Rail unions
Rail, Maritime and Tranposrt Union (RMT); Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF); Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA)
Fantasy Union of Rail and Transport Workers
Submitted on 3 July, 2008 - 08:31
What kind of union do we need? There are strengths and weaknesses in our current union set-up. Union officials will often have you believe that things can only be done the way they are done, because ... well, because they have always been done that way.
We do not agree. We have several criticisms of the existing rail unions, so it is only fair that we set out in more positive terms what our ideal union might look like. Let's call it the Fantasy Union of Rail and Transport Workers (FURT).
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Rail union calls for full renationalisation
Submitted on 2 July, 2009 - 08:50
Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT rail union, has said: "RMT welcomes today's [1 July] announcement by the Government on the renationalisation of the East Coast route but this shouldn't be a short term, crisis measure.
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Tube strike hits hard
Submitted on 27 June, 2009 - 19:06
The two days of strike action on the London Underground over pay, job cuts and management bullying, 9-11 June, were a big success, with management unable to get services running until well into the morning, and then only token shuttles for PR reasons.
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Tubeworker 23/6/09: A Great Two Days Out
Submitted on 23 June, 2009 - 17:57
The new issue of Tubeworker welcomes the effectiveness of the recent strike, and discusses the way forward.
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Crow and McDonnell outline plans for "People's Charter"
Submitted on 18 June, 2009 - 08:18
50-odd people turned out for a meeting on the People's Charter (PC) with John McDonnell MP and RMT general secretary Bob Crow at Lambeth Town Hall on 16 June, although it's fair to say almost everyone anywhere near 30 years old was an organised lefty. The Socialist Party outnumbered the SWP considerably. To my knowledge only one person there was a member of the CPB (originators of the People's Charter). A couple of Greens were also present.
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Tube: striking for jobs and pay
Submitted on 13 June, 2009 - 08:35
London Underground workers struck for 48 hours from Tuesday 9 June-Thursday 11 June over pay, jobs and management bullying.
• 1000 jobs are at risk on London Underground and up to 3000 in Transport for London as part of a £2.4 billion cuts package. LUL have refused to rule out compulsory redundancies, despite signing up to a “no compulsory redundancies” agreement in 2001.
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Tube: Liars! The press and the strike
Submitted on 13 June, 2009 - 08:35- Login or register to post comments
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Arguments about the Tube workers' strike
Submitted on 12 June, 2009 - 12:05
I recently got into an argument on Facebook about the Tube workers' strike. Here is one of my messages. It's fairly self-explanatory even without the arguments I was replying to.
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London Underground: diary of a striker
Submitted on 11 June, 2009 - 15:10
Wednesday 3rd June
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Tubeworker strike special 9/06/09: the fight is on!
Submitted on 9 June, 2009 - 14:20
Click the attachment / file name to download the special issue of Tubeworker for the strike starting this evening.
"The Navigators" on TV: Film Four, Tuesday 9 June
Submitted on 5 June, 2009 - 13:25
The film "The Navigators", about rail privatisation, directed by Ken Loach and written by the late Rob Dawber, an AWL member, will be screened on Film Four TV at 23:20 on Tuesday 9 June.
Tubeworker 3/6/09: Take Action!
Submitted on 3 June, 2009 - 10:47
The new issue of Tubeworker calls for the most effective action possible in the current dispute, and discussing how to keep the momentum going beyond the first walkout.
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Union News in brief : Linamar, Tube, UCL, PCS
Submitted on 29 May, 2009 - 09:34
Roundup of Union news in brief: Linamar, Tube, UCL, PCS
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Tube workers prepare to strike
Submitted on 29 May, 2009 - 09:34
28 May, the day after Solidarity went to press, was the last day of the RMT's ballot for strike action among 10,000 workers on London Underground and at Transport for London over pay, jobs and management bullying.
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Tubeworker 19/5/09: Victoria Line Strikes Again
Submitted on 19 May, 2009 - 12:12
The new issue of Tubeworker reports that LUL management has upheld the outrageously unjust sacking of Carl Campbell, which means that Wednesday/Thursday's Victoria line drivers' strike goes ahe
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Tube: vote yes for action (again!)
