Nottinghamshire

Stories from the Off The Rails local bulletin in Nottinghamshire.

Notts Off The Rails bulletin - 06/08/22: Tory Strife Is Our Opportunity

Tory Strife Is Our Opportunity

The Tory leader candidates have denounced each other and (implicitly) the Tories' whole record in government since 2010. The new Tory leader will start out as a choice rejected by over half the Tory MPs. We can take advantage of that strife only if the labour movement...

Notts Off The Rails bulletin - 19/06/22: Strike! We Can Win!

Strike! We Can Win!

Our action this week will be the first national rail strike since 1994 and on Tuesday we’ll be going out with LU workers, the first time since 1989. The impact will be massive. The national strikes and those on LU have dominated media discourse since they were announced.

Take a break. Where?

Cleaners have been forced to take their meal breaks on the platforms at Nottingham since their recently arrived manager took over their mess room for an office. But then station managers weren’t happy with staff eating in public and said they couldn’t do it. Is it really too much to ask to have...

“SECURITY!!”

If you’ve recently noticed a lack of Nottingham security staff at night, chances are they’ll be at Chesterfield locking up because EMR have got rid of the platform staff that used to do it. We’d just like to know how EMR can tell that there won’t be issues at Nottingham when security are 25 miles...

Boots on the train

From Notts Off The Rails:

As if catering staff pushing trolleys didn’t have enough to put up with management are now insisting that they wear uncomfortable boots not trainers. Through experience RG staff know what footwear works for them and as long as they meet the safety standards why would you...

Notts Off The Rails bulletin

Cost-of-Living Crisis: Beyond the windfall tax

Why is mainstream discussion of the “cost-of-living crisis” so shallow, when, for example, an energy company boss says that 40% of households may soon be in "fuel poverty"? The labour movement’s failure to argue loudly for alternative policies, and...

Something phishy

From Notts Off The Rails:
Senior conductors were recently surprised at the contents of a “suspect” email deliberately sent from the company. On opening it they found they’d automatically enrolled themselves on a course to teach them how to detect phishing scams; and it was to be done in their own...

Don’t sit down

From Notts Off The Rails:

Heartless gate line managers are insisting there will be no stools provided for staff who have injuries that would heal better if they were able to sit down regularly during their shift. Apparently the risk assessment says no but what about the risk to the long term health...

Power in the union

From Notts Off The Rails:

When management got wind that a cleaner wanted to be a union rep the worker was called into the office to find out what the problem was. A week later, for the first time, a manager was posted to Nottingham. If that’s what happens when someone hints at being a rep we can’t...

EMR 1 ORR 3

From Notts Off The Rails:

You’d have thought that having been told 6 months ago by the ORR that shunter lone working wasn’t safe EMR would have put a stop to it but they haven’t. On night shifts, when there are supposed to be 3 shunters on duty there often aren’t. How difficult is it for the...

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