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news for station and revenue staff - 22nd April 2014

Talks reveal cuts will affect all station staff. LU remains determined to cut 953 jobs and wont guarantee to protect wages.

Its time to strike again!

Between 2100 Monday 28th April and 2059 Wednesday 30th April. Between 2100 Monday 5th May and 2059 Thursday 8th May.

Why we need to keep fighting.....

Rosters
At Gateway stations (e.g. Euston), Destination stations (e.g. Embankment) and Metro stations (e.g. Chancery Lane), CSAs will work dead earlies, dead lates and night turns for all night running. LU proposes that all staff spend 27% of their time on cover weeks (the yellow roster lines). RMT wouldnt mind breaking down the distinction between rostered and reserve staff, but LU wants to renegotiate our framework agreement for increased flexibility. With so few weekends off, and less advanced notice of shifts, how are we supposed to have a life outside work? In all the rosters weve seen, one guaranteed weekend off in six seems pretty standard, with ever fewer long weekends. In this example of the Embankment CSA roster, there are only four out of 27 weekends off!

Only on Gateway stations will the roster cover just one solo station. Most rosters will cover an area of between two and six stations. On our cover weeks, we could work anywhere within a cover group of up to 12 stations, e.g. Between Clapham North and Angel.

#2

Huge scale displacements

SCRAs, SAMFs and supervisors will be displaced as job roles are abolished. Every grade will be shunted around to fit the new reduced staffing models. E.g. RMT has calculated that the 65 Local A stations will have 400 fewer positions, displacing 400 staff. The 61 Local B stations will lose 400 posts; mostly supervisors would be displaced.

953 job cuts, fewer # 3 frontline staff....but more managers!

More managers

228

1068

Middle grades e.g. SAMF and SCRA abolished.

Current Proposed number number of of Area Managers DSMs and and Customer GSMs Service Managers

Fewer frontline staff

4445 current 3625 front planned front line line staff staff

# 4 Everyone stands to lose: lowest grades could lose most

LU admits in this slide that DSMs will benefit from the expansion of management jobs Meanwhile, LU admits there are not enough Customer Service Manager positions for all supervisors; some SS1s and 2s could drop to CSS. SAMFs and SCRAs could drop to CSA1 if their grades are abolished.

Hes just said the number of people going on protected earnings would be reduced.

LU has proposed a Customer Service Supervisor 2 grade, a station supervisor on the cheap, potentially for SAMFs and SCRAs who would otherwise face a pay drop to CSA1. More responsibility, just to keep your salary.

# 5 More work, less pay, worse service

its . its depriving customers of a service to make money from retail outlets. its providing thats what a ticket office is! there will be LUs fantasy future ticket hall

What job will we end up doing? Where? For the same pay? We have had no such guarantee. LU should also look after all grades equally, not just supervisors.

its installing . 150 new ticket machines is less than the 268 ticket offices LU is closing. LU says POMs can plug the gap because you can serve four passengers at once on POMs. Not true! its a cheek to employ a CSA 1 or 2 to sell tickets on and service machines, for 6 or 12K less than a SAMF is currently paid.

devices that will be easily mugged, especially as lone working is planned to extend from 73 to 122 stations.

Unions have pressed LU to find out whether staff with disabilities will be accommodated under the new regime, e.g. SAMFs who may have to stand on the gateline. LU said that Occupational Health will support staff in finding alternative employment, or applying for VS if there is no mitigation. So LU wont guarantee to accommodate staff, but will force staff to leave instead!
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Reasonable adjustments?