To go with our intervention, think it would be good to have something to hand to people with more information on our campaign; what we stand for and what we hope to achieve.
I've tried to make it quick, clear and colourful to draw attention and also used some 'shock' tactics to generate curiosity.
I started by look for articles and accounts of assault of TFL staff to find shock stories that would draw people in:
Shock stories:
1/10 London Underground Staff Sexually Harassed by Passengers and 1/5 have been assaulted by passengers
· ¾ of tube staff have experiences verbal abuse while working
· 1/5 have experienced such forms of hostility more than 20 times a year
· 1/10 of verbal abuse is related to gender
· 1/3 is related to race
· 1/5 of participants have said they’ve been physically assaulted at work
· Anecdotes provided by tube staff about times when they’ve been sexually harassed at work:
o “Drunk males stopping me walking along platforms by stepping in front of me and making inappropriate comments”
o “Males stopping to ask a question but its been if I’m single/for my number. Even when I’ve said no they continue to push for details or imply they want sexual relations.”
o Another explained that a customer made “lewd sexual remarks” about their mother when they were refused free access through Tube barriers”
Abuse for just doing their job
· Tube staff member assault and victim of homophobic abuse for asking passenger to step back behind yellow line at Baker Street station
· Assaulted second staff member who intervened when trying to calm situation down
Tube station workers face ‘growing tide of violence’
· Staff have been threatened with knives and shoved towards tracks (rail, maritime and transport union have said)
· 8 staff have said to been threaten with a weapon when working on ticket barriers
Man Charged with pushing TFL staff member onto Victoria station tracks
· Pushed onto the district line tracks April 10th
· No injuries sustained but “understandably shaken”
This was the information I used to create the flyer:
I also used this information to create more posters that we can use both in social media if we want; but also to put up at the bus stop to spread the message we want. The bus stop intervention can be both creating a sense of happiness and comfort whilst also trying to educate those that take part.
Katy
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