Wacky Warning
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In an extraordinary move that would be comical if it were not serious, Central Line trains management have given a 23-week attendance warning to a driver due to retire in less than two weeks time!
Attendance and Discipline
LDI for the Olympics?
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Drivers in some depots have notice that LU are stepping-up their issuing of attendance warnings. Tubeworker wonders whether there is a link with the Olympics?
Take a Break
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LU management's latest idea to keep the service running while employing as few people as possible is to squeeze your time in the khazi.
Suddenly Safe
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An e mail to all staff from a Station Supervisor voicing safety concerns during the riots was met with LU’s characteristic duty of care.
Riot Day Pay?
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London Underground management have told staff unable to attend work during the riots that they must take the day as unpaid or annual leave.
Sacked for Not Grassing?!
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LU managmenent's recent company bulletin about the new IT use rules makes for worrying reading:
Re. offensive materials depicting sex or violence
Defend Tunde Umanah!
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Management have sacked Leytonstone driver Tunde Umanah, after an incident at Woodford where a DTSM deliberately obstructed the doors of Tunde's train.
Happy Holiday!
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LU's aggressive clampdown on attendance continues. There has been a recent rash of managers asking us to take annual leave when we go for hospital operations.
"Suitable advice"?!
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Tubeworker has noticed a flurry of "suitable advice" being issued by managers to staff. They seem to stick these in your staff file and they ominously resemble disciplinary warnings.
Hounded out of His Job
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We hear that the Holborn CSA caught on a YouTube video has resigned his job.