transport - scab security peril
WORKERS, OCT 2005 ISSUE
A letter to Eurostar from the Department of Transport's Transec security body revealed last month that the use of poorly trained scabs resulted in an alarming fall in the efficiency of crucial counter-terrorist X-ray baggage checks over the August Bank Holiday, when workers went on strike over pay.
The efficiency of electronic bag checks at Waterloo fell below half the level set for the training of staff; the figures for Ashford were "probably much lower". The scabs were recruited from Hungary by Chubb, the security sub-contractor, and rushed through an inadequate training course to replace locked out RMT members.