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Off Their Rockers?

Tubeworker has had cause to comment on many previous occasions about management's somewhat eccentric schemes for reducing SPADs. But this one really takes the biscuit ... or some form of confectionary anyway.

Bakerloo management had some sticks of rock produced, with 'Bakerloo' running through...

Watch Out: It's The WAGs!

Not the footballers' Wives And Girlfriends, but Wide Aisle Gates. They are like Manual Gates, but with a motor rather than a member of staff. Which sounds great - no more of that RSI-inducing arm-ache, and a chance to help the customers more and share out the workload.

But management seem to think...

Can't Afford A Coat Hook?

Apparently, some trains are missing cab coat hooks, and they are not being replaced because depot stores can't afford to buy any.

So all this money has been poured into Metronet for what, precisely?! Perhaps someone could ring the departing Andrew Lezala and ask if he can spare a few of his...

Would You Adam And Eve It?

Believe it or not, Metronet's bosses get to slink away from the disaster they created with more than a million quid of public money in their already over-stuffed pockets.

Andrew Lezala and his accolytes have pulled off an incredible smash-and-grab raid.

Tubeworker wonders whether the same...

Review of Greg Wilpert, Changing Venezuela By Taking Power

Greg Wilpert, Changing Venezuela By Taking Power: The Policies of the Chávez Presidency 1999-2006, Verso 2007

Greg Wilpert is responsible for some of the most useful English-language journalism on Venezuela over the past five years. The Venezuelanalysis website he edits continues to be a valuable...

Workers Power – rrr hot air

I had an interesting altercation with some rrr-revolutionary “anti-imperialists” Workers’ Power people at a post support group meeting yesterday.

Workers Power has long denounced anyone who belongs to the Labour Party, even when they’ve been involved with struggles against the leadership (e.g...

Pensions election: Vote Paul and Paul

You will soon be receiving your ballot paper for Section 3 of the TfL Pensions Consultative council election.

Tubeworker strongly urges that you vote for Paul Murphy and Paul O'Brien. As both are RMT activists, they will be more accountable and representative than other candidates, and as members...

East Ham: Unwelcome New Regime

East Ham group's new GSM is busy making himself very unpopular with staff. When he's not having managers turn up unannounced on people's doorsteps, he's disciplining staff when they've done nothing wrong.

Staff are getting mightily peed off about this, and are busy planning the fightback ...

US labor in trouble and transition - review of new Kim Moody book

US labor in trouble and transition, Kim Moody, London: Verso 2007

Why is US labor in decline and how can the situation be turned around? Kim Moody, a prominent Marxist participant and commentator in the US labour movement over the past three decades has produced a coherent answer to these...

Gis A Job

'Ere, want one of those security guard jobs on the transferring Silverlink stations? Click here.

Benefits include £7.50 per hour (don't spend it all at once), and a 48-hour working week (don't bother applying if you have a life, then).

Oh, and the positions are "permanent". Rather different from...

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