Staffing Levels

Resisting management's attempts to cut staffing levels

RMT detrainment re-ballot: vote yes to renew mandate

RMT is re-balloting driver members on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Victoria lines to renew an industrial action mandate in the dispute over the imposition of "flash-and-dash", the unsafe detrainment method whereby drivers are expected to simply flash in-car...

Running for cover

There seems to be a bit of an epidemic across stations recently of managers refusing to cover all duties, with some going as far as to designate certain duties "non-critical" and therefore not requiring coverage at all!

With the cuts made since the start of the year, many stations are already...

Resist Fleet job cuts!

LUL has informed reps in Fleet of plans for major job cuts. The company wants to close all call-points, affecting 67 call-point/SST roles. They plan some redeployments, but with a shortfall of 27 jobs.

They also want to “consult” on changes to minimum staffing levels and rostering, almost certainly...

Management’s alternate reality?

Once you've worked for LUL for long enough, you learn to tune out the spin management ritualistically churn out in response to every strike announcement.

"We are disappointed"... "we urge the unions to return to negotiation"... and usually, "striking won't change anything." Well, they always say...

Station staff lead the way - now other grades must strike too!

Station and revenue staff on London Underground will strike on 4 and 6 October, followed by a week-long overtime ban from 15-21 October.

The strike has been called in response to LUL's ongoing programme of job cuts, and their recent announcement of yet another restructure that will see Customer...

When 2s become 1s…

New starter CSA2s on stations are coming out of Ashfield House with a CSA1 license, after just a few weeks of training.

The additional license means they can be used to cover CSA1 duties straight away. No-one should begrudge CSA2s, the lowest-paid grade on stations, the opportunity to earn a bit...

Staff cuts cause nearly 100 station closures

August 2023 saw 98 station closures due to staff shortages. The same month in 2019 saw just 12.

What’s happened since? LUL has cut around 600 frontline positions from stations. This is the consequence.

Many closures were just for a short time, but a station being closed for even 15 minutes can...

Baker Street strike threat wins jobs

A strike due to take place at Wembley Park and Baker Street stations on Friday 18 August was called off after LUL confirmed some of the positions cut on the cover group as part of a recent rostering and staffing review would be reinstated. Some CSA2 positions at Baker Street will also be upgraded to...

Met South station staff to strike

Station staff on the Metropolitan South Cover Group, which includes Baker Street and Wembley Park, will strike on Friday 18 August. The strike also includes Night Tube staff at Baker Street.

They’re striking to protest the recent imposition of reduced staffing levels and worse rosters, which have...

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