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Protesters from the RMT and Aslef unions hold placards and wave flags
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Reports round-up—Transport for London workers protest

News in brief from workers' struggles
06 December 2021
Tube strikes can derail Tory plans for raft of attacks
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Tube strikes can derail Tory plans for raft of attacks

London Underground workers are preparing to fight Tory plans to push through millions of pounds worth of cuts.
02 June 2021
Scrap HS2 and take rail off the fat cats
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Scrap HS2 and take rail off the fat cats

A new report laid bare the growing chaos behind the the HS2 project, just as Northern Rail hits the buffers
27 January 2020
Questions raised about safety of rail system after two workers die on tracks
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Questions raised about safety of rail system after two workers die on tracks

Two rail workers died on Wednesday after being struck by a Great Western Railway train on tracks near Port Talbot in south Wales.
03 July 2019
Fight over conditions at Docklands Light Railway
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Rail strikes over outsourcing and safety

Transport workers are fighting back against a host of bosses’ attacks.
10 April 2018
Strikes on six lines as train guards fight on
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Strikes on six lines as train guards fight on

 
02 January 2018
Rail bosses get a wave of strikes for Christmas
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Rail bosses get a wave of strikes for Christmas

Workers on five rail networks have taken action in separate disputes,
24 December 2017
Reports round-up: Get a move on over equal pay, Glasgow council
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Reports round-up: Get a move on over equal pay, Glasgow council

Also: Sellafield | Virgin trains | Kingsmill bakery | Quality Line buses | Kent buses | Medway Maritime Hospital | Picturehouse | Protest against Mariano Rajoy's visit | STUC takes on Scottish budget | Darlington Newsquest | Blacklisting
05 December 2017
Reports round up: Only women’s aid centre in South Yorkshire may close
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Reports round up: Only women’s aid centre in South Yorkshire may close

Also: Aslef tube drivers call strike | Scotrail CCTV monitors | GTR train cleaners | NHS march in Brighton | Birmingham Mail | Ferrari and Maserati cleaners | Ritzy cinema | Serco tug boats | Co-op drivers | DSEI arrests
19 September 2017
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The fat cat controllers who stole the railways

As the fight to stop bosses pushing the dangerous driver only operation throughout the rail network spreads, Raymie Kiernan lifts the lid on the private interests at work behind the scenes in the train industry
04 April 2017
End of the line for Southern rail firm Govia?
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End of the line for Southern rail firm Govia?

Also: new Tube walkout
31 January 2017
Chopper close shave shows why offshore workers' fight for safety is needed
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Chopper close shave shows why offshore workers’ fight for safety is needed

A helicopter shuttling workers between the Elgin and West Franklin platforms ran into difficulties resulting in the chopper coming inches away from falling into the sea, an offshore worker writes
10 January 2017
Reports round-up: Nazis have a wet weekend in Maidstone
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Reports round-up: Nazis have a wet weekend in Maidstone

Also: Unions go nuclear in pensions fight | Post union must stand firm on pensions | Shutdown at Fujitsu Manchester | Picturehouse strikes again? | Racist Ukip isn’t welcome in Bolton | Councils face fury over latest cuts | Support the left in lecturers’ union | Protest called for trans prisoners | Socialist Worker appeal breaks target
10 January 2017
Transport shutdown shows the power of workers
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Transport shutdown shows the power of workers

The power of the working class was clearly on display this week. Strikes by Southern Rail, London Underground and British Airways cabin crew workers showed their ability to bring the system to a standstill.
10 January 2017
Tube workers in dispute as bosses’ cuts take their toll
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Tube workers in dispute as bosses’ cuts take their toll

Tube drivers’ strikes on London Underground’s Piccadilly and Hammersmith & City lines, set for Tuesday, were suspended by the workers’ RMT union.
06 December 2016
Strike votes on the Tube as workers reel from staff cuts
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Strike votes on the Tube as workers reel from staff cuts

Four in every five London Underground station staff members feel less safe at work as a result of cuts imposed by bosses on the capital’s Tube stations.
22 November 2016
Southern strikes are on the right track as bosses feel the heat
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Southern strikes are on the right track as bosses feel the heat

Bosses at Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) face fresh strikes in their battle with rail workers’ unions to undermine safety and slash services.
23 August 2016
Talks break down in Southern Rail dispute
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Talks break down in Southern Rail dispute

The RMT union suspended a strike by train guards on Southern Railway last Wednesday for talks “with no pre-conditions”.
16 August 2016
How runaway train profits derail safety
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How runaway train profits derail safety

Private train firms are wreaking chaos on the railways and making passengers’ lives a misery. Now they want to ram through even more attacks—but a series of strikes to defend safety could stop them in their tracks, writes Raymie Kiernan
09 August 2016
Reports round-up: ‘We are the gays and we don’t like May’ say Norwich Pride marchers
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Reports round-up: ‘We are the gays and we don’t like May’ say Norwich Pride marchers

LGBT+ marchers at Norwich Pride | Engineers ballot at Network Rail | VTEC rail workers could strike against cuts | Prudential ballot against outsourcing | Job losses at Lloyds bank | Shop fitters slam HMY Radford pay offer | Journalists resist restructuring at Trinity Mirror
02 August 2016
Reports round-up
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Reports round-up

Lunchtime walkouts at HSE office | Unions slam council’s plan to ‘bribe’ Glasgow workers | TSSA union conference stands with Palestinians | Journalists defy clickbait and cuts | Drivers deliver unofficial action | Legal challenge to Scottish post ballot | Car workers take action as talks stall | Give us a break, say Thomas Cook crew | Don’t let Edinburgh College bosses sack lecturer
10 May 2016
Strike threat wins concessions on Tube - but attacks on stations continue
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New dispute at Tube Lines

RMT union members employed by London Underground have accepted bosses’ offer on the Night Tube operation by 84 percent. The vote follows the suspension of strikes in January after bosses made concessions.
08 March 2016
Tube stations dispute called off--but workers didn’t get a say
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Tube stations dispute called off–but workers didn’t get a say

Also: Maintenance workers' action over safety could have a big impact
09 February 2016
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Stations strike can derail Tube bosses’ plan

London Underground (LU) station staff in the RMT union were set to strike for 48 hours from 9pm this Saturday.
02 February 2016