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Sign to Stop Ticket Office Closures

Click here to sign the petition I have set up on the 10 Downing Street website, objecting to Tube ticket office closures.

And just to reassure you that I don't actually think that a petition alone will stop these closures, here is a set of campaign proposals that I and a couple of other activists...

Hazel Blears and Sweatshops

The freebie Metro newspaper today informs us that beloved-of-this-blog Hazel Blears has been caught out being dodgy again. And here is the story in the Manchester Evening News.
This time, she has allegedly been commissioning her campaign material (she's standing for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party...

Wot No Bonus?

Our beloved leader Tim O'Toole has written to us again. Bless him for taking time out of his busy schedule to keep us informed of the state of play of our magnificent system.

The latest bulletin was to tell us what we already knew, that there was not going to be a bonus this year (or any other, but...

Trot Bashing

A small outbreak of online Trot-bashing from some truly sad union hacks:

My favourite...

Hackney: Estate Plus?

Hackney Council has apparently rebranded its estate regeneration policy. It is now called 'Estate Plus'. Plus what, though?

... plus privatisation ... plus overcrowding ... plus community fragmentation ...

There are a few minuses as well though ...

... minus council housing ... minus green space...

Solidarity with Sanitarios Maracay workers

Workers from Sanitarios Maracay in Venezuela, which has been occupied and run under workers' control for more than 5 months, were subjected to brutal repression last Tuesday 24 April.

Workers were travelling by bus to Caracas to participate in a national march called by FRETECO, the Revolutionary...

Points Failure

Brixton crossover caused major problems on the Vic last week with a 10mph TSR imposed. So new points were shipped in from Spain and installed on Sunday. Just a few days later, the points failed, necessitating a Victoria-Brixton suspension during the day to replace the points motor!

Coincidence? Or...

DLR Sacking Victory

DLR workers have won the reinstatement of a workmate after an unjust sacking. The Train Captain had been sacked - upheld on appeal - for driving through a work party, even though his duties appeared to require him to be at both ends of the train at the same time, and even though a colleague had not...

Aggravated SPAD

A Northern Line DMT on a driving day had an aggravated SPAD. He got a 12-month suspended sacking - but was returned to work at his own depot!

How can he have any credibility dealing with drivers over SPADs when he has disregarded the rules so flagrantly?

RMT and TUC to part company?

There has been some talk in the RMT about parting company with the TUC, which seems to be based on three main factors:

  • A looming dispute over RMT's forthcoming merger with OILC;
  • Fear that the new merged T&G/Amicus super-union will dominate the TUC;
  • The fact that the TUC is generally crap.

I want to...

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