London Underground has decided that all additional station staff duties required by project work must be covered by the Special Requirements Team - even where there are existing project CSAs at that location. As a result, those staff face being forced to move away to a work location where they do not want to work, and will be replaced by people who are not nearly as familiar with the station.

The station which this will affect immediately is Bank/Monument, which has just completed phase 1 of its project work but still has several more phases to go, and will not be completed for several years. As ‘On The Move’ recently pointed out, the Bank/Monument complex is the largest underground railway station in Europe. There are already serious concerns about staffing levels, assaults and evacuation times on the station, and replacing staff who are familiar with the running of the station and well-versed in evacuation procedures can only make these problems worse.

Staff on Bank group oppose the company's decision, and are signing a petition supported by both RMT and TSSA reps, to make their feelings clear to management. Click '1 attachment' / file name to download the petition. If you work on Bank group but are not currently attending work, for example due to sickness or leave, you can add your name by e-mail Janine Booth.