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Guards hit back with coordinated rail strike
11 April 2017Coordinated rail strikes by around 2,000 workers on three networks has hit hard against bosses’ dangerous cost-cutting today, Saturday.
The fat cat controllers who stole the railways
04 April 2017As 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
Rail workers at Southern, Northern and Merseyrail resist scrapping of guards
28 March 2017Round up of rail disputes against driver only operation and fights on London Underground
Transport round up: Drivers should derail the shoddy deal on Southern
21 March 2017Southern Rail train drivers will be balloted on a new deal agreed between their Aslef union leaders and bosses at Govia Thameslink Railway.
Merseyrail guard faces jail even though bosses cleared him
14 March 2017Dozens of RMT union reps with banners protested outside Liverpool Crown Court last week with family and friends of Martin Zee.
Rail strikers win solidarity in fight for safety
14 March 2017Over half of Northern rail services and 80 percent of Merseyrail services were cancelled on Monday as both firms became the latest to see walkouts by train guards.
Strike northbound as guards keep rolling
07 March 2017The extension of driver only operation (DOO)—central to the strikes on Southern rail—is set to spread to Northern and Merseyrail next Monday.
After Southern drivers reject shoddy deal—unions should turn up the heat on Tories
16 February 2017Southern Railway train drivers have rejected the deal cooked up over ten days of talks by the TUC union federation, rail bosses and their Aslef union officials by 54 percent to 46 percent.
Reports round up—Southern rail dispute, housing campaigns and abortion rights
14 February 2017Why was there no second worker on these trains?: Copeland council strikers confront the fat cat mayor: Fight against eviction threatened by a charity: Now step up the pressure after another Tory attack: New challenges in the battle for abortion rights.
Reports round up—Protests force Ineos bosses to frack off
07 February 2017Workers at the posh Harrods department store celebrated another victory in the wake of their successful campaign to retain their tips.
Southern Rail deal should be rejected
07 February 2017Southern Rail are proposing a deal to end the long dispute with Aslef and RMT unions but the promises fall well short of what is needed.
End of the line for Southern rail firm Govia?
31 January 2017Also: new Tube walkout
Why did TUC snub Southern guards in talks with bosses?
24 January 2017Striking train guards on Southern rail are furious that TUC-brokered talks between train drivers’ union Aslef and management, which resumed on Monday, do not include their RMT union.
Letters: My story shows why all of us should back Southern strike
17 January 2017What happened to me illustrates perfectly one of the issues at the heart of the dispute with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)—Southern’s owner—and the Aslef and RMT unions.
Safety shame for Southern Railway
17 January 2017A disabled woman was left stranded on a freezing train station platform for two hours by Southern railway, it emerged last week.
Chopper close shave shows why offshore workers' fight for safety is needed
10 January 2017A 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
Transport shutdown shows the power of workers
10 January 2017The 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.
London Tube workers strike as bosses threaten safety
09 January 2017Many London roads were gridlocked on Monday as a Tube station workers’ strike over staffing and safety hit hard. It closed dozens of stations, mostly in central London, and led to severe disruption on virtually every line.
Support the strikers taking on 'Southern Fail' and London Underground
03 January 2017the Tories are ignoring the woeful service of their favourite rail firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). But Southern rail workers are continuing their fight into the New Year.
As Tories call for crackdown, solidarity with the rail strikes
19 December 2016"Don't they know it's Christmas?" seems to be the level of the media's debate over the group of strikes set to take place during the holiday period.
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