Free public transport? Why not?!
It’s a fairly mainstream view in Britain that healthcare, as a vital public service we all rely on, should be socially provided, for free, and funded by taxation.
Government grants, budget cuts ... How is the Tube being funded? How could it be better funded? And what are we doing to fight for funds?
It’s a fairly mainstream view in Britain that healthcare, as a vital public service we all rely on, should be socially provided, for free, and funded by taxation.
Here at Tubeworker, we've long argued that climate change is a working-class issue, and that we as public transport workers have a particular role to play in fighting for a pro-worker transition to a zero-carbon future.
Part of the funding settlement agreed between the Department for Transport and TfL says that future pay awards must “follow public sector pay policy.”
Following a board meeting on 30 August, TfL has accepted a funding settlement from the Department of Transport.
The Transport for London board will meet on Tuesday 30 August to discuss whether to accept the £3.6 billion funding settlement from the Department for Transport.
Although the contents of the proposed settlement will, if accepted, have a profound impact on our working lives, and on the services we...
It's great to see RMT has called a public rally in defence of public transport in London, on Wednesday 31 August, 7pm in Conway Hall (near Holborn, WC1R 4RL).
We've long argued that RMT's industrial action on LU needs to be supplemented with wider campaigning that emphasises the political backdrop...
Grant Shapps has announced that he has put a long-term funding deal for TfL "on the table", in order to "ensure services are supported and £3.6bn of capital projects take place by 2024."
TfL commissioner Andy Byford has said TfL and City Hall will now consider "the details" of the deal.
But...
Mayor Khan has said in an interview that he is "not persuaded" of the need to change our pension arrangements.
That's the clearest statement anyone from TfL or City Hall has made that they don't agree with the Department for Transport's demands that the scheme must be cut. It's certainly a step...
23 June saw a nice coincidence of timing, as the Department for Transport announced they were extending TfL's current funding settlement, previously due to expire tomorrow, until 13 July - and on the same day, RMT announced that LU members had voted by over 90%, on a 53% turnout, to renew our...
A strike by station staff has shut down the service today, with trains running empty through closed stations, if at all.
The strike is part of RMT's dispute over pensions, agreements, and jobs. Today's strike of station staff was intended to particularly highlight and resist LU's plan to cut 600...
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