RMT rejects LOCOG offer for London Olympics 2012
It has been recently announced by the Leaders of London Underground workers that the wage rate offered to them by the London Organising Committee for Olympic Games is not acceptable in order to provide their services during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The money offered to the tube workers for the provision of services during the Games is up to £500.
Bob Crow, who is the general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, expressed himself in the matter in the following words, “RMT is rejecting this latest Olympics and Paralympics pay offer from LU and we will be meeting with the company
again to press our case for a flat-rate, across-the-board payment which recognises the contribution of all staff throughout the high-pressure extended Olympics and Paralympics period and which is free from a whole barrage of strings and caveats. Other employers…have
come up with serious offers and agreements and we expect London Underground to do the same.”
The reason pointed out by the RMT for the rejection of the offer made if the fact that cost of meeting the required services is not worth incurring for the benefits that would be made available to the tube workers.
The LOCOG is including a bonus of 100 pounds in the 500-pound offer, which is dependent on the reaching of a particular level of customer satisfaction. These satisfaction targets may be hard to achieve in some cases. Apart from that, the amount of compensation
offered per shift to each worker is 20 pounds.
While rejecting the offer made by the LOCOG, the RMT also pointed out other more lucrative offers that it has on the table as of now. This includes an offer made by the Docklands Light Railway that is offering a total of 1,100 pounds to every worker of the
RMT. Other than that, the RMT also has an offer of 600 pounds by the London Overground.
With the Olympic Games to commence from July 27, there is going to be immense pressure on the tube workers to accommodate the huge influx of commuters in London.
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