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Do Not Touch

Bank holiday Monday, and the BBMS advises us that auto-completion/continuation is in operation, but will only work if customers do NOT touch out.

So we've spent the whole year up til now telling punters that they absolutely MUST touch in and out on pain of losing chunks of money off their Oyster...

External Recruitment of SAMFs

Fancy an SAMF's job? Then pop down to your local JobCentre!

Believe the bare-faced cheek of it or not, management are actually talking about direct (ie.external) recruitment of SAMFs. Yes, this is at the same time that they are planning to get rid of 270+ SAMF positions and are making it as hard as...

Don't Bully Our Cleaners!

At Angel station, a Station Supervisor accused a cleaner of neglecting their duties. The cleaner got an RMT rep, who proved that there was little basis for his allegations.

Now, the next time the cleaner goes in with the union to see management, it will not be a disciplinary hearing against the...

Bakerloo Detrainment Dispute: What Next?

Detrainment staff on the Bakerloo line are still up in arms about management's plan to make them work alone, and they have very good reason to be.

Even with current staffing levels, workers are vulnerable. In the month between the two strike dates, there were three serious incidents of verbal...

Metronet: Unions Name Strike Dates

Following the massive Yes vote in their ballots, RMT and the two smaller unions TSSA and Unite have named strike dates on Metronet. RMT and Unite will strike for two lots of 72 hours - from 18:00 on Monday September 3 until 17:59 on Thursday September 6; and from 18:00 on Monday September 10 and 17...

The Right to Retire?

Under TfL's current policy, when a worker reaches retirement age but wishes to carry on working, they must prove they ares still competent enough to do the job, and successful workers are allowed to stay on in part time employment.

The unions have always agreed with this policy. But a change in...

Measuring Up

Does anyone still think management are 'consulting' in good faith about the ticket office closures?

If so, perhaps they can explain why TubeLines have been going round the ticket offices which management plan to close measuring them up for their planned destruction?!

Metronet: Massive Vote for Strikes

Strike ballot result
Total: 1.369 (95.1%) yes, 70 (4.9%) no.
RMT: 1,123 (98.3%) yes, 20 (1.7%) no.
TSSA: 127 (77%) yes, 38 (23%) no.
Unite: 119 (90%) yes, 12 (10%) no.

Nearly 3,000 Metronet workers have voted to strike, in a great display of determination to fight and a welcome show of unity...

Own Goal

Tubeworker has reported previously about the staffing levels crisis on the east end of the District line.

This really hit rock bottom on Saturday 4th August, when West Ham United played Roma and the station was left woefully understaffed.

Fights broke out in the ticket hall and on the westbound...

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