WE CAN STOP LONDON UNDERGROUND JOB CUTS - AND IMPROVE OUR LIVES AT WORK

On 18 November 2012, RMT marked the 25th anniversary of the King’s Cross fire, in which 31 people died. To prevent tragedies like this happening again, we must protect LU’s safety standards and staffing levels.

London’s Mayor and London Underground bosses intend to weaken safety rules and cut Tube jobs. RMT intends to defend and improve them.

We can already feel the effects of short-staffing and underfunding: ticket offices closed; station staff rushed off our feet or working alone; drivers expected to go into sidings without physically tipping out trains; cuts in tripcock testing and other maintenance frequencies; and more.
And we know that there is more to come if management and the Mayor get their way: 100+ job cuts in service control; more admin cuts; driverless trains; and a ‘Martini workforce’ expected to work ‘any time, any place, anywhere’.

But we can stop these attacks, and improve the working lives of London Underground staff. This newsletter is about how you can be part of that.

London Underground worked well during the Olympics. Why? Because of our hard work, and because the company put loads of staff on duty for a change. The message is simple - staff the system for a good, safe and reliable Tube service: what the customer wants.

LUL has set up a new Directorate of Operational Change and Upgrades. RMT knows that the 'change' that management plans is job cuts; we want a different kind of change

This article is from the newsletter 'We Can Stop Job Cuts' which is attached below. If you would like a bundle to distribute at work, please email Janine Booth.