Workers' Liberty

A second 24-hour strike by around 550 First ScotRail guards, drivers and sleeper-train managers took play on 1 March. The workers oppose company’s plans to run driver-only trains on the new Airdrie-Bathgate route, due to open in December.

The new issue of Tubeworker celebrates signal maintenance workers' victory against weekend working, but warns that we must not rest on our laurels but build our strength.

London Underground signal maintenance staff have forced their employer — the former Metronet — to withdraw the threat of imposed weekend working.

The new issue of Tubeworker celebrates a 'triple whammy', as Underground workers fight back on Alstom, Signals, and against the five pound minimum Oyster top-up.

The new issue of Tubeworker regrets the sad end of the London Underground pay dispute, with RMT's national executive throwing in the towel without any mandate to do so. It also invites readers to discuss the Copenhagen climate fiasco, and reports on workplace issues from the fares increases to the recent successful strike on London Underground's power supply.

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The new issue of Tubeworker signals the start of the fightback against 1,000+ job cuts on London Underground.

Our members on London Underground are balloting on whether or not to to take action to improve a pay deal from management — an offer of 1.5% this year and 0.5% next. The ballot result is due on 21 December.

Shocking, but not surprising - RMT reveals this morning that London Underground plans to close 144 ticket offices and shed 1,200 jobs.

With RMT members finally getting to vote for more action, and ASLEF holding a referendum recommending accepting London Underground's insulting pay offer, Tubeworker urges members of both unions to vote for a fight for better pay. Other reports include the Hammersmith depot dispute, the Central Line train that hospitalised two passengers, and various examples of station staff resisting de-staffing.

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RMT has changed its rules to allow more members to be eligible to be delegates to its Annual General Meeting. This is an important widening of democracy in the union.

Click the file name to download this special issue of Tubeworker, urging ASLEF members to vote to reject London Underground's miserly pay offer.

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In the last weeks, BoJo has announced: a £5 billion cuts package on TfL; cuts to outer-London off-peak Tube services; delays to all ex-Metronet station upgrades including Victoria; and a 3.9% increase in fares! Read Tubeworker's response: download the pdf (see "attachment").

The internet rumours (reported in Solidarity 3/160) that the Communist Party of Britain (Morning Star) had split were untrue.

The virtual world has got itself into a frenzy about this video, showing a CSA allegedly being rude to a passenger at Holborn station.

With China now the world centre for industrial super-exploitation - low wages, no right to independent trade unions, and flagrant profiteering including by multinational investors - surely no "socialist" or "leftist" still sympathises with the Chinese government?

The Unite and RMT unions led a go-slow of over 1000 black cabs in London on 10th September in protest at a “schizophrenic killer” being granted permission to sit “The Knowledge” exam and qualify for a black cab license.

The new issue of Tubeworker rejects Tory, Labour and LibDems cuts and calls on readers to unite with other public service workers to fight the coming attacks.

The leadership of the rail union RMT, the Socialist Party, and the Alliance for Green Socialism, have been discussing with the Communist Party of Britain (Morning Star) about a joint slate at the General Election.

A 48-hour strike by cleaners employed by the contractor Carlisle at the St Pancras Eurostar terminal started last night.

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The new issue of Tubeworker assesses where we are with our fight for jobs, pay and justice, and looks at the prospects for cross-union unity.

Click '2 attachments' / file names to download the special issue of Tubeworker about the Vestas struggle, produced jointly with Workers' Climate Action.

The RMT on London Underground is playing a waiting game at the moment.

Activists from the RMT union, which mainly covers rail, bus, and sea workers, joined the Vestas workers outside the factory from very early on.

The new issue of Tubeworker outlines the threat from the fascist BNP, and urges London Underground workers to join mobilisations against them.

Rail and transport union RMT held its annual general meeting from 28 June to 2 July, against a backdrop of employers attacking jobs and conditions across the industry.

The groups involved in the "No2EU" coalition for the Euro-elections are known to be discussing a "son of No2EU" venture for the coming general election. The shape of it remains unclear. Two recent documents give hints.