There is still a pandemic. There are still far fewer passengers. There is still danger in coming to work.
Sorry for stating the obvious, but it appears that some managers have forgotten.
In order to reduce infection risk, early in the first lockdown, stations adopted 'pandemic rosters', in...
RMT has reported that Sodexo, the outsourcing giant which runs TfL staff canteens, has backed down from its threat to make workers compulsorily redundant.
As we reported previously, Sodexo was planning to slash 30 jobs on the contract as part of a restructure that will also see canteens move away...
Thursday 19 October, 16:00-18:00
Jointly hosted by Tubeworker and Off the Rails
All welcome. Facebook event here.
Click here to log in via Zoom.
With far-right nationalist president Donald Trump on his way out of the White House, what impacts will the election have on workers and trade...
The new lockdown comes into effect from tomorrow. Our unions must fight for reinforced safety measures.
LU has said workers in the "Clinically Extremely Vulnerable" (CEV) category will not be expected to be in the workplace, and those whose jobs mean they can't work from home are likely to be put...
Union reps are pushing LU to improve its procedures for when a case of Covid is confirmed in a workplace, after recent incidents at Euston and Victoria. An RMT leaflet says current processes are "not robust or comprehensive enough."
Of particular concern is LU's insistence that they can keep a...
Tooting Constituency Labour Party in south London has passed a resolution supporting RMT's campaign for full sick pay, staff travel passes, and direct employment for Tube cleaners.
Whilst any wider support throughout the labour movement is welcome and important, this development is especially...
The government has agreed a six-month, £1.8 billion funding bailout for TfL, after a period of intense negotiations that saw deadlines extend and talks go down to the wire.
The package is being widely reported as a "win for Sadiq Khan", as the deal does not include many of the concessions the...
Talks between TfL and the government about a further funding bailout are ongoing, with discussions being extend past the 17 October deadline for the expiry of the previous package.
Tory attack lines blame Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan for "bankrupting" TfL. This is a blatant lie. TfL's funding crisis...
Click here to watch a video of the presentation at our September online meeting about colour bars on the UK railway.
Senior LU boss Nick Dent wasn't mincing his words in an Employee Bulletin sent out to all staff on 15 October: "All colleagues in our operational teams should continue to come to work as normal, including colleagues who are vulnerable."
Let's remind ourselves of the facts: between 15 and 20,000...
Thanks to pressure from RMT and TSSA reps, management on the SRT have abandoned their plan to move SRT staff off their rosters to cover local absences.
Bosses have agreed to unions' demand that coverage be resourced from within SRT rosters patterns, allowing the SRT to be utilised to cover local...
On 30 September, we reported that cleaning contractor ABM had withdrawn an agreement to pay cleaners at their full shift rate for periods of Covid-related sickness and self-isolation. With the agreement withdrawn, cleaners would revert to their normal contractual arrangements, which only entitled...
The usual work of the Special Requirements Team (SRT) on stations, covering projects and events, has largely been halted due to the pandemic. To better utilise the SRT, management now want to invoke a clause in their Framework which allows them to be deployed to cover long-term absences, such as...
Sodexo, the multibillion pound, multinational outsourcing giant, plans to cut 30 jobs on its TfL catering contract.
It has been cooking up the cuts (pun intended) since late last year, when it won an extension to its contract. Sodexo bosses say TfL re-tendered the contract on the explicit basis...
You would think that staffing levels on stations are as low as they can possibly go, but there are always some managers who seem to think that they can pick one or two more bones off the skeleton.
The local Area Manager wants to replace a full-time CSM post and a part-time CSS post with a single...
While Covid cases rise again, the Tube is getting more congested, not less, with many of us faced with overcrowded trains on our journeys to and from work.
The days at the start of lockdown when stations looked like ghost towns are well behind us now.
The 10pm pub and restaurant curfew has...
Management seem to determine to cut corners with training on stations. Having already chipped away at it over the years, so that it's crammed into two days per year, they've now attacked it further - insisting that CSMs, rather than accredited trainers, deliver it, and they summon people from...
At the beginning of the pandemic, RMT won an agreement from TfL and cleaning contractor ABM that any cleaner who needed to self-isolate, or take time off sick due to Covid, would be paid in full. Normally cleaners only receive Statutory Sick Pay of £95.85 per week, well below their usual weekly rate...
The opening talks from our online meeting about fighting job cuts are now online, here.
The audit and review of TfL's governance and finance, ordered by the Department for Transport (DfT) as part of the funding bailout provided in June, and led by accountancy firm KPMG, was due to make its initial report at the end of August.
As Tubeworker reported, language in the audit's terms of...
Aslef members on LU have voted by a 95% majority in favour of industrial action, on a 70% turnout. It's a thumping result on a high turnout, that easily smashes the arbitrary thresholds of the Tories' anti-union laws.
Aslef balloted over the demand that LU abide by all existing agreements - in...
Sherelle Cadogan, an I/O and Aslef member, has been given a 12 month suspended dismissal for challenging racism!
A manager posted racist comments on social media, including disparaging Black Lives Matter. Sherelle and others quite rightly, challenged the comments. While the Manager was reported...
At last week's online Tubeworker meeting (held jointly with Off The Rails), we learned about the history of 'colour bars' on the railways.
After the Second World War, there was a labour shortage in Britain, and thousands of black workers from Britain's former colonies came here to fill the jobs...
It might be a good idea to offer someone an opportunity to develop their skills - but that's not the same thing as getting them to do your job for you!
In particular, do remember that Planned General inspections (PGIs) are a management responsibility. A CSS might accompany a CSM - if they want to...
A trains manager took it upon themselves to unilaterally remove a union newsletter from the depot booking-on point, apparently because they took exception to some of its contents - an article about the concept of gaslighting, especially in the context of racist discrimination.
A grievance has...
It is no secret that conflict between RMT's National Executive and some of its officers has exploded dramatically over recent weeks.
Tubeworker's sister blog, Off The Rails, looks at the issues here.
Staff were left stranded on Monday night when taxi provider Gett's systems went down and so drivers did not know where they needed to go.
After a dead late, craving your bed, the last thing you need is to be standing in the street in the small hours not knowing when - or even whether - your ride...
The company wants to show us its appreciation for how we have kept London moving during the pandemic. Bless.
Of course, it would be inappropriate for this reward to be financial, what with the current cash crisis. So management are running a survey asking us whether we would prefer a personal...
Service Control workers are gearing up to ballot for action in two separate disputes.
RMT will ballot its SC members in the long-running fight to win decent conditions at the Hammersmith Service Control Centre (aka "HMP Hammersmith"), where workers are demanding conditions are brought up to...
This website uses cookies, you can find out more and set your preferences here.
By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
