The pre Xmas shooting gallery that was QPK SB is now the subject of a LIR (local investigation report)
As welcome as this report is, it should be remembered that no blame is ever apportioned from any such investigation.
Any “errors” will be “lessons learned”
Funny, when we commit “errors” we receive “draconian punishments”
Fair & Consistent?
You decide.
Most T/Ops would be of the opinion fully uniformed staff, in full LUL regalia would be properly trained, properly licensed and fully qualified.
Seems that on the Wembley Group it ain`t necessarily so!
Agency staff, which look the same, talk, walk and act the same, but with far inferior training are now expected to bowl up to drivers and assist with “emergency” situations.
Great headline. Crap idea. 
In an unprecedented show of common sense, the higher echelons of Team Bakerloo have finally voted off this ridiculous notion of cutting the High Tone Whistle in /out in / out etc etc when entering/leaving the depot at Stonebridge Park.
The 137 decibels this whistles generates is enough to deafen the poor old workers it’s meant to protect.
A BBC article reports how "Three directors of French transport and infrastructure group Alstom have been arrested in a UK corruption probe, the Serious Fraud Office says."
They've since been released without charge, but there is more on this story here.
Today’s RPI was announced as 3.7%. This will mean a pay rise of 4.2% this year. For T/Ops equals about £1710 extra per annum. We still await the CSS bonus results.
Please find below a request from Head Office for submission of delegate nominations, 2011 venue nominations and more importantly, resolution submissions for equality conferences.
Click 'Read More' for the full circular
RMT and TSSA have both told London Underground that unless it withdraws its job cuts plan by Thursday, they will be in dispute with the company.
The BBC, in their 'Have Your Say' section, are asking the question "Do The Unions Have Too Much Power?"
If you click here, you can download London Underground management's presentation about their plans for job cuts and re-organisation. You can also read RMT comments on the section about station staffing. Below, you can read comments from our managers' and admin staff rep about that section of the document.
Proposed Management Organisation
There will be a reduction of 7 GSM positions and 5 TOM positions.
Click on these links to read the following articles on the 'RMT Platform' website: