Workers' Liberty

The East London Line is due to reopen soon, newly-privatised and rebranded as London Overground.

Drivers are feeling the effects of the woeful 2009 Agreement as management come after jobs.

Last week, the reaction to unattended packages on London Underground trains hit explosive new levels.

When RMT heard that fascist BNP leader Nick Griffin was going to launch his election campaign as MP for Barking and Dagenham from Upney Station at 7pm on Thursday, they knew this must be resisted.

Anyone who knows about the electricity that powers our Tube will tell you that if you have an 'earth', then this is something to worry about.

Sick of handing faults from one contractor to another with no-one prepared to actually fix it?

Reports reach us of extraordinary goings-on at Cannon Street station.

It seems that something is being lost in the Southfields station refurb - two ticket office windows, to be precise.

A cutting to the west of Acton Town needs stabilising.

Blackfriars station is due to close for a refurb, so CSAs will temporarily have to work elsewhere (Supervisors should remain at Blackfriars to look after contractors and the station).

East Ham staff have delivered a whopping Yes vote for strike action against the rampant bullying on their group and to demand the reinstatement of Sarah Hutchins.

Remember how we fought off management's attempts to move staff off the gateline at Embankment? Well, they are back for another try!

District line management seem to have got their knickers in a twist because East Ham staff are standing up for themselves.

It is not just Rickmansworth group that is facing forced displacements.

Like most stations, Embankment was just about struggling by with the skeleton staffing levels it was left with in the wake of the 35-hour week: in the peak, two CSAs on the gateline, one on each of two platforms.

LUL has upheld the outrageous sacking of Eva Bayford on appeal.

At Earls Court control centre, management have introduced 'corrective action plans'. A member of staff gets so many 'items' and they are hauled off by a manager to 'agree' and implement a plan.

Management have again been covering stations without a station supervisor.

You would think that your health and safety rep was entitled to inspect all the areas where you work, right?

Tower Hill Group management has sacked two young probationers Tomi David and Eva Bayford.

Elm Park has had a bit of trouble with its OPO equipment, meaning that the platform had to be staffed to give drivers the right (or 'assisted despatch' as we are all supposed to call in now).

Note to East Ham group management. You can not make someone work a night turn one day and a late turn the next.

Saturday morning, and a 'customer' decides to deposit a poo on the stairs at Temple station.

West Brompton station inherited two platforms and a lift from Silverlink. Management said this would make precious little difference to the station, and would certainly not require any extra staff or an uprating of West Brompton, which is one of the few remaining SS3 stations.

Hammersmith group management seem to think they can change staff's working practices without any consultation.

East Ham group's new GSM is busy making himself very unpopular with staff.

As part of the impending Silverlink transfer, LUL stations Highbury & Islington, Blackhorse Road and West Brompton are to take on responsibility for the Silverlink platforms. Obviously, then, additional responsibilities would entail extra work, extra insepctions, extra fault reporting - and, you'd think, extra staff, and perhaps a notch-up of the station's complexity rating (giving a pay rise to the Supervisors).

The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and the District line's Wimbledon branch have come to a halt this evening as drivers refuse to go along with management's wish to operate trains that may be fatally unsafe.

As management fell over themselves to get the train service running after the Metronet strike was called off, it appears that they may have been prepared to cut some corners when it came to safety standards. Yes, really.

LUL staff are used to management playing fast and loose with safety rules during strikes. Now it seems that Metronet's management have caught on too.