Off The Rails

A platform for rank-and-file rail workers.

Off The Rails, May 2022: The Fight Is On!

Off The Rails welcomes the huge vote for industrial action on Network Rail and numerous TOCs, and stresses the importance of rank-and-file control of the dispute. It also reports on Merseyrail guards' rejection of the company's proposed settlement of their, trac worker safety and more. Click the file name to download it.

Off The Rails, April 2022: Vote YES for Action!

Attached in the new issue of Off The Rails, which urges a strong Yes vote in RMT's ballot of its members on Network Rail and fiften Train Operating Companies. It also reports on ongoing strikes by cleaners and Transpennine Express conductors, and on the final report into the fatal Carmont derailment. Click the file name OTRapr22.pdf below to open it. Download it, read it, print it, give it out at your local railway workplace.

Off The Rails, February 2022: Pay Justice for Cleaners!

As super-exploited, contracted-out railway cleaners prepare for strike action for £15 per hour wages, the new issue of Off The Rails urges all grades to support them. It also reports on goings-on at Network Rail, Northern Rail and Cross Country. Click 'OTRfeb22.pdf' under 'Attachment' below to view and download it. Please share online, and print some copies to give out at your local railway workplace.

Off The Rails, August 2021: Time for action!

The new issue of Off The Rails urges support for the wave of strikes that is building across the rail industry, including coverage of disputes on Scotrail. East Midlands Rail, Transport for Wales, Rail Gourmet and Hull Trains.

Off The Rails, July 2021: Cuts Approaching: time to fight!

The latest edition of the printed version of Off the Rails calls for action against cuts, and criticises the class-collaborationist approach of the Rail Industry Recovery Group. Plus reports and stories from workplaces across the country, including on the 11-day strike on the Caledonian Sleeper. Click here to download the PDF.

Off The Rails, June 2021: Williams Rail Review - More of the same, and worse

The new print issue of Off The Rails leads on the government's Williams rail review, explaining how 'Great British Railways' will not be great for workers, and calling for the fightback to start now. There are also articles about track worker safety, and disputes on East Midlands Railway, Scotrail and the Caledonian Sleeper, plus a listing of other items on the OTR blog. Click on the attachment to download it!

Off The Rails, May 2021: Fight for better pay and conditions!

The new issue of Off The Rails asks, 'Wot No Pay Rise?' and challenges rail workers and our unions not to accept imposed pay freezes but to fight for better wages and conditions. It also includes reports on the end of the South West Railway dispute in defence of guards, the threat to Netowrk Rail jobs, and recent ScotRail strikes. Download it here.

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