Government Shelves Flexible Working Rights Extension
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Got kids aged between 6 and 16? You were about to get the right to apply for 'flexible working', but Peter Mandelson has scuppered that.
LT Equalities
Ladies and Gents
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Female staff at Euston have been kicked out of their female toilets to make way for the men while the male toilets are refurbished.
Political Correctness?
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Management have decided that all Station Supervisors have to attend a 'inclusion, equality and diversity' course.
Management Use Disability Rights As Cover For Attack
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Management have circulated a document to the disabled staff network group that should ring alarm bells for everyone - able-bodied and disabled alike. Under the progressive and welcome aim of employing more disabled staff in frontline jobs, they propose to remove some of the licensing requirements for station grades.
Irregular Cycle
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We have reported previously about contractors' failure to empty sanitary bins often enough.
Now it turns out that Metronet has cut the frequency with which it empties the sanitary bins on stations from two weeks (which was already too long a wait) to four weeks.
The Right to Retire?
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Under TfL's current policy, when a worker reaches retirement age but wishes to carry on working, they must prove they ares still competent enough to do the job, and successful workers are allowed to stay on in part time employment.
LUL Censors Gay Advert
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It seems that LUL has vetoed an advert for GT magazine on the grounds that one of the models is too scantily-clad. The bloke concerned is helping the magazine to celebrate 40 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.
Sanitary Protection?
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A night station supervisor at Dagenham East station was disgusted to find the sanitary bin in the toilets overflowing and its contents spilling accross the floor. He reported the fault, but was told it couldn't be dealt with until late the following morning.
Lonely At The Top
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Anyone wondering what the purpose is of LUL's Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Network can find an answer in the latest On The Move - which appears to suggest that it's to help a small number of black people get into senior management jobs!
Why Tube Workers Should Support Abortion Rights
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Women in Britain have had the right to free, legal and safe abortion since 1967. This right is under attack and should be defended by workers and the trade union movement.
When abortion became legal, women were freed from the danger of backstreet abortions, which had been one of the biggest causes of female death until that time. It was also a big step forward for women's liberation. It was about women being able to assert control over their bodies and their lives. The women's liberation movement, that was emerging at the same time as the legislation, fought for women to have genuine choice over how they lived their lives. Along with the contraceptive pill, which became accessible around the same time, abortion rights gave women control over whether and when to give birth. It was part of liberating women from the roles that had imprisoned them for centuries, when women's role in childbirth had restricted them to childrearing and the home.