HALT TUBE JOB CUTS

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: january 2016 :: RMTnews 4 RMT is demanding a morator- ium on London Underground’s station job cuts programme following a ‘terrorist incident’ at Leytonstone station last month. The scene of the horrific knife attack will lose half its rush-hour staff from February under proposed new rosters. The cuts are part of an overall package which would strip 838 front-line, uniformed station staff out of the tube system. Metropolitan Police counter- terrorism command commander Richard Walton said: "We are treating this as a terrorist incident. "The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely,” he said. Leytonstone currently has four station staff on duty during rush-hour and London Underground plan to cut that to just two as part of their drive to reduce staff numbers. Even worse, one of those two staff will be allocated to platform despatch duties meaning that only one person will be on station duty during the time of peak demand as opposed to three currently. RMT has also challenged TfL claims that all staff have received updated briefings in light of the current security situation with the union saying that the briefings are “at best cursory and at worse non- existent”. RMT general secretary Mick Cash called for an immediate halt the station staff job cuts programme and demanded that London Underground send out a clear signal that is was genuinely facing up to the current security threat that faces passengers and staff alike. “Plans to halve the staff numbers at Leytonstone in February will shock passengers as they face up to the appalling events of the weekend. “Even worse those cuts are replicated across the tube network. “RMT also challenges the claims that all staff have received updated and detailed security briefings as that is simply not matched up with the experience of our members. “The union expects the moratorium on station staffing cuts to be implemented immediately and we will not be fobbed off with meaningless rhetoric and political posturing at a time when we all need to be working together to address the current security alert across the transport network,” he said. HALT TUBE JOB CUTS RMT reveals that Leytonstone will lose half its rush-hour staff next month