Workers' Liberty

It seems that London Underground has put the word out round its managers that uncovered duties are to be left uncovered unless it is really really definitely crucial to the station's safety.

Last month, there was water ingress at Paddington and the Fire Control Panel did not work. So had there been a fire, the system would not necessarily have kicked in to detect and suppress it.

LUL must have temporarily forgotten its commitment to a world-class customer service as it hospitalised two of its 'customers' by allowing them to be whacked round the face by an inter-car barrier at Mile End.

When local management left both CSA and SAMF duties uncovered at South Woodford, the Station Supervisor had an evening full of grief as he had to deal with everything alone and passengers vented their frustration about the closed ticket office and lack of help available.

As one of the Pier Walk (North Greenwich) brigade, I think that Jubilee Line weekend engineering work has become a safety issue.

Jubilee line drivers are rapidly coming to the conclusion that TBTC stand for Too Botched To Consider.

Wembley Park drivers are unimpressed with management's apparent inability to ventilate the depot properly.

A shocking incident on the Victoria line on 10 August shows just how reckless management are getting with our and our passengers' safety.

Swine flu has hit London Underground staff, but there is still no clear statement from management that absences will not count as an item under the Attendance policy.

Managers at Woodford have got it into their heads that station staff should detrain the reversers in sixty seconds! Maybe they are limbering us up for the Olympics.

Of late, a few sweltering days have made the wearing of ties very uncomfortable for station staff amongst others.

CBS Outdoor workers, who put posters up on the Tube, are being made to use a tool to smooth the posters out, which puts a lot of pressure on their hands and is causing them damage.

Just worth noting that all the London Underground communications during the Swine Flu threat have been to reassure us that they have plans in place to keep the service running.

Drivers and other staff have long demanded proper lighting in deopts for the avoidance of accidents.

LUL seems to have a problem fitting safe and comfortable seats in drivers' cabs - and with drivers who complain about it.

Angel has the longest escalators on the Underground. Last week, two out of three were defective.

LUL management are making Vic Line drivers pay the price of their own tight-fistedness.

It seems that the fantastic shiny new ticket office kit that management installed in the Jubilee Line Extension ticket offices is not all it is cracked up to be.

It appears that as we write, Kennington station's stairs are unusable, and the only way in or out of the station is the lifts.

Management arranged for the removal of asbestos from 18 points at Mornington Crescent without so much as bothering to consult local union health & safety reps. Don't mind us, we only work here.

Tip to Central Line trains management. When you install new seats in the cabs, make sure that they are securely fixed.

The story of Elephant & Castle's Northern Line ticket office is a farce. Five years ago it was refurbished.

23 people, including a child, were stuck in the lift at Elephant & Castle for nearly an hour and a half last Friday. Why?

LUL obviously finds cross-track projection (XTP) very exciting and very lucrative.

You might have noticed that several stations now have moving-image adverts on a 10-foot-high screen on the platform wall. It's all thanks to cross-track projection (XTP).

Tubeworker has reported previously on LUL management's removal of accident books from workplaces.

Management have had a bright idea - you know, one of those that involves compromising safety in order to keep the service running and the cash coming in.

A driver writes about the new film 'Three And Out' here.

The new 09 stock on the Victoria line is a fully automated train with fully automated door opening and closing.

Remember dynamic risk assessments? That's where management - in the person of a Rostered Duty Officer - can make an on-the-spot decision to assess that a particular procedure is 'safe' even if it's against the rules.