Workers' Liberty

Not the footballers' Wives And Girlfriends, but Wide Aisle Gates. They are like Manual Gates, but with a motor rather than a member of staff. Which sounds great - no more of that RSI-inducing arm-ache, and a chance to help the customers more and share out the workload.

But management seem to think it is a jolly wheeze for cutting staffing on the gateline. Oh no we don't, they say, gateline staffing is safe with us. But when the unions ask them to put that in writing, it's "er, no - there can be no guarantees".

Tubeworker is a fan of new technology, but in management's hands, it always seems to work to their cost-cutting agenda, not to the benefit of workers and passengers.