Tube unions & politics

Tube trade unions and political representation

Tube workers: Join the fight to kill the bills!

The justified media and public attention on the "partygate" scandals that may ultimately topple Boris Johnson carries a risk, that attention is pulled from the Tories' political project, expressed through the legislation it aims to pass.

Two bills currently making their way through Parliament, the...

Management's anti-democratic manipulation

Tubeworker HQ was alerted to this excellent post on Yammer, which we're reposting...


To me, the most notable thing about [Andy Lord's letter to staff] and the new flyer is that management urge RMT members not to take part in the ballot, i.e., not to use your democratic right to vote.

Unions are...

Fight for Public Ownership of Rail!

Yet again a private rail franchise, this time Southeastern, has been shown to have its hands in the till, as “errors” meant that £25 million of public money was not returned to the government... seven years after it was due. As a result of this “serious breach” of the franchise agreement, the...

VIDEO: Sadiq Khan grilled by Tube worker on outsourcing of TfL cleaning

At the recent Labour Party conference, London mayor (and ultimate boss of TfL) Sadiq Khan was directly questioned by conference delegate and RMT activist Janine Booth about the outsourcing of Tube cleaning. We transcribe Janine's speech here. For the video, see the embedded tweet below.


"I've...

TSSA and the Boilermakers

TSSA has announced plans to merge with another union, "The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers." Never heard of them? Possibly because they are based in the United States.

That's right, TSSA's leadership think the way to strengthen the union is to merge with workers on a different continent...

Vote John Leach #1 for RMT General Secretary!

If you are an RMT member, you will soon be receiving a voting paper for the election of a new General Secretary (GS).

You have the choice of four candidates, and Tubeworker recommends that you vote for John Leach, who is currently our Regional Organiser and has been nominated by seven of our...

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