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Train guards strike to protect safety on Southern rail
07 September 2016Disabled passengers joined the picket line today, Wednesday, at London’s Victoria station in solidarity with RMT union train guards fighting to retain their role on Southern train services.
Reports round-up: Paralympic protesters launch week of action
07 September 2016Disabled people are highlighting the impact of austerity alongside the Paralympic Games this week. Also: Old Firm clash hit by Glasgow workers’ action | Were steel unions missold PFF? | University workers vote on pay walkout | Ballot on pay freeze at Freightliner| Bectu members vote for merger with Prospect | CPS could charge over Kingsley death
Tories bail out Southern rail bosses to bash the union
07 September 2016The Southern Railway gravy train was topped up with a £20 million bailout last week from Tory transport secretary Chris Grayling.
Govia Thameslink Rail workers hope strike won’t face cancellations
30 August 2016Unions are opening a second front against the Tories’ favourite rail firm, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). It runs the ailing Southern railway franchise as well as Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express.
Southern strikes are on the right track as bosses feel the heat
23 August 2016Bosses at Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) face fresh strikes in their battle with rail workers’ unions to undermine safety and slash services.
Talks break down in Southern Rail dispute
16 August 2016The RMT union suspended a strike by train guards on Southern Railway last Wednesday for talks “with no pre-conditions”.
Virgin Trains East Coast faces action against cuts
16 August 2016Some 2,000 RMT union members working on Virgin Trains East Coast were set to strike for 24 hours from 3am on Friday of this week.
Strike on North Sea oil rigs suspended for more talks
16 August 2016A series of strikes by outsourced Wood Group workers on Shell North Sea offshore platforms, set to begin on Wednesday, were suspended by the Unite and RMT unions.
Bosses in disarray after Southern Rail strike
09 August 2016Train guards on Southern Rail have defied lies and slurs to launch a five-day walkout over safety concerns. Raymie Kiernan reports from the picket lines
Wood Group oil workers escalate action over pay on Shell North Sea platforms
09 August 2016An oil workers’ strike in the North Sea shows how to beat the energy bosses, reports?Raymie Kiernan
How runaway train profits derail safety
09 August 2016Private 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
Reports round-up: ‘We are the gays and we don’t like May’ say Norwich Pride marchers
02 August 2016LGBT+ 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
Rail bosses' attack on safety is a plot to smash workers' unions—say no to DOO
02 August 2016Workers in Scotland, London and the south east of England are stepping up their strikes to resist bosses’ plans to undermine safety on the railways.
Surface tension—the battle against the North Sea oil bosses
29 July 2016Offshore oil workers have a tough life—and to keep up profits bosses are out to make it even tougher. But a new wave of strikes could put a stop to that. Raymie Kiernan spoke to trade unionists organising on the North Sea rigs
Guards at Scotrail strike to protect safety
26 July 2016Train guards in Scotland struck for the twelfth time last Sunday in their dispute with bosses at Abellio Scotrail over driver only operation (DOO).
Oil rig action can beat bosses
19 July 2016Hundreds of North Sea oil rig workers are set to strike on 26 July over pay cuts.
Rail bosses threaten safety with their lies
12 July 2016Scotrail train guards struck again last Sunday in a dispute over the extension of driver only operation (DOO) on Scotland’s rail network, which is operated by Abellio.
Strike to guard safety on train lines
05 July 2016Scotrail train guards walked out again last Sunday in their latest strike over bosses’ plans to extend driver only operation (DOO) on the network run by Abellio.
Bosses try to force through Driver Only Operations on trains
28 June 2016The Aslef train drivers’ union has been forced to pay Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) bosses £250,000 in court costs and not to strike over driver only operation (DOO) on Southern and Gatwick Express.
Bus and train strikes scare the fat cat transport bosses
21 June 2016Four strikes hit public transport around Britain this week as workers lose patience with management attempts to squeeze their pay and conditions - First bus drivers in Leeds and Weymouth and train guards on Southern and Scotrail
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