Stations 35-Hour Week 2004-6
The struggle for the long-awaited 35-hour week for station staff, and how the unions failed to stop it bringing staffing cuts with it.
A Shorter Working Week?
Submitted on 29 May, 2006 - 14:54
Well it’s been nearly 4 months since the new rosters were imposed, ahem I mean implemented, on a grateful LUL workforce!
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Customer Led?
Submitted on 13 March, 2006 - 20:21
Question: When is a customer-led organisation not a Customer led organisation?
Answer: When that customer-led organisation is London Underground Ltd!
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Thirteen mistakes
Submitted on 30 January, 2006 - 15:12
Before listing 13 key mistakes that Tubeworker thinks that RMT made during the stations shorter working week campaign, we need to make a few things clear.
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Tube station staff endorse inadequate deal
Submitted on 28 January, 2006 - 16:10
RMT’s stations membership have voted by about 5:1 (1,250ish to 250ish) to accept the deal brokered by LUL management and the union’s leadership.
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Brief report on last Thursday’s mass meeting
Submitted on 27 January, 2006 - 14:59
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We've Started So We Should Finish
Submitted on 19 January, 2006 - 15:08
... as Magnus Magnusson might say.
RMT Tube station staff: Vote No to management’s inadequate offer
Submitted on 18 January, 2006 - 11:50
Vote to Keep Up the Fight
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Media Frenzy
Submitted on 18 January, 2006 - 10:52
Talk about a rough ride in the press! You’d think we were planning mass murder, not fighting for staff and passenger safety.
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Strange Management Behaviour During Strikes (part 756)
Submitted on 18 January, 2006 - 08:47
It's New Year's Eve, and Bank station is closed, the Waterloo & City line suspended.
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Why Does The Media Hate Us?
Submitted on 17 January, 2006 - 17:12- Tubeworker's blog
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Displacements – Call this fair?
Submitted on 16 January, 2006 - 09:47
So much for management’s claims that displacements would be handled fairly.
BTP: Always there when you (don't) need them
Submitted on 16 January, 2006 - 09:46
Station staff discovered on the strike days that the BTP turn up much more promptly to a picket line than they do to an assault on staff.
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2 + 2 = 28?
Submitted on 14 January, 2006 - 12:11
Management keep on telling the press that “only” four groups have draft rosters not agreed by local union reps.
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Underhand Management Tactics (yes, really)
Submitted on 10 January, 2006 - 15:20
They have been at it again. DSMs trotting out that age-old falsehood that it is illegal for probationers to go on strike, and/or that new staff who strike will be sacked.
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Strike Diary
Submitted on 9 January, 2006 - 21:55- Tubeworker's blog
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Tube strike two
Submitted on 9 January, 2006 - 10:05
Dozens of stations are closed this morning as Tube station staff strike again.
Safety Scandal
Submitted on 9 January, 2006 - 09:56
LUL is playing fast and loose with safety on our strike days.
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Many Thanks
Submitted on 8 January, 2006 - 21:48
The Arnos Grove GSM sent a circular round the group thanking people for working during the strike.
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Clone Army
Submitted on 7 January, 2006 - 15:08
The revolving doors at 55 Broadway are in full spin, as admin staff go in and out to be “qualified” as station staff.
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Strike Breaking
Submitted on 7 January, 2006 - 15:07
Through the years, we have heard every excuse in the book for scabbing on strikes.
Stations: Keep Up The Fight
Submitted on 6 January, 2006 - 22:51
LUL is endangering staff and passengers with its station staff cuts. It is still stubbornly refusing to run proper safety checks on the new rosters.
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New leaflet for the public
Submitted on 6 January, 2006 - 21:21
Click here for an updated leaflet to give out to the public on Sunday and Monday's picket lines.
This time, it's not just the text, it's downloadable.
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Leaflet for the public
Submitted on 3 January, 2006 - 19:44
It is important that RMT explains to the public why we are striking. Passengers have an interest in supporting our action, because we are defending staffing levels and safety.
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Tube strike report - Saturday evening
Submitted on 31 December, 2005 - 19:41
As of about 7pm, the BBC is reporting the following stations closed: Barbican, Borough, Bounds Green, Bow Road, Caledonian Road, Cannon Street, Clapham North, Clapham South, Covent Garden, East Ham
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Frustrations of a Union Rep (Part 2)
Submitted on 31 December, 2005 - 16:36
Well it's New Year's Eve and the day of the strike.Up at 06.30 and have arranged to meet a RMT industrial Rep from another group and head down for the leafleting campaign starting at Functional Counci
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The Frustrations of a Union Rep.
Submitted on 30 December, 2005 - 21:30
So we have reached stalemate and the strike is on tomorrow.Amid posturing from both sides no progress has been made and we have strike action on New Year's Eve.This strike is supposed to be a major ev
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Tube workers to strike against station staffing cull
Submitted on 23 December, 2005 - 19:51
London Underground station staff have delivered a whopping Yes vote to industrial action in defence of staffing levels, and will strike for 24 hours on New Year’s Eve and again eight days later.
TSSA big cheeses: Out of order
Submitted on 16 December, 2005 - 10:55
Many rank-and-file TSSA members want to fight the staffing cuts.
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Station staffing cuts: into dispute at last
Submitted on 3 December, 2005 - 15:24
Finally, RMT and London Underground are officially in dispute.
Will LUL try to steamroll through new rosters?
Submitted on 1 December, 2005 - 11:37
The negotiations over the station staff shorter working week went to directors' level last week.
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