In an outrageous attack on trade union democracy, London bus operators have used anti-union laws to stop a strike that would have seen more than 14,000 drivers take action on Wednesday of this week.
The campaign by the RMT transport union against the victimisation of Andy Littlechild, a union rep at the Metronet maintenance company, has forced management into a climbdown.
Campaign beats back BNP vote
The fascist British National Party (BNP) received a very welcome drubbing at the Alexandra Park ward by-election in Haringey, north London, on Thursday of last week.
Farhan Zakaria, a popular teacher and NUT union activist at Sarah Bonnell school in Stratford, east London, is threatened with imminent deportation to Bangladesh.
The London Fire Authority has announced a 15 percent budget cut on all non-front line services. This has led to management proposals to make 28 staff redundant in six months, including three Unison shop stewards.
The result of the ballot of 2,500 London Underground maintenance workers at the Metronet company was to be announced on Wednesday of this week. The workers were voting about striking over the victimisation of health and safety rep Andy Littlechild.
The stakes are rising in the London bus workers' pay campaign, with around 5,000 workers striking last Friday and workers at two major companies voting overwhelmingly to join an even bigger strike on Wednesday of next week.
More than 5,000 London bus workers struck today over pay. The drivers at First Group and Metroline took action as part of a campaign by the Unite union to win a wage of at least £30,000 for drivers across all companies in London.
Up to 6,000 London bus workers across different companies will strike over pay on Friday of this week. This will be followed by an even bigger strike on