Submitted on 16 May, 2009 - 12:59
The RMT is re-balloting nearly 10,000 of its members across London Underground and Transport for London for strike action around disputes centred on jobs, pay and breaches of disciplinary and attendance agreements. This ballot (which starts on 14 May) follows an earlier positive vote for strike action in a ballot which was subsequently ruled invalid by a court order from a legal action brought by Underground bosses. Management ‘s lawyers picked up on trivial errors in the balloting process.
Short industrial reports
Submitted on 22 April, 2009 - 20:51
Glasgow school closures; Unison health conference; Trinity Mirror journalists' dispute; London Overground workers win 22% pay rise.
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The Tube: get ready!
Submitted on 22 April, 2009 - 19:54
London Underground staff voted by a huge majority to fight back over job cuts, pay and management bullying. For strikes, there were 3,165 Yes votes and just 619 No. For action short of strikes, 3,495 voted Yes and only 266 No.
That was nearly 84% for strikes, and a whopping 93% for action short.
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Tubeworker 20/4/09: Know Our Strength - And Use It!
Submitted on 20 April, 2009 - 16:41
As RMT members prepare to vote against for industrial action for against job cuts, a rubbish pay offer and management bullying, Tubeworker urges London Underground workers to be aware of their
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Pay rises can be won, even in the crisis!
Submitted on 20 April, 2009 - 15:23
The RMT rail union has announced: Workers on London Overground are to receive a 20% average increase in wages after the successful conclusion of negotiations with the RMT.
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Victoria Line Tube workers to strike on 22 April
Submitted on 20 April, 2009 - 12:34
The RMT rail union has announced: RMT train operators working out of the Seven Sisters depot, covering the Victoria Line, will be on strike from 21.00 hours Tuesday 21 April to 20.59 hours Wednesday 22 April in a dispute over the failure to install Correct Door Side Enabling Equipment and the continuing bullying, harassment and victimization of RMT members.
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Jobs fight: London Underground, media
Submitted on 9 April, 2009 - 13:40
As we go to press workers on London Underground are balloting over strike action to defend job cuts and pay.
London Underground is cutting more than a thousand jobs in administration grades. Transport for London is due to cut around three and a half thousand jobs over the next eighteen months.
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Tubeworker 9/4/09: Huge Yes Vote - But Anti-Union Laws Stop Strikes
Submitted on 9 April, 2009 - 12:56
The new issue of Tubeworker reports on the massive vote by RMT members for industrial action over jobs, pay and bullying, but also the fact that the union is re-balloting because of legal threa
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"No2EU" campaign denounces free movement of labour
Submitted on 30 March, 2009 - 22:23The expanded platform published on the website of the No2EU campaign for the 4 June Euro-elections denounces "the so-called ‘free movement’ of labour" in the EU and "the social dumping of exploited foreign workers in Britain".
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Short industrial reports
Submitted on 27 March, 2009 - 23:43
Railworkers; TUC women's conference; Walthamstow Academy.
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Tube workers set to fight on jobs and pay
Submitted on 27 March, 2009 - 22:38
Everyday now we hear news about thousands of job losses across industry.
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Tubeworker 23/3/09: VOTE YES!
Submitted on 23 March, 2009 - 22:06
The new issue of Tubeworker urges all RMT members on London Underground and TfL to vote Yes in the current industrial action ballot, and discusses some of the issues that workers are talking ab
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Workers Climate Action speak at RMT
Submitted on 13 March, 2009 - 08:54
UNIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Workers’ Climate Action were invited to speak at the RMT young members’ conference on 1 March.
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“No 2 EU” is not an adequate platform
Submitted on 13 March, 2009 - 08:14“Trade Unionists Against the EU Constitution” is planning to run lists in the 4 June election for the European Parliament, and on 4 March won the support of the Executive of the rail union RMT for that.
Euro-election slate backed by unions? Yes, but on class politics!
Submitted on 3 March, 2009 - 23:14
A circular letter dated 24 February (see below) announced the convening of a "delegate meeting" on Tuesday 3 March to discuss a challenge in the 4 June Euro-elections. Rank-and-file trade unionists who turned up to the meeting, however, were excluded on the basis that it was open only to those delegated to a previous (unpublicised) meeting.


