Attendance and Discipline

Increasing pressure is being put on stations to tighten up performances in security checks, putting both CSAs and supervisors under more stress and facing greater risk of action plans and disciplinaries.

Union reps recently met with LUL management as part of the dispute against the imposition of Operational Workforce Manager (OWFM) software.

We recently reported on a planned review of policies and procedures, reflecting in particular that the last time the employer tried to change the sickness policy, their changes would have made it markedly worse.

We recently reported LUL's plan for a review of policies and procedures, including the attendance policy.

Union reps have been told to prepare for a series of reviews of company-wide policies and agreements.

London Underground Fleet workers at Northfields depot are taking four days of strike action against an overbearing and dismissive management culture.

"SPAD Awareness" notices posted by Trains Managers in a depot that shall, for now, remain nameless announce that "50% of SPADs are caused by new drivers."

You know the company is rattled by the prospect of industrial action when managers start scurrying around stations and depots casually asking staff if they plan to strike.

RMT has declared a dispute with London Underground about the imposition of "Operations Workforce Management Software", something we reported on previously here.

Disruption on the job is not uncommon. Sometimes, there isn’t much we can do about the immediate cause. The police will deal with trespassers; a power failure, as happened on 12 May, will take time to resolve.