Jubilee line

RMT detrainment re-ballot: vote yes to renew mandate

RMT is re-balloting driver members on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Victoria lines to renew an industrial action mandate in the dispute over the imposition of "flash-and-dash", the unsafe detrainment method whereby drivers are expected to simply flash in-car...

Ballot successful on detrainment fight

The reballot on Bakerloo, District, Central, Hammersmith and City, Victoria and Jubilee lines was successful. Drivers will continue to check their trains before taking them into depots or sidings.

As Tubeworker has said previously, ”While there is a specific safety implication for drivers arising...

Detrainment dispute: renew the mandate, link the fights!

RMT is re-balloting train operator members on the Bakerloo, District, Central, Hammersmith and City, and Jubilee lines to renew the mandate for industrial action in the dispute over the removal of detrainment duties on stations.

Ballot papers go out on 27 July, and the ballot closes on 17 August. T...

"Flash and dash" roster chaos

On the Jubilee Line, management have brought in "flash and dash" rosters at Wembley Park, Willesden Green and West Hampstead, meaning there are not enough station staff to detrain trains.

Unfortunately for management, train drivers on the line, and across LU, are refusing to "flash and dash" as it...

Detrainment dispute heats up as drivers vote for action

LUL drivers' fight against the removal of detrainment duties, and the imposition of the "flash-and-dash" system for detraining, is heating up. Both RMT and Aslef have successfully achieved industrial action mandates.

RMT balloted all affected lines together, while Aslef balloted on a line-by-line...

Overtime bans spread on stations

Station staff on the Jubilee Centre and Jubilee South cover groups will launch an overtime ban from 12-25 March as the fight against staffing cuts on stations continues. They follow station staff on the District Centre, Bakerloo South, and Victoria South groups in taking this action.

Overtime bans...

Drivers: vote yes for strikes to defend detrainment duties

RMT is balloting driver members on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith and City, and Jubilee lines for strikes to resist the removal of detrainment duties at terminating stations.

We've covered this issue extensively - see some of our previous coverage here and here.

Action is absolutely...

Detrainment fight is opportunity to build unity

LUL management want to scrap manual detrainment so that they can cut station staff jobs. It would mean rather than a CSA or train op checking each carriage is empty before going into a siding, the train op makes an announcement, flashes the lights, and hopes for the best.

A recent management...

The Night Tube dispute still matters

RMT is re-balloting drivers as part of the dispute over enforced night working. That dispute is as important today as it was when the 2016 agreement was first ripped up, back in 2021.

When the deal between ASLEF and London Underground, which abolished the part-time Night Tube driver grade and...

Night Tube strikes named on Jubilee: dispute must escalate

RMT has extended its drivers' strikes during Night Tube hours to the Jubilee line, to coincide with the reintroduction of Night Tube running.

Strikes have been called from 20:30 to 04:29 on Saturday 21 May, and then every Friday and Saturday until 18 June. The same action is continuing on the...

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