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Staffing Levels

Resisting management's attempts to cut staffing levels


Detrainment dispute 2007-08

Detrainment staff on the Bakerloo line fighting LUL's attempts to impose lone working.


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.


Here Comes the Sun

Piccadilly line

'The Sun' took an interest in tube stations shutting last week, as a short closure of Arsenal station gave it an excuse to trot out the old anti-union cliches about railworkers mucking up the service


Kenton One-Under Exposes De-Staffing Crisis

Bakerloo Line

An appalling incident at Kenton station this morning shows just what risks London Underground are taking with safety with their compulsion to drive down staff numbers.


Wot No Coverage?

LT Health & safety

It seems that London Underground has put the word out round its managers that uncovered duties are to be left uncovered unless it is really really definitely crucial to the station's safety.


Wot No Plunger?

Staffing Levels

London Underground's destructive urges continue unabated, with their latest effort - getting rid of emergency stop plungers on platforms.


Underground Overground

District line

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


2009 Agreement Sees Drivers Forced Off Roster

District line

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


Sign This!

Fares and Ticketing

Tubeworker is happy to recommend readers sign RMT's online petition against job cuts and ticket office closures.

Click here.


Situations Vacant

Northern line

With engineering work on the Northern line this weekend, management's freeze on stations vacancies is seeing some chickens coming fluttering home to roost.


OXO Minimum Staffing Levels Cut?

Bakerloo Line

Management are trying to cut minimum staffing numbers at Oxford Circus station - and you can bet that if they are trying it on there, they will try it on elsewhere too. Your station could be next!


When Night Falls

Staffing Levels

Readers may have had the delight of perusing management's half-arsed effort to deny - or at least play down, since it wasn't actually a denial - RMT's leak of their job-cutting plans.


Displacement Threat Again?

Staffing Levels

London Underground management are again rattling their sabres about potentially displacing "over-establishment" station staff.


A Job-Cutting "Agreement"!

Staffing Levels

A new agreement has appeared - the Trains Functional 2009 agreement. This new policy will see a reduction of spares and pool coverage, with drivers' posts lost from the establishment in some depots.


The OXO Family Fights Back!

Bakerloo Line

Staff on Oxford Circus group have been standing up together for staffing levels.

Management stopped covering duties on overtime, expecting staff to make do with fewer numbers and work extra hard to compensate. They began to only authorise overtime for dead earlies and dead lates, which could close the station if not covered.


Wot No Supervisor?

Piccadilly line

Acton Town staff have been alarmed to discover that management expect CSAs to work at stations on their own.


New Jobs, But Not Good News

Hammersmith & City and Circle lines

Edgware Road management want to create three new Station Supervisor jobs. Usually, new jobs would be good news. But in this case, it may not be.


Two To One

Central line

Bank group management are trying to cut from 2 to 1 the number of staff on the westbound Central line platform during the peak.


Near Miss at Bond Street

Central line

In mid-August, there was a shocking incident at Bond Street which goes to show just how dangerous management's understaffing of stations is.


Wanna Borrow our Staff?

Bakerloo Line

Many station groups are struggling with coverage, because of LU management's deliberate strategy of short-staffing.


Imposed rosters at Kings Cross

Hammersmith & City and Circle lines

When management at King's Cross came up with a new roster, it was put to the staff, who found a few problems with it.


Displacements on their Way?

Staffing Levels

LUL management are again rattling their sabres and threatening to displace CSAs.


A Thousand London Transport Jobs To Go? Our Unions Must Fight!

Defending jobs

The press today is full of the reports of a thousand job losses on TfL/LUL.


TubeLines Culls Admin Staff

Staffing Levels

TubeLines is cutting a team of 28 admin staff down to just 16.


No staff for Christmas shoppers!

Northern line

On the Saturday that Oxford Street was pedestrianised for Christmas shoppers - one of the busiest days of the year - there were only two CSAs working at Tottenham Court Road between 5am and 5pm!


T5 CSAs Disappear

Piccadilly line

Management have withdrawn CSAs from Heathrow Terminal 5.


Stop These Displacements

Staffing Levels

The extent of LUL's threat to displace CSAs is becoming more apparent.


Under-Staffed Station Opens

Hammersmith & City and Circle lines

Happily - or perhaps luckily - for LUL, Wood Lane station opened last Sunday without much of a hitch. This is indeed good fortune on the company's part, as the station is woefully understaffed.


Not a good start for the SRT

Special Requirements Team

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


Forcing CSAs off their group - again!

Northern line

Eleven reserve CSA’s on the Goodge Street Group were sent letters last week warning them that they could be moved from their current group, which is over-establishment, to one that is under.


Wood Lane Rosters Joke

Hammersmith & City and Circle lines

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


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