RMT's London Transport Regional Organiser John Leach has written to London Underground to reiterate the unions demand that plans to cut hundreds of front line jobs be ditched following the recent violent attack at Leytonstone station.

Leytonstone station which was the scene of Saturdays horrific knife attack, will lose half its rush hour staff from February under proposed new rosters. The Leytonstone cuts are part of an overall package from early next year which would strip 838 front-line, uniformed station staff out of the tube system.

The letter to London Underground

To Jean Cockerill, Employee Relations Director London Underground,

As we all know as a consequence of the company’s proposed reorganisation “Fit For the Future: Stations“ LUL are proposing to reduce by 838 front line uniformed station staff. You will already know that ever since this was proposed in November 2013, RMT and others have warned about the negative impact that has on the safety and security of the Underground.

Therefore with the increased security concerns that are effecting us all, not limited to the incident last weekend at Leytonstone, but across the entire Underground and with its increased nature being until further notice, I must insist from LUL that it abandons its plans to cut these jobs and that a moratorium be called .

We are available to discuss this with the company for clarification.

Thanks,

John Leach
RMT Regional Organiser
London Transport Region 11