- Document date
- 10-12-2024
By email and blog post
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and TfL Chair
City Hall
Kamal Chunchie Way
London E16 1ZE
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Mustafa
Attachment 1: London Bus Drivers' Bill of Rights
Attachment 2: 3 December 2024 Letter from Deputy Mayor, Transport
London Bus Drivers’ Bill of Rights
1. The Right to a safe work schedule without any forced overtime or loss of pay
2. The Right to a decent and proper rest break in the working day
3. The Right to drive a safe and well-maintained vehicle
4. The Right to clean, serviced toilet and rest facilities on all bus routes
5. The Right to report safety concerns without fear of retribution from TfL or employers
6. The Right, when seriously ill and covered by a doctor's note, to not be harassed into coming into work until fit to do so
7. The Right to relevant and timely safety training
8. The Right to drive without being forced to answer radio messages and texts from Controllers whilst in motion
9. The Right to have all company rules in writing and clearly displayed
10. The Right to be treated with dignity and respect by our employers, TfL and the public
11. The Right to Working Air Cooling in our cabs in the summer heat
12. The Right to Working Heaters in our cabs in the cold of winter
Source: https://saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2024/12/re-london-bus-drivers-bill-of-rights.html
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10 December 2024
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and TfL Chair
City Hall
Kamal Chunchie Way
London E16 1ZE
cc: Transport Commissioner; Deputy Mayor for Transport; Deputy Mayor for Social Justice and Communities, London Victims' Commissioner; Walking and Cycling Commissioner; TfL Board Secretariat; TfL SSHR Panel Secretariat; London Assembly Transport Committee Members; Tom Kearney (@comadad)
Dear Mr. Mayor,
On 3 December I received a response (below) to my 29 October Open Letter (TfL's 'Safety Scandal' will be your Legacy! An Open Letter to the Mayor of London from Kevin Mustafa) from your Deputy Seb Dance that confirmed to me that both TfL and you appear to be incapable of showing either the compassion or the concern that are urgently required to reform TfL's "institutionally unsafe" Bus Operation.
In order to ensure that TfL Bus Drivers are provided with working conditions that will allow them to drive safely and with duty of care, as Mayor of London and TfL Chair, you have both the legal authority and statutory responsibility to incorporate the London Bus Drivers' Bill of Rights into London's Framework Bus Services Contract. But your longstanding refusal to honour the previous Mayor's 1 February 2016 commitment to "update TfL's bus contracts to include new safety incentives" within "three months" confirms that both Bus Drivers' and the public's safety are not your priorities.
Frankly speaking, I know that London's Bus Drivers believe that your refusal to replace TfL's "Time is Money" Bus Contract incentives with those that protect Bus Driver Working Conditions is a betrayal of the principles upon which the Labour Party and the union movement that created it are founded. I am convinced that your failures to act as a prudent and responsible TfL Chairman have cost the lives of at least (now) 87 people in preventable Bus Safety Incidents, as well as 76 Bus Drivers from Covid-19 during your time in office. While your allies in the London Labour Party ignore TfL's Safety Scandal, London's Bus Drivers will not be letting you and your Deputy bamboozle them with the kind of gaslighting so evident in your Deputies' public statements over the years.
And we will not stop until you (a) write The London Bus Drivers' Bill of Rights into TfL's Framework Bus Contract and (b) ensure these commonsense actions are undertaken by TfL and its Bus Contractors without delay.
Dear Mr. Mayor,
On 3 December I received a response (below) to my 29 October Open Letter (TfL's 'Safety Scandal' will be your Legacy! An Open Letter to the Mayor of London from Kevin Mustafa) from your Deputy Seb Dance that confirmed to me that both TfL and you appear to be incapable of showing either the compassion or the concern that are urgently required to reform TfL's "institutionally unsafe" Bus Operation.
In order to ensure that TfL Bus Drivers are provided with working conditions that will allow them to drive safely and with duty of care, as Mayor of London and TfL Chair, you have both the legal authority and statutory responsibility to incorporate the London Bus Drivers' Bill of Rights into London's Framework Bus Services Contract. But your longstanding refusal to honour the previous Mayor's 1 February 2016 commitment to "update TfL's bus contracts to include new safety incentives" within "three months" confirms that both Bus Drivers' and the public's safety are not your priorities.
Frankly speaking, I know that London's Bus Drivers believe that your refusal to replace TfL's "Time is Money" Bus Contract incentives with those that protect Bus Driver Working Conditions is a betrayal of the principles upon which the Labour Party and the union movement that created it are founded. I am convinced that your failures to act as a prudent and responsible TfL Chairman have cost the lives of at least (now) 87 people in preventable Bus Safety Incidents, as well as 76 Bus Drivers from Covid-19 during your time in office. While your allies in the London Labour Party ignore TfL's Safety Scandal, London's Bus Drivers will not be letting you and your Deputy bamboozle them with the kind of gaslighting so evident in your Deputies' public statements over the years.
And we will not stop until you (a) write The London Bus Drivers' Bill of Rights into TfL's Framework Bus Contract and (b) ensure these commonsense actions are undertaken by TfL and its Bus Contractors without delay.
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Mustafa
Attachment 1: London Bus Drivers' Bill of Rights
Attachment 2: 3 December 2024 Letter from Deputy Mayor, Transport
London Bus Drivers’ Bill of Rights
1. The Right to a safe work schedule without any forced overtime or loss of pay
2. The Right to a decent and proper rest break in the working day
3. The Right to drive a safe and well-maintained vehicle
4. The Right to clean, serviced toilet and rest facilities on all bus routes
5. The Right to report safety concerns without fear of retribution from TfL or employers
6. The Right, when seriously ill and covered by a doctor's note, to not be harassed into coming into work until fit to do so
7. The Right to relevant and timely safety training
8. The Right to drive without being forced to answer radio messages and texts from Controllers whilst in motion
9. The Right to have all company rules in writing and clearly displayed
10. The Right to be treated with dignity and respect by our employers, TfL and the public
11. The Right to Working Air Cooling in our cabs in the summer heat
12. The Right to Working Heaters in our cabs in the cold of winter
Source: https://saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/2024/12/re-london-bus-drivers-bill-of-rights.html
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