MAX INCREASE FOR REGULATED TRAIN FARES, FROM JAN 2018 -SIGNIFICANT FOR NEGOTIATING INCREASE TO RAIL WORKERS’ PAY & BENEFITS   The Retail Prices Index (RPI) was 3.6% for the year to …

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Circular No: NP/110/17 Our Ref: LA/2017 13th July 2017   To: Branches, Regional Councils & Regional Offices   LEGAL UPDATE SUMMER 2017 Dear Colleague,   The Supreme Court handed down its decision in the joined cases of Essop v Home Office and Naeem v Secretary of State for Justice. The Supreme Court overruled decisions of …

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Thales have made a revised pay offer for their LR 1-7 staff in job families 7 & 10 plus site engineers.   The offer is below:   Year 1 – 1.2% Year 2 – 1.5% +0.5%* Year 3 – 1.7% +0.8%*   *Subject to meeting the in year MYB EBIT target.   The issue is …

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FIXED TERM CONTRACTS, WORKSHOP STAFF, PICCADILLY LINE – TUBE LINES (LUL/13/2)   Further to my previous Circular (IR/325/17, 27th July 2017), the discussions with our Reps regarding rostering during the 3 month leaf fall period have concluded with an agreement covering the next 2 years to allow extra lifting work due to the leaf fall …

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RMT warns of Night Tube crisis on the Piccadilly Line   TUBE UNION RMT warned today that the Night Tube on the Piccadilly line is in crisis with a serious lack of trained train operators available to run the service.   RMT has been informed that the amount of drivers available to run the Mayor’s …

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LUEngineering Branch is proud to declare that the new website has now gone live an dshould be fully functional.   The Android App for our website can be obtained at   Click here for the Android APP   And hopefully the APP for iPhone will be finally published very soon as it is in the …

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During the TUPE talks for certain staff from LUL to be transferred into TfL, LUL continually stated that the PPP Code of Best Practice was non-contractual.   Your union was able to obtain information that clearly showed that that was not the true position and not only that, but, that the LUL negotiating team was …

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TRANSFER OF ENGINEERING, MAJOR PROJECTS, PMO AND CHANGE DELIVERY ACTIVITY FROM LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED (LUL) TO TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TfL)  Talks in this area have taken place over the last few months and the RMT remains opposed to this transfer and does not believe that we have ended consultation or have we reached a satisfactory …

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In quite an amazing show of incompetence, LUL have admitted that they have sent letters to staff involved on the TUPE transfer from LUL to TfL and had not even managed to get the dates correct. More worryingly than this admin error, they also seem to have welcomed people to TfL that were not even …

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