Disputes

Going into battle with our employers ...

Aslef to strike on 26 November

Aslef has named a further strike on 26 November at 13 TOCs (see list below).

It's good the union is calling further action to keep the dispute going. Members of other rail unions have to put differences of union affiliation and grade/job role aside, and refuse to cross Aslef's picket lines. When...

Cleaners' fights spread

With Atalian Servest cleaners on Avanti West Coast and Churchill cleaners on numerous TOCs still in dispute, having taken multiple days of strike action, RMT is expanding its cleaners' fights to several other companies.

The union has announced plans to ballot Atalian Servest cleaners on LNER...

Avanti in Freefall?

Avanti Trains West Coast is in freefall, with around three-quarters of its train services cancelled until further notice. It's an absolute nightmare for staff and passengers alike.

Avanti's profiteering owners (FirstGroup and Trentitalia) seem to think it is OK to trouser the money while treating...

Scotrail Votes No!

Scotrail RMT members have voted down the company’s offer by 866 votes to 580.

The union’s leadership recommended rejection, but seemed a bit equivocal. There wasn’t a massive amount of campaigning either way. But with a lot of bothy talk, members swung to opposing the offer.

Workers were...

TSSA members join the fight

More than 6,000 TSSA members at Network Rail have voted for industrial action over pay, jobs, and conditions, potentially bringing them into battle alongside RMT members at Network Rail, and RMT, Aslef, and other TSSA members at the TOCs.

TSSA disaggregated its ballot into three sections, with...

Not Appreciated

On picket lines, we've been talking about how the last few weeks have highlighted that our managers and employers simply do not appreciate us.

They do not appreciate how the shifts we work to keep the railway running constrain every aspect of our lives. Whether it's having to get up at 11.30pm to...

Wrong Routes

We've written elsewhere about reasons for drivers not to cross RMT picket lines but to add another to the list, this image shows a mere five-hour snapshot from Network Rail's incident database. In that short time, nine wrong routes were offered by scab signallers. That's nine drivers put at risk of...

West Coast Cleaners Re-commit to Action

Required by anti-union laws to re-ballot after six months, Atalian cleaners have delivered a resounding mandate to continue their strikes.

A 59% turnout in RMT's ballot delivered a near-unanimous 98.5% majority for strikes and 93% for action short of strikes.

So, the strikes can continue. Now we...

Strike Shows We Have the Power to Win!

Barely a train is running today as up to fifty thousand of us strike to defend our jobs and conditions. London Underground workers are striking today against attacks on jobs, agreements and pensions, while up and down the country, probably thousands of people have joined picket lines to enforce the...

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