Tubeworker's blog

OSN 101: Keep Pressure On!

With OSN 101, platforms were recategorised so that drivers no longer need assistance from station staff. RMT is boycotting this unsafe, staff-cutting measure.

£60K?

According to the Evening Standard, LU train drivers earn £61 thousand a year, which must come as news to most train drivers!

No Reward

LU station staff have been gobsmacked by LU's pathetic £15 per shift 'Olympics Reward' offer.

Happy Holiday!

Tubelines Lift and Escalator engineers have been told they can't book annual leave during the Olympics, and yet they are still not clear whether they will get a bonus.

Evacuate yourself?

LU are pushing the idea that, in the event of a station evacuation, it is the customers' responsibility to get themselves out of the station.

Pay Back!

Thanks LU for our back-pay. In these tough times, it will surely come in handy for Xmas.

What a Mess!

During a one-under at Euston on Wednesday evening, someone decided it would be a good idea to store the body in the cleaners' mess room until the coroner arrived to take it away two hours later.

No to OSN 101!

RMT drivers voted by 80% to boycot LU's new OSN 101, which removes assisted dispatch and allows trains to reverse into platforms and passengers to be carried over shunt signals.

Dirty Tricks

RMT’s victory earlier this year to restore cleaning vouchers has been overturned by LU. They now say they will distribute the cleaning vouchers they have in stock, but they won't order any more.

First Aid

Having been first aiders on the stations for many years, providing care to thousands of customers, some staff are now being told that there are ‘too many’ first aiders and that when the three year

No to OSN101

The result of RMT's ballot on OSN101 will be out today, and we can expect a Yes vote, immediately followed by an official boycott of the newly-imposed unsafe procedures for drivers.

Faulty Towers

Station staff have been alarmed to see people turning up at their station, not even signing in, and wandering around noting down faults to pass on to the FRC.