news for station and revenue staff - 22nd April 2014www.rmtplatform.org.uk

Talks reveal cuts will affect all station staff.LU remains determined to cut 953 jobs andwon’t guarantee to protect wages.

It’s time to strike again!Between 2100 Monday 28th April and 2059 Wednesday 30th April.Between 2100 Monday 5th May and 2059 Thursday 8th May.

RostersIn all the

rosters we’ve seen, oneguaranteed weekend off insix seems pretty standard,with ever fewer longweekends. In this exampleof the Embankment CSAroster, there are only fourout of 27 weekends off!

LU proposes that allstaff spend 27% of their time on‘cover weeks’ (the yellow roster lines).RMT wouldn’t mind breaking down thedistinction between ‘rostered’ and‘reserve’ staff, but LU wants torenegotiate our framework agreementfor ‘increased flexibility’. With so fewweekends off, and less advancednotice of shifts, how are we supposedto have a life outside work?

Only on Gateway stationswill the roster cover justone ‘solo’ station. Mostrosters will cover an ‘area’of between two and sixstations. On our coverweeks, we could workanywhere within a ‘covergroup’ of up to 12 stations,e.g. Between ClaphamNorth and Angel.

At Gatewaystations (e.g. Euston), Destinationstations (e.g. Embankment) andMetro stations (e.g. ChanceryLane), CSAs will work deadearlies, dead lates and nightturns for all night running.

Why we need to keep fighting.....

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

Huge scale displacements# 2

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953 job cuts, fewerfrontline staff....butmore managers!

# 3

More work, less pay, worse service

it’s ‘

’.

it’s deprivingcustomers of aservice to makemoney from retailoutlets.

it’s providing‘

that’s what aticket office is!

there will be ‘

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

it’s a cheekto employ a CSA 1 or 2 tosell tickets on andservice machines, for £6or 12K less than a SAMF iscurrently paid.

it’s installing

’.

150 new ticketmachines is less than the268 ticket offices LU isclosing. LU says POMscan plug the gap because‘you can serve fourpassengers at once onPOMs’. Not true!

# 4

LU admits in thisslide that DSMswill benefit fromthe expansion ofmanagementjobs

Reasonable adjustments?Unions have pressed LU to find out whether staff with disabilities will be accommodated under the newregime, e.g. SAMFs who may have to stand on the gateline. LU said that Occupational Health will supportstaff in finding alternative employment, ‘or applying for VS if there is no mitigation’. So LU won’t guarantee

to accommodate staff, but will force staff to leave instead!

Middle grades e.g.SAMF and SCRA

abolished.

More managers

Fewerfrontline

staff

228Current

number ofDSMs and

GSMs

Proposed numberof Area Managers

and CustomerService Managers

1068

4445currentfrontline

staff

3625planned

frontline

staff

Meanwhile, LU admits there are ‘notenough’ Customer Service Managerpositions for all supervisors; some SS1sand 2s could drop to CSS. SAMFs andSCRAs could drop to CSA1 if their gradesare abolished.

# 5

Everyone stands to lose:lowest grades could lose most

He’s just said thenumber of people going on protected

earnings would be ‘reduced’.

LU has proposed aCustomer Service Supervisor 2 grade,

a station supervisor on the cheap,potentially for SAMFs and SCRAs

who would otherwise face a pay dropto CSA1. More responsibility, just to

keep your salary.

What job will we endup doing? Where? For the same pay?

We have had no such guarantee.LU should also look after all

grades equally, not justsupervisors.

LU’s fantasy future ticket hall