Tube trade unions and political representation
The latest edition of our bulletin is now online, collating content from our blog.
This edition argues that the recent cancellation of strikes by RMT, Aslef, and Unite was the wrong decision, lacking in transparency and democracy. We also feature stories on ongoing disputes across the job, plus an...
The Tories’ “Minimum Service Levels” Bill, aimed at restricting the right to strike even further, is bouncing between the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Given the Tories’ majority, it is likely to pass at some point. It gives the government the power to set a “minimum service levels” in...
Tubeworker & Off The Rails public (Zoom) meeting
🗓 Thursday 18 May, 15:00-17:00
Log in at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89802934171?pwd=NEh5MzJzTWp0eWptSE9WaDA1NlhOdz09
Hundreds of millions of pounds of public money were spent on the recent coronation, to perpetuate an institution based on...
LUL staff are being given “crowndels”, LU roundel badges adorned with a royal crown, to wear to commemorate the coronation.
Tubeworker says: no thanks. It’s bad enough having to work in the midst of all the nauseating adulation of heredity power and privilege without having to wear badges that...
The latest edition of the printed version of our bulletin, collating content from the blog, is now online.
You can download the PDF here.
This edition argues for escalation of strikes in response to mounting management attacks on pensions, jobs, and conditions, plus local and workplace stories. We...
Thursday 23 March, 15:00-17:00
Hosted by Off The Rails and Tubeworker
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89802934171?pwd=NEh5MzJzTWp0eWptSE9WaDA1NlhOdz09
Independent inquiries into sexist harassment and bullying in two trade unions, GMB and TSSA, revealed huge structural and cultural problems...
📢 TUBEWORKER & OFF THE RAILS PUBLIC (ZOOM) MEETING: THE STRIKE WAVE IN FRANCE, FEATURING A FRENCH RAIL WORKER ACTIVIST
Thursday 17 November, 15:00-17:00
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As in Britain, workers across the economy in France are launching strikes for higher wages. The strike wave began in...
Rishi Sunak has been crowned by Tory MPs, without their own party members - let alone the wider electorate - having a say.
Sunak, the richest MP in Parliament, will lead a government of the rich, for the rich. The labour movement must demand a general election, but must also assert its own...
There are two articles on our sister blog Off the Rails discussing RMT's decision to rearrange upcoming strikes, due to a clash with the Royal British Legion's Poppy Day:
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