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Health & safety issues on London's Transport

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...

Something in the air tonight?

“Particulate matter” (PM) is everything in the air that is not a gas. It consists of a variety of chemical compounds and materials. These may enter the bloodstream and be transported around the body. This can result in serious impacts to health.

PM 2.5, aka “fine” PM, is small enough to pass...

Magic wands?

LUL wants to scrap the “wand” system for security checks at Cat-A stations, a replace it with visual checks that will be inputted/audited by an app.

The current system involves tagging points on a wall with a wand, data from which is then downloaded to verify the check has been completed. We hold...

Keep BWCs voluntary!

Rumours abound that LUL is about to make the use of Body Worn Cameras (BWCs) compulsory for station staff. As of now, using BWCs is voluntary.

Tubeworker has always opposed the imposition of this technology. We understand that BWCs make some staff feel safer, and there is some evidence to suggest...

"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...

Union sounds alarm on 4LM

RMT safety reps have raised a number of safety concerns with Thales' "Four Lines Modernisation" (4LM) signaling system, due to convert the Sub-Surface Railway (District, Hammersmith & City, Circle, and Metropolitan lines) to automatic signaling.

The project has been plagued with waste and errors...

Toilet trouble

The latest edition of TfL's in-house mag On The Move proudly reports on the improvements to staff facilities that've been made in various areas.

All well and good, but staff at locations with major, and long-running, problems with staff facilities might be justified in feeling a bit left out...

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...

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