HOW LONDON UNDERGROUND PLANS TO CUT STATIONS JOBS

• Closing ticket offices and cutting opening hours.
• Reorganising station groups to reduce the number of reserves and admin staff.
• Threatening supervisor night turns (the company issued a bulletin in December 'reassuring' us that it is committed to staffing every station 'during the day') and therefore SS jobs.
• Reducing minimum numbers so as to cut staffing.

THE EFFECT THIS COULD HAVE ON STATION STAFF

• Your job could go.
• You could be displaced or redeployed into a job you would not have chosen.
• You will have less chance of being transferred or promoted into the job that you want.
• If you are a reserve (or forced onto the reserve), you could have to work at lots more stations.
• Even if your job stays, you will have fewer workmates and therefore a higher workload.
• You will be more vulnerable and less safe at work.

HOW LONDON UNDERGROUND IS PREPARING TO DO THIS

• Driving business away from the ticket office window, for example by:
  • the £5 minimum Oyster top-up policy
  • promoting alternative outlets for tickets, for example through adverts like this one
  • not allowing ticket sellers to help customers, for example with unresolved journeys
• Refusing to fill vacancies.
• Threatening to forcibly move ‘over-establishment’ staff even though there are far fewer of these than there are vacancies.
• Preventing staff from achieving the promotions you have worked hard for.
• Refusing to cover uncovered duties, even when staff are available to do so, for example on overtime.
• Clamping down on discipline and attendance
• Drawing up plans to cut jobs

WHAT STATION STAFF CAN DO TO DEFEND JOBS

• Add your name to our online petition against job cuts:
  http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/StaffOurStations/
• Make sure that you are a member of RMT, and that the union has your up-to-date details (address, grade, location).
• Encourage workmates to join.
• Come to our RMT stations and revenue grades meeting: Wednesday 3 March, 15:00-16:30, Exmouth Arms, Star Cross Street, near Euston - and at the same time and place on the first Wednesday of every month.
• If short-staffing causes any problems at your station, report the incident! Make sure it is reported to the company using an EIRF, and report it to the union too - tell your rep or fill in our online report form (to be posted soon)
• Regularly check our website www.rmtplatform.org.uk, and the special ‘Staff Our Stations’ section: www.rmtplatform.org.uk/sos
• Distribute our ‘SOS - staff our stations’ stickers.
• Support our campaign against the £5 minimum Oyster top-up. Give leaflets to your friends, family and neighbours.
• Text 07910-202225 to order campaign materials, including more copies of this newsletter, sheets of stickers, and leaflets about the £5 minimum policy.
• Text the same number with any suggestions or questions about the campaign.