Cuts Leave Tube Stations Unstaffed On 439 Occasions In The Past 6 Months

Figures obtained by RMT show that from October 2009 through to March 2010 surface level stations on the District, Central, Metropolitan, Circle & Hammersmith and Northern Lines were left unstaffed for entire shifts on a total of 439 occasions. One station, Mill Hill East, was left unstaffed for 95 entire shifts.

Current cuts plans being implemented by London Underground would see up to 800 ticket office, station and platform staff jobs axed creating a wave of ticket office closures and ushering in a culture of unstaffed tube stations, particularly late at night.

Minutes: Regional Council, 29 April 2010

ATTENDANCE

  • Bakerloo branch – Jim McDaid, Malcolm Taylor
  • Camden No.3 branch – Tony Gandolfi, Joanna Prestwich, John Reid, Pat O’Brien, Geoff Palmer, Becky Crocker
  • Central Line West branch –
  • DLR –
  • East Ham – Claire Reilly, Gazell Lazell, Andy Izard, Unjum Mirza
  • Finsbury Park branch – John Kelly, Dean O’Hanlon, Frank Curtis, Will Reid, G Deyle
  • Hammersmith & City branch – Josie Toussaint-Pinnock, Mac McKenna, Mark Harding
  • Jubilee South & East London Line branch – Lynda Aitken
  • London Taxis branch –

Bakerloo Branch newsletter May 2010

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Don’t be fooled by the lies - Stand up for jobs and safety
London Underground has fired the first shots in the coming battle over jobs and safety with their recent consultation document. They have announced that 450 ticket office positions must go as well as another 150 CSA positions. Meanwhile, management have approached the Train’s Health & Safety Council (THSC) with proposals for the worst watering down of safety standards ever seen. Add to this a leaked document from management in which they spell out their plans for smashing the unions on the job and it is clear that our bosses are intent on reversing all the gains we have won over the years and are going to put both us and the passengers in danger with their attacks on safety.

Average Call to Oyster Help Line Takes Nearly 11 Minutes

A freedom of information request shows that it takes on average nearly 11 minutes to resolve a query for customers calling the Oyster Helpline.

Is this what TfL and LU see as staying true to their vision of world class customer service when discussing job cuts? Is 11 minutes on a telephone better service than a face to face chat with staff in a ticket office?

TfL Spends £7.8 Million On Five Buses, Whilst LU Dumps 800 Staff

TfL have spent £7.8 million pounds of a budget allocation of £15 million, to find a replacement for the Routemaster bus which was scrapped by the previous London Mayor Ken Livingstone, as it was inaccesible to many people.

This is at a time when 800 staff are being cut at LUL in a drive for ‘efficiency'.

This Week: Leafleting Passengers Against Staff and Ticket Office Cuts

  • Wednesday, 13:00, Aldgate station
  • Wednesday, 16:30, Woodford station
  • Wednesday, 17:00, East Finchley station
  • Wednesday, 17:00, Golders Green station
  • Thursday, 14:00, Elephant & Castle station
  • Friday, 17:00, Highbury & Islington station

At all these, we will be giving out leaflets which spell out the proposed cuts to ticket offices and staff at the station concerned, and will be collecting signatures on our petition. Please come along and help if you can.

Regulation of Health, Safety and Welfare

From Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary ...

In the final days before the General Election I would remind you of the stance taken by the Conservative Party with regard to protecting workers health, safety and welfare. The Tories have repeatedly diminished workers rights when in power and were responsible for the harshest erosion of protection via their sustained attacks on trade union legislation during the 80s and 90s.