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Ticket Office Closures - Show Us The Stats!

Management argue that changes in customer ticket-buying behaviour are behind their move to close 40 ticket offices and cut dozens more. But they are well short of evidence.

They have documents and graphs. But while they claim that statistics show reduced usage of ticket offices, they seemed very...

Why Tube Workers Should Support Postal Workers' Strikes

Last Thursday, 12th July up, to 130,000 postal workers went on strike for the second time in two weeks. They have been offered a below-inflation pay increaseof 2.5%, and have been told they must accept a 22-point 'business plan' which includes the loss of 40,000 jobs, cuts in the postal service and...

On The Move

This blog will not be running on this site any more. I am now a contributing blogger on Stroppyblog. The old stuff will stay here.

Metronet Crisis

Metronet is all over the news today. The PPP Arbiter has indicated that he will not agree to the Infraco's demand that London Underground pay for its incompetence, and LUL will 'only' have to pay Metronet an additional £121m rather than the £551m it had asked for. That's not a one-off, that's the...

Poplarism, Christianity and Socialism

As my regular reader will know, I am writing a book about Poplarism in the 1920s. I'm just drafting a section about the extent to which the Poplar struggle was influenced by religion. But I think there is more to be said about this than I want to include in the book, so I thought I'd share it with...

Sticky Situation

Refurb work at Loughton station involves resurfacing the platforms. A tip to Metronet: make sure the new surface has actually set before you let passengers stand on it. One particular passenger was aggrieved to find her bag covered in black sticky stuff ...

This follows an incident during the hot...

Missing Words

Here (in italics) you will see Respect's entry in a guide to political parties for people with learning disabilities produced by the Disability Rights Coalition. The text was submitted by Respect themselves.

Respect is a political party opposed to war and privatisation. Respect believes that other...

Bakerloo Strike

Drivers and detrainment staff will strike on the Bakerloo line for 24 hours starting with shifts booking on after 10pm on Thursday evening, 19th July. In effect, this is an all-day strike on Friday.

Activists are working hard to ensure 100% solid action, and we confidently predict that management...

Defend Victimised Teachers

35 teachers at Haggerston School in Hackney face disciplinary action for refusing to cross a Unite!/T&G picket line of striking school meals workers. You can read all about it on Hackney TUC's website. Below is an email I have just sent to the head teacher.

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I am writing with great concern...

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