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Metronet maintenance workers suspended after booze find
07:30 11 Nov 2003
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A number of Tube track maintenance workers have
been charged with gross misconduct following the discovery of over
100 empty beer cans and bottles of booze in a mess room, according
to the Independent newspaper today (Tuesday).
The broadsheet said that 14 workers have been suspended by the Metronet consortium after the find at the London Underground's Farringdon station.
An empty brandy bottle, empty bottle of red wine and full cans of lager and cider were discovered in a fridge and a cooker in the staff room.
Metronet, the private firm which maintains part of the tube network, said the room was used by maintenance workers to change into and out of work clothes.
"We are naturally treating this very seriously," a Metronet spokesman told the newspaper. "We immediately suspended 14 people who normally have access to the room."
The 14 workers were tested for drugs and alcohol but they all returned negative.
The company, which said it had a zero tolerance policy towards drugs and alcohol, charged the 14 workers with gross misconduct.
Disciplinary hearings are expected over the next week.
The broadsheet said that 14 workers have been suspended by the Metronet consortium after the find at the London Underground's Farringdon station.
An empty brandy bottle, empty bottle of red wine and full cans of lager and cider were discovered in a fridge and a cooker in the staff room.
Metronet, the private firm which maintains part of the tube network, said the room was used by maintenance workers to change into and out of work clothes.
"We are naturally treating this very seriously," a Metronet spokesman told the newspaper. "We immediately suspended 14 people who normally have access to the room."
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The 14 workers were tested for drugs and alcohol but they all returned negative.
The company, which said it had a zero tolerance policy towards drugs and alcohol, charged the 14 workers with gross misconduct.
Disciplinary hearings are expected over the next week.
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