The agreed drivers' prep list for S Stock trains takes 16 minutes. It's been timed by managers and union reps together, and that's the time it takes. So that's the time that should be built into drivers' duties to prep the train, right?
You might think so, but management have other ideas. They...
The Hammersmith and City line needs some more Instructor Operators, what with the S stock 'n' all. So, that'd be permanent posts and promotion opportunities for drivers, then? Oh no.
Management reckon they can do it on the cheap, by offering secondments or even some form of higher-grade working! So...
On Saturday 2 July, a one-under at Edgware Road resulted in a dead body. You'd think that it would be taken away as soon as possible to the mortuary - for reasons of hygiene, safety and, well, dignity.
But no. Management saw fit to dump it in a cleaners' store cupboard for five hours, until two...
On the H&C, management want to cut 8 duties from Hammersmith depot, moving 5 to another depot and getting rid of three posts altogether. (Who said dirvers were immune from job cuts?!)
This will make Hammersmith an extreme-turns depot, with any concept of 'work-life balance' out of the window.
With...
London Underground continues to claim that its savage cuts in ticket office opening hours are 'driven by changes in customer behaviour'. Yet it also continues to drive those changes in customer behaviour itself, in an attempt to justify savage cuts in ticket office opening hours!
The company's...
Staff at various stations are standing up for their rights and refusing to be moved around like pawns. Just today, rostered staff on Liverpool Street group stations have refused to work at other stations on the group, because management have no right to make you move for anything other than an...
Reserve CSAs on Liverpool Street group have a guaranteed weekend off every four weeks. Management evidently think that they are living the life of Riley so have announced that they want to cut it to every six weeks.
Charming - you'd better start asking your kids to make appointments a couple of...
Thankfully, strong union representation has reined in some of the worst abuses of the SIS / mystery snooper survey. So, sticking up reports on noticeboards or emailing them to all and sundry is no longer permitted, and if it happens at your location, you should report it to your rep without delay...
Last month, there was water ingress at Paddington and the Fire Control Panel did not work. So had there been a fire, the system would not necessarily have kicked in to detect and suppress it. Not safe to open the station, then.
It seems though, that a senior manager arrived at the station and was...
The new Circle line - confusing for passengers, more work for station staff, forcing passengers to change at Edgware Road (up and down stairs, not easy for people who are mobility impaired, with pushchairs and luggage). The critical position of Edgware Road means that problems there impact heavily...
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