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It's that time again, when we're required by anti-strike legislation to re-ballot, by post, to renew our mandate for industrial action. RMT is re-balloting LUL members in the "jobs, pensions, and agreements" dispute.

Tubeworker encourages all readers who are RMT members to vote yes/yes to strikes...

Members of the RMT union at all 14 of the Train Operating Companies (TOCs) involved in the dispute over pay and conditions have yet again, renewed the mandate for industrial action.

Turnouts were above 65% in more than half the TOCs. The lowest was 53%, at Govia Thameslink Railway. The highest was...

📢 The strike wave in the USA

Tubeworker and Off the Rails public (Zoom) meeting

🗓 Thursday 19 October

🕰️ 15:00-17:00

Log in via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89802934171?pwd=NEh5MzJzTWp0eWptSE9WaDA1NlhOdz09

Recent weeks and months have seen widespread strikes in the USA, perhaps most...

Pay-talk fatigue is setting in across the Elizabeth line, as bosses come back to the table with a few sweeteners. An enhanced Sunday rate, night allowance and extra day of annual leave are being offered on top of the basic 5% pay rise.

When presenting the offer, reps say it is the best we will get...

RMT’s decision to cancel strikes planned for 4 and 6 October is a serious misstep. Although the threat of the strikes has forced some concessions from LUL, they are not sufficient to justify calling off action, still less to justify formally settling the stations-staffing elements of RMT’s dispute...

At our June meeting, co-hosted with our sister publication Off the Rails, we were joined by Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) activist and screenwriter Clive Bradley and RMT rep Cat Cray to discuss “why LGBT+ equality is a union issue.”

This month’s edition of Tubeworker looks ahead to strikes by LUL station and revenue staff in RMT on 4 and 6 October, whilst arguing for further all-grades action.

Download the bulletin here.

RMT members at multiple Train Operating Companies are now voting to renew our industrial mandate yet again. The ballot concludes on 19 October. It's vital we renew it, to allow us to continue taking action to win decent pay and defend jobs and conditions.

Every time our mandate has been up for...

LUL has informed reps in Fleet of plans for major job cuts. The company wants to close all call-points, affecting 67 call-point/SST roles. They plan some redeployments, but with a shortfall of 27 jobs.

They also want to “consult” on changes to minimum staffing levels and rostering, almost certainly...

At our last monthly meeting, we discussed how transport workers can organise around environmental issues.

We heard from an RMT rep who’s recently conducted testing into air quality in the workplace, as well as an activists from the Stop Silvertown Tunnel campaign, which wants to stop the...