Staffing Levels

Resisting management's attempts to cut staffing levels

Station staff: all out on 6 June!

RMT has called a strike on London Underground stations for Monday 6 June.

It's part of the union's overarching, LU-wide dispute to stop pension cuts, job cuts, and detrimental changes to terms and conditions. The stations strike will emphasise two of those three demands in particular, as stations...

Aslef win reballot on LU

Train driver union Aslef have won their third reballot on London Underground for industrial action if “management try to push through changes to working conditions or pensions without agreement”.
On an increase turnout of 68.3% and 98.5% in favour, it is to be welcomed that Aslef members have again...

This Station is Closed ...

Chancery Lane station seems to be getting a dose of nostalgia, longing for the days when it used to close every Sunday - only this time (yesterday, Sunday 25 April), it was not because it is supposed to, but because of lack of staff. Wanstead also closed for lack of staff. And there were others too...

LU pushes on with stations job cuts plans: RMT must name more strikes!

Despite objections from union reps, LU has announced that it will begin "local consultation" on job cuts plans on four areas - Victoria Centre, Jubilee South, King's Cross, and Heathrow.

This means bosses will be identifying positions to cut, and drawing up new rosters and schematics based on...

Victorian Values

'Special service' has become pretty much the normal service on the Victoria line of late. On some days, it has been as low as 14 trains.

Management usually blame it on 'operator unavailability' or 'train cancellations', which translates to 'we don't want to admit it, but we don't employ enough...

No to Lone Working!

The latest bulletin from senior management reaffirms that, under their plans to cut 600 positions from stations, lone working will increase. They say: "Stations that already operate most of the traffic day as lone working may move to full traffic day lone working. Stations with some lone working may...

After March strikes, prepare for further action

Over 10,000 Tube workers will strike on 1 and 3 March, in the biggest strike on London Underground since 2015. A strong strike may force LU to reconsider cuts. But in all likelihood, the strikes on 1 and 3 March will not be sufficient to win the dispute. We will need further action.

The pensions...

London Underground is lying to us

RMT reps met with LU via conciliation service Acas on 17 February, to discuss attacks on jobs, conditions, and pensions. The union quite rightly reiterated that we are not interested in negotiating the detail of cuts; we oppose them outright, and want the employer to back off altogether.

Following...

All out on 1 and 3 March!

RMT has called strikes on London Underground for 1 and 3 March. These strikes will be the first time RMT’s entire LU membership - which includes workers in all functions: drivers, station staff, fleet and engineering workers, signallers, service controllers, and others – has struck together since...

We Must Strike to Stop Station Job Cuts

London Underground (LU) has now given some more detail on which stations it plans to target to cut jobs. Bosses plan to reduce the "welcome function" (i.e. reducing the number of Customer Service Assistants [CSAs] in ticket halls) at the following locations:

• Euston
• Green Park
• King's Cross
•...

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