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Health & safety issues on London's Transport

Bosses' law scuppers ballot

The RMT ballot against management's disregard for proper line training has been scuppered by the Tories Trade Union Act. There was a huge majority for industrial action but less than 50% turnout means no lawful action could be taken.

The aim of the ballot was to push back against Picc line bosses...

Queen's Park Pigeons Not Resting in Peace

Queen's Park depot's cunning plan to deter pigeons is to have nets. But that means that when pigeons die, their bodies lie in the nets and decompose. Not pleasant - but also, a source of infection and disease.

Management agreed to replace the nets, but instead of replacing them with spikes as...

No to Lone Working!

The latest bulletin from senior management reaffirms that, under their plans to cut 600 positions from stations, lone working will increase. They say: "Stations that already operate most of the traffic day as lone working may move to full traffic day lone working. Stations with some lone working may...

Yes to vaccines, no to a punitive attendance policy

Tubeworker is pro-vaccine and urges workmates to get their jabs. We're alarmed by the anti-vax misinformation that we've seen some workmates circulate on social media.

But we oppose LU’s decision to differentiate between jabbed and unjabbed staff under the Attendance At Work policy. Presumably LU...

Return of the Flash and Dash?

Remember the Flash and Dash? Yes, management's absurd plan that instead of physically checking that all passengers are off the train before driving it into a depot or sidings, it's fine for the driver to just flash the lights and make a PA. No need to worry about those pesky passengers who aren't...

What Happened at TCR?

At 00:45 on Saturday 4 December, a customer ended up on the track at Tottenham Court Station, on the eastbound Central line.

Later that day, both the Daily Mail and the Guardian ran articles effectively blaming RMT Night Tube strikes for the crowding on the platform, that they linked to the person...

RMT calls strikes of drivers on Night Tube lines

RMT has called strikes in its dispute to stop the consolidation of train operator grades. LU wants to merge the Night Tube duties, currently worked by a dedicated grade of driver, into the full-time rosters, offering full-time drivers a shift supplement to work them.

Although part-time drivers...

Bushy Platforms

Stations and trains staff across the combine have been reporting that bushes and grass have been growing through the cracks on many platforms, including through the yellow lines and near the platform edge. .

This is a serious hazard - especially when wet. The unions have raised it with management...

No Handlamp, No Train

It seems that the company is struggling to maintain drivers' handlamps adequately, perhaps because it is a somewhat, er, niche piece of kit. Management's answer? Suggest to drivers that they break the rules and drive without one. No thanks.

There are some pieces of equipment that we don't use often...

No love for Love Island adverts from station staff

Promotional PAs advertising ITV's Love Island at Oxford Circus had to be modified after both passengers and staff found them unbearable. The musical jingle intro and outro to the announcements provoked numerous complaints, and the PAs were eventually altered so they were only played in limited areas...

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