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RMT Victory On Metronet

(This is an initial assessment, as Tubeworker gets to grips with the facts and the issues. Comments and disagreements are, as ever, welcome.)

RMT has called off its strike action on Metronet after what appears to be a full capitulation by management. The union had demanded that the Infraco drop...

How the new Rule Book threatens stations jobs

Under the new Rule Book, Station Supervisors lose the following responsiblities:

  • giving the 'second right' (now called 'assisted despatch') to trains stopped part way out of a platform where there is working in-cab CCTV on which the driver can see the whole of the PTI, or where there are PED doors...

Fight Ticket Office Jobs Cull

At the Stations Functional Council meeting yesterday, LUL management dropped their bombshell - 40 ticket office to close completely, 240 SAMF jobs to go. That's "bombshell" not in the sense of being a surprise: it has long been obvious that further attacks were on the cards. (The Workers' Liberty pa...

No to Violence in the Labour Movement

It is now common knowledge that there was a violent incident after the recent RMT regional council meeting. The union's head office is investiging allegations against both the regional organiser and a rep. Tubeworker is not going to comment on the specifics of the allegations, as we do not want to...

Standing Up To Bullies

Cleaners on the Underground often experience aggressive bullying from their supervisors. No worker should have to experience such degrading treatment as part of their job. It further highlights the lack of respect that cleaning companies have for their workers.

But here's an example of how station...

Don't Let PPP Divide Us

The Metronet strike next week should be a chance for all of us on London Underground who hate PPP - most of us! - to fight the privatisation agenda by showing solidarity with striking contractors.

But some LUL staff have the attitude of 'why should I care about their rights and struggles? We never...

Women's TUC: Sweatshop Labour policy

The TUC has still not deemed to post on its website the resolutions passed at Women's Conference over a month ago. Instead, we get a decidedly unhelpful "no documents available".

I'm not going to do their job for them and post the whole lot, but I am posting the resolution on sweatshop labour, that...

Iran: More Arrests of Teachers

Teachers’ vow more protests to come over the next few weeks!

April 8, 2007- According to the Teachers’ Trade Association of Iran’s website and other reliable sources about 45 teachers of the province of Hamadan were arrested on Sunday, April 8, 2007 and then transferred to an unknown location...

Sleep Deprivation

Here at Jblog HQ, we are suffering from sleep deprivation, due to the announcements from our neighbouring railway station. Loud and lengthy announcements to the zero people on the platform would be comical if it weren't actually a breach of my peace.

Fortunately(?), one of our councillors is the...

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