Engineering and fleet

The former Metronet, now back in London Underground Ltd

What Are They Up To?

Following the recent successful RMT dispute with Metronet, workers who were going to be transferred to Bombardier are not going to be any more.

So why is Metronet asking them to sign an agreement opting out of their TUPE rights? There should be no need for any workers to sign away rights guaranteed...

New Metronet Crisis Threatens Jobs

Metronet continues to spiral towards disaster, and has revealed new plans to make its workforce pay the price.

  • 290 administrative and middle management jobs are to go.
  • Up to 200 temporary and agency posts will also go.
  • The Infraco has frozen recruitment.

Metronet claims that it needs to cut the...

Wot No Lockers?

Perhaps it's a good job that Metronet workers don't have overalls, cos if they are based at Acton, they'd have nowhere to put them! About 250 engineering grade staff work out of Acton, with five toilets, three showers - and no lockers - between them.

To add insult to injury, they are now barred...

Wot No Overalls?

Metronet workers are missing their overalls. Apparently, Metronet owes the laundry company a shedload of money, so the laundry company won't return the overalls once cleaned!

But it is of no interest to workers which bosses (or accountants) have fallen out with other bosses. What bothers us is...

Points Failure

Brixton crossover caused major problems on the Vic last week with a 10mph TSR imposed. So new points were shipped in from Spain and installed on Sunday. Just a few days later, the points failed, necessitating a Victoria-Brixton suspension during the day to replace the points motor!

Coincidence? Or...

Putting your foot in it

A contractor supplying protection services to Metronet provides its workforce with bog standard safety boots, despite Metronet having better boots as standard. The good news is that the contractors can, at their own cost, purchase the better boots!

Biometrics and Solidarity

Contractor ISS is still trying to sneak in biometric booking-on systems for cleaners - but it is coming up against the power of all-grades trade unionism.

RMT has an agreement with Metronet that neither the Infraco nor any of its contractors will use such systems. They are an infringement of...

Freeze Their Assets

When the snow fell on Wednesday morning, 90 points on the Central line failed, resulting in total chaos on the service.

The reason? Metronet, knowing there were freezing temperatures, had decided not to de-ice the points that night in order to save money. This money-saving measure ended up costing...

Metronet Dustbowl on the Drain

Today, Metronet's incompetence descended from scandal into farce. They spent the weekend grinding rails on the Waterloo and City line, but did not tidy up after themselves - in particular, they did not hoover up the dust.

So as soon as a train moved, a big cloud of dust billowed up and covered the...

Million-Pound Fiasco

So Metronet could be fined £1,000,000 for their latest cock-ups. Ooooh, we bet they are scared. After all, it takes them a whole week to make that much money in profits.

Look, just take their train set back off them and reintegrate it into an integrated, publicly-owned Underground. We're getting...

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