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REINSTATED:
Tube worker
and RMT
member Elia
Mahoney and
his local RMT
rep Laszlo
Rollinger
celebrate his
return to work
Rail Gourmet members based at
the Edinburgh Depot will be
taking further strike action next
month in a fight for workplace
justice following a
comprehensive breakdown in
industrial relations. The staff
work on the inter-city LNER
contract.
The dispute centres around
the bullying and harassment of
staff, abuse of the disciplinary
procedures and non-payment of
additional duties.
It will be the fourth day of
strike action in the on-going
dispute.
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash said that the fact that low
paid rail workers were being
forced to strike for basic dignity
and respect in the workplace is
a scandal and Rail Gourmet
should be hanging their heads
in shame.
“This is a fight for workplace
justice involving a crucial group
of staff servicing the catering
functions on LNER trains and
they deserve to be treated fairly
just like any other group of
transport workers.
“RMT will not stand back
while bullying, abuse of
procedures and non-payment
for additional duties is rife. Our
members have voted
overwhelmingly for action in an
earlier ballot and have shown
rock solid support for this fight
and it is now down to Rail
Gourmet to take this dispute
seriously and start talking about
a settlement that puts fair
treatment in the workplace at
the top of the agenda.
"It is clear that the only way
we can get management to
address these issues immediately
is by taking further strike
action,” he said.
London Underground worker
Elia Mahoney has been re-
instated following a successful
ballot for strike action.
Elia had been sacked under
the LUL probationary procedure
after more than ten months in
employment. However probation
on LUL is clearly stated as a
maximum of nine months and
his local rep Laszlo Rollinger
became involved in the case.
Despite the fact that his letter
of dismissal referred to events
that occurred after his nine
months in service his appeal
was rejected.
RMT regional organiser
requested a director’s review and
the union moved to a ballot of
the local Metropolitan group.
However LUL relented and
Elia Mahoney is now back at
work and all lost earnings have
been reimbursed.
BACK AT
WORK!
LUL probationer re-instated
following the threat of strike action
RAIL GOURMET MEMBERS
TO STRIKE IN EDINBURGH