Bosses on the Victoria Line have been forced into a u-turn over their recent attempts to impose 5-rounder turns on the line. A standing agreement that there would be no 5-rounder turns on the line because of its hot and noisy environment was ripped up by local management who had hoped to be able to squeeze more work out of their drivers. These plans are now in shreds as a result of drivers’ threat to strike on for 24 hours on 5/6th October and to work to rule in the week leading up to the strike. RMT members at Seven Sisters and Brixton depots should be saluted for showing, once again, that united action and solidarity are vital to ensuring that negotiations achieve results which benefit ordinary members.

Management has now agreed to use pool operators to cover the fifth rounder of a 5-round turn. Further meetings to discuss new Victoria line rosters for January have taken place and reps have put forward positive suggestions with the threat to impose 5-rounder turns now lifted.

Article from October 2009 edition of Finsbury Park Monthly News