The RMT trade union recently called for more train operators. The union's National Executive Committee made a decision on the matter that stated the issues caused by a lack of drivers are 'increasingly detrimental effect on members in terms of their ability to take leave, family friendly & flexible...
Spare a thought for the passengers at Walthamstow Central station, who have had to manage without the lift from the ticket hall to the bus station for around three weeks now. They are left with no access other than by the pretty hefty staircase.
It seems that a part failed and that rather than...
A post by the senior stations boss on the Bakerloo Line on Yammer, LU's "social network" (/management megaphone) suggests that free communal tea and coffee supplies, which were a standard in the dim and distant past, may be returning to stations.
Good news. A little token of appreciation goes...
LU's risible red tabards have been officially launched, but if the response at many stations is anything to go by, the launch is something of a damp squib.
Staff in numerous locations are simply not wearing the tabards, with CSSs and CSMs believing, rightly, that their job is to run the station...
Many grades in many locations are suffering under the destaffing over recent years, or are facing imminent cuts to jobs.
The unions - primarily RMT - are fighting back on several fronts. RMT has scored some successes, including on Bakerloo South stations groups and the cleaning contractor, ABM....
Back in 2009, the Trains Functional Council made an agreement that cut jobs. You wouldn't think that a trade union would agree to such a thing, but ASLEF did, and RMT, though mostly opposed, was less than unanimous.
Ten years on, the chickens are well and truly roosting, with depots suffering the...
It can sometimes be difficult to see beyond the small battles we fight all the time at work; these can lead to two attitudes.
One is to say, âWhy are we banging on about socialism, weâre a trade union, what's that got to do with us?â. The opposite is, âwhat's the use? Even if we win this small...
Station staff across the job are facing discipline, and even the sack, for minor ticket office discrepancies.
Weâre rapidly losing faith in the technology weâre working with, and in LUâs ability to train us on it.
If you donât feel confident, insist on further training.
Management wanting to impose new rosters on Picc Line drivers at Bollo House depot in Acton?
Wouldnât have thought so. RMT members are preparing a ballot to resist the imposition. Letâs see how the bosses' roster looks with all the drivers on strike.
It has come to Tubeworker's attention that on some station groups, management have come up with a novel idea for dealing with the problem of not having CSMs available to carry out Return to Work interviews. They want staff to sign a statement that they are fit for duty and then have them crack on...
Cleaners have scored a big win, with contractor ABM backing down from its proposal to cut the workforce by a third.
They would probably like us to believe that they have seen the error of their ways and revisited their sums, but we prefer to think that RMT's noisy preparations for battle pushed...
RMT has now submitted its pay claim to LU; the claim is online on the RMT London Calling website, and can be read here.
Itâs good that the union is publicising the full contents of the claim to all members, so we know exactly what it is weâre fighting for. Itâs also good that the demands for a...
Recent studies have once again confirmed how poor the air quality in our workplaces is. Other studies have also reconfirmed that our workplaces are incubators for bacteria and disease. And on top of all this, studies have repeatedly shown that extreme shift working has a massively detrimental effect...
RMT has declared an official dispute with the company as LU presses ahead with its plans to extend train prep.
Trains currently have basic safety checks performer on a 24-hourly basis by trained fleet workers, ensuring theyâre safe to run. LU is now proposing to extend that massively, up to 96...
10 February, we learn, will be the âgo liveâ date for the imposition of LUâs ridiculous red tabards.
If youâve missed the news about these nonsensical items, see our previous report on the issue. Theyâre uncomfortable, impractical, and fundamentally a hypocritical and inadequate response to a...
Zahra Tirmazi, a station worker at Walthamstow Central, was violently assaulted (including being put in a headlock), and racially abused, by a fare-evading passenger. In typically supportive fashion, LU is disciplining her for her role in an incident in which she is obviously the victim.
So much...
Station staff on the Wealdstone side at Harrow and Wealdstone, separated from the Harrow side by a long footbridge, still have no access to a toilet or running water. LU insists that the local council, not them, are responsible for the plumbing so fixing it is out of their hands.
Whoeverâs fault...
Scientific reports confirming the shockingly bad quality of air on London Underground are becoming an annual tradition.
The latest report, from the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants, reported last week that the air on the platforms at Hampstead was around 31 times more polluted...
The Mayor's much-vaunted 'fares freeze' only applies to some fares, so passengers using Travelcards have once again been hit with a new year increase (or 'change', as TfL's website euphemistically calls it) of an average 3.1%.
That's bad news for our passengers, but it is also bad news for some...
Station staff on the Northern and District lines are set to follow in the footsteps of Bakerloo South and ballot for strikes for better staff coverage.
In the stations around Earl's Court and Hendon Central, duties are regularly left uncovered and staff left to run stations alone. Lone working is...
Under pressure from an RMT dispute and the threat of strikes, management on Bakerloo South stations have committed to a more proactive approach in ensuring duties are covered, and have given firm guarantees that vacancies on the group will be filled.
The vacancies, and management's previous...
London Labour Party members are set to debate a resolution condemning both the Tory government's cut to TfL funding and Sadiq Khan's decision to implement rather than fight the cuts. The resolution, which has already been passed by one branch, is copied here.
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RMT has now declared an official dispute with LU over its plans to cut train prep frequency from 24 hours.
The plan, which could see trains run for up to three days without having basic checks performed, threatens staff safety, passenger safety, and jobs, and must be resisted.
If LUâdoesnât...
Despite promising cleaners warm winter fleeces, ABM has failed to deliver in many places.
This means cleaners are working in the cold without proper uniform.
LUâs own uniform delivery services is also in a rather chaotic condition, meaning directly-employed and outsourced staff may be united...
In what appears to be a personal contract across multiple cover groups, Mariah Carey is the newest member of station staff at Waterloo, Stratford and London Bridge. Although Tubeworker hasn't spotted her on the gateline.
Perhaps the Mayor can ask for some of her reported $520m (Earning only...
The threat of strikes among Track maintenance workers has beaten the bosses sacking of Anthony Codd, sacked for following procedures in a disciplinary. Tubeworker is pleased to report that the mere threat of strikes was enough to win his job back. When we stand together, we are more than a match for...
Station staff at Baker Street and the Bakerloo Line South Cover Group are finishing 2018 on a high after the threat of strikes forced concessions from management.
At Baker Street, an unjustly sacked probationer was reinstated, and trumped up disciplinary charges against two staff, including the...
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 itâs time for a combine-wide driversâ fight back against...
RMT has suspended the strike of Central Line drivers planned for 21-22 December, which sought the reinstatement of sacked driver Paul Bailey, citing "new evidence" presented by management. The union's statement can be read here.
Whatever this "new evidence" is, it's something management have...
"London Tube drivers earning ÂŁ100,000 a year" screamed The Times headline, suggesting that London Underground train drivers now earn a six figure sum. However, in reality full time Train Operators earn ÂŁ55,000.
The Times and other Tory propoganda rags claimed that drivers are on ÂŁ100k, yet the...
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