LUL management seem determined to impose automatic train operation (ATO) even in teh largest and most complex depots and sidings.
Every Tube worker knows that depots and sidings contain extra hazards. Unpredictable train movements, people walking across the track, cleaning and maintenance work...
RMT is balloting members in the Hammersmith Control Centre for industrial action to resist job cuts.
Bosses want to impose a new roster, which will cut to SCL2 jobs, affect annual leave, and increase workload.
Despite union objections, management say they will impose the new roster...
At Farringdon, trains driven in ATO leave the station at 15mph. Trains reach 30mph within station limits. A faster line speed means a more frequent service, which is London Underground's priority.
Drivers are asking for trains to pull in and out of crowded stations like Farringdon at a slower...
Station staff on the District East group, and drivers at Upminster and Barking depots on the District and Hammersmith and City Lines, are planning ballots for industrial action to protest lone working.
A recent spate of antisocial behaviour and violence, including stabbings, in the area sparked...
Aslef drivers at Barking depot on the Hammersmith and City Line will strike on 10 and 23 January, as yet another group of drivers encounters problems with depot management throwing their weight around and ignoring agreements.
Surely it’s time for a combine-wide drivers’ fight back against...
The "Four Lines Modernisation" (4LM) upgrade on the District, Met, Circle, and H and C missed the 17/18 November "go live" date for the first phase of automatic train operation.
There have been numerous problems with Thales' new signalling system, including more than one train entering a...
One consequence of sharing some stations with other train operating companies is that we get the fallout when their standards slip even lower than ours.
So spare a thought for station staff at Moorgate, Old Street and Highbury & Islington. Great Northern have omitted to clean their tunnels...
Here at Tubeworker, we're big advocates of public art and the liberating potential of artistic expression. But art installations in our workplaces need to take the safety and welfare of staff into account.
This consideration went missing with a recent "Art on the Underground" installation at...
The stretch of the Hammersmith & City and Circle Lines running past Grenfell Tower remain suspended, as investigations into the tragic fire continue.
This is absolutely right; no corners can be cut with safety, and until those investigations are concluded and the area made safe, that suspension...
Last month, King's Cross station stayed open with just one CSS and two CSAs on the station - not just below but way below minimum numbers - but management have decided that it was not that much of a problem.
When the last H&C trains were running late on 22 February, dead-late staff booked off and...
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