Rail unions

Rail, Maritime and Tranposrt Union (RMT); Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF); Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA)

Underground pay referenda: Vote No!

By a London Underground worker London Underground's pay offer of 3.7% is not enough, especially for lower grades. The Regional Council of the underground union, RMT, has a policy to reject this offer and to take industrial action if necessary. Yet the national leaders of the unions are telling us we should accept it. RMT and the drivers' union ASLEF are both holding referenda with a recommendation to accept. The clerical workers union, TSSA, may accept it without even letting their members have a vote. A big 'No' vote from RMT and ASLEF members will send a clear message to the company and the...

"Tubeworker" says: it is not safe to work without fire cover

The new issue of the Workers' Liberty Tubeworker bulletin, downloadable here , says that Tube workers should refuse to operate trains and stations during FBU strikes on grounds of safety. The unions, RMT and ASLEF, have circulated leaflets informing workers about their rights to refuse to work in what they consider unsafe conditions, but Tubeworker is the only literature circulated to Underground workers making an outright call to refuse. The FBU's suspension of its strike action, the same day, has made some of the text in this Tubeworker out of date, but with a few sentences deleted the rest...

Tube workers look for more unity

By a Tube worker London Underground workers, members of RMT and ASLEF, struck for 24 hours on 24-25 September in pursuit of our pay claim. Picket lines on the morning of 25 September were strong and confident, and the strike effectively shut down almost the whole system. Another 24 hour strike is due on 1-2 October, roughly coinciding with the local government unions' London weighting strike on 1 October. Further action is due to be discussed at the RMT's London Regional Council on Thursday 26 September. Yet it is now five and a half months after the date that the claim should be settled. Why...

Tubeworkers' second strike

Workers on the London Underground, members of the RMT and ASLEF unions, are staging a second 24-hour strike over pay from 8pm on Tuesday 1 October to 8pm on Wednesday 2 October. Their first 24-hour strike, on 24-25 September, shut down the Underground completely. Read the Workers' Liberty Tubeworker bulletin for 1 October here .

Tubeworkers strike on 24 Sep and 1 October

Workers on the London Underground, members of the RMT and ASLEF unions, are striking over pay on 24 September and 1 October. Read the Workers' Liberty Tubeworker bulletin here .

Tube workers and firefighters to strike together

By a tube worker In a ballot of RMT members on the London Underground 80% of tube workers who took part voted for strike action over pay. During recent pay negotiations the management offered 3.2%, which the union rejected. The management then imposed a smaller increase of just 3%. Underground workers were furious at both the meagre amount of extra cash and also the calculated snub the management have made to the workers and the union. The union wants a 5.7% increase. Management have also gone back on a promise to reduce the working week of those underground workers not already on a 35 hour...

Rich and poor fight over railway pay

By Richard Denton Seven hundred conductors working for Arriva Trains Northern, who have been in a pay dispute with the company since January, have agreed to take further strike action. The next stoppage is a 24 hours strike from noon on 23 August to midday the following day. A rolling programme of further, one-day strikes is set, leading up to stoppages on 24 and 31 December. The RMT workers rejected a 3% pay offer with a 95% vote for strike action. It took management five months to improve their offer to 4%, although they have already settled with the train drivers for 18.5%. The vindictive...

RMT ballot: vote Yes!

By a tube worker The RMT union has declared that it is in dispute with London Underground management over pay. The union is balloting its members for action and the result will be released on 3 September. During recent pay negotiations management had offered 3.2%, which the union rejected as inadequate. The management's response has been to impose a smaller amount of just 3%. Underground workers are furious at both the meagre amount of extra cash in pay packets, and also the calculated snub the management have made to the workers and the union. Management have also gone back on a promise to...

Unions start to fight back

There is a growing anger over pay in many areas, but particularly in the public sector. NUT members have taken industrial action in London, and the lecturers' union NATFHE nationally. The FBU looks on course to take action and RMT Tube members are being balloted. We should use this mood to co-ordinate union action and build Public Sector Alliances. It may even be possible to organise coordinated one-day strike action across a number of unions. Tube workers vote for action on safety By a tube worker RMT is soon to ballot for renewed strike action on the Tube around privatisation. The ballot has...

Unions start to fight back

Solidarity 3/9 - 25th June 2002 Council workers, firefighters, tube workers, train conductors, lecturers, air traffic controllers... Unions start to fight back Link the struggles! Firefighters demonstrate. London local government workers, members of UNISON, strike for two days, and British Museum workers and South Bank University lecturers for one day each. The Tube union RMT prepares to ballot for renewed strike action about privatisation, and local government workers across the country - TGWU and GMB as well as UNISON - ballot for action in a national pay dispute distinct from the London...

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