Wed 1 September 2010

TUBE UNION RMT today secured a massive victory for low paid workers as it was confirmed today that all tube cleaners will be paid the London Living Wage of £7.85 per hour backdated to the 1st of July.

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Trade unions must unite to fight back - says Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union. (Morning Star article)

Hackney Unison has a new website....

The lack of clear support for the Tories in the general election and poor showings for Labour and the Liberal Democrats gives the next government no mandate for damaging cuts and further privatisation, PCS says.

Cuts leave tube stations unstaffed on 439 occasions in the past 6 months as RMT warns that there is worse to come..

This meeting notes that:

• Trades Union Councils (TUCs) are the regional structures of the Trades Union Congress, whereby each trades union council is made up of affiliated union branches in local areas. They are described by the TUC as:
  'union bodies in local communities, made up of representatives from different organisations, who meet together regularly to promote union values at a local level. They run campaigns and initiatives to draw attention to issues affecting regional economies, industries and enterprises, and lobby locally for a better deal for working people.'