Piccadilly line

The new One London internet system is here. We were warned of ‘teething problems’ but can’t help wondering if it was intentional that reps in various locations have had to fight to get their internet access back.
New restrictions on internet access have aggrieved many staff. Unhappy drivers at...

LUL has summarily dismissed Earls Court signaller Tony Crump, for a mistake at work.

Until quite recently, if you made a mistake at work, even a serious one, you could expect a punishment, retraining and/or maybe an alternative job. But the current London Underground management regime simply boots...

Stonking ballot results on the Picc line, as Arnos Grove drivers voted 100% for industrial action in defence of Zak Khan on a turnout of over 50%. Acton Town drivers were not far behind with their vote for action in protest at the Picc's harsh disciplinary regime.

Tubeworker confidently predicts...

A cutting to the west of Acton Town needs stabilising. Metronet bosses have come up with a bright idea for how to organise the work - but although they have convinced themselves that their idea is safe, it is far from it.

The plant will be moved onto the site during engineering hours, but the work...

Piccadilly Line drivers are anxiously awaiting the judgment in Zak Khan's appeal against dismissal, and preparing for industrial action should LUL management reject the appeal.

Zak had a SPAD, over-running the first semi on the way out of Boston Manor eastbound. Management have had the cheek to...

There is a very good reason why the unions secured an agreement five years ago that station staff should not work on a platform for more than two hours at a time. It's because they are either hot, cold, enclosed, windy, stuffy, noisy, dusty, crowded or otherwise rather demanding.

Not that this has...

Acton Town station staff have been alarmed to receive 'guidelines' on sickness reporting from local management which bear little resemblance to company policy.

As if company policy were not strict enough, Acton Town management have taken it upon themselves to attempt to impose a "regime" (their...

Management have withdrawn CSAs from Heathrow Terminal 5.

Readers will remember that this is one of the issues we had a strike ballot (but not an actual strike) about earlier this year. The unions called off the dispute for a statement from management (read the full document and Tubeworker's...

LUL has got itself a legal kicking, as one of our sacked workmates has won his claim of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination at Employment Tribunal.

Given that courts and Tribunals regularly let bosses get away with pretty much anything short of murder - and occasionally, actuality murder...

Remember that dispute about the staffing of Heathrow Terminal 5? Remember how the threat of industrial action by RMT and TSSA forced management to stick some CSAs there as well as a Supervisor? You may even remember Tubeworker saying that management's promise of "temporary" staffing was not really...