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LUL Disciplines Kings Cross 7

Submitted on 28 November, 2008 - 19:46

LUL is pursuing its disciplinary action against the 'Kings Cross 7', SAMFs who quite rightly walked out of the ticket office in protest against the deployment of an SRT Supervisor to cover a duty, in

Disciplined For Defending Company Policy

Submitted on 9 October, 2008 - 08:37

Word reaches Tubeworker that the King's Cross staff who walked out to prevent abuse of the SRT are to face disciplinary action. So it's not a disciplinary offence for management to break the agreements that they themselves signed, but it is a crime to defend those agreements?!

Not a good start for the SRT

Submitted on 18 September, 2008 - 22:16

This is the first week of the SRT working on stations. Tubeworker has spotted a few problems..........

Kings Cross Staff Walk Out Against Management Abuses

Submitted on 18 September, 2008 - 13:10

Yesterday morning, ticket office staff at Kings Cross walked out when management once again broke their own rules by using a member of the Special Requirements Team (SRT) to cover a duty.

Wood Lane Rosters Joke

Submitted on 5 September, 2008 - 19:03

LUL intends to open the new Wood Lane station next month, but seems to have overlooked staffing it properly.

SRT: Are You Familiar?

Submitted on 3 September, 2008 - 16:06

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The Special Requirements Team is now being familiarised in zone one stations. They are being shown around three or four stations in a day for a period before they start work.

SRT: Step Forward, Please

Submitted on 30 July, 2008 - 20:09

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Management appear to be struggling to fill the jobs in their much-vaunted Special Requirements Team (SRT).