Workplace news in brief


M25 strike date set

M25 maintenance, emergency and incident support workers working for Connect Plus Services are due to strike on 16 February over pay, sick pay and union recognition.

The Unite members plan to strike on every Monday following the first walkout until the dispute is resolved.

More about the background to the dispute can be read in issue 828 of the Socialist or at www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/828/19455

Remember the dead – fight for the living

The Tebay disaster in Cumbria on 15 February 2004 killed RMT members Gary Tindall, Colin Buckley, Darren Burgess and Chris Waters. Seven more were injured.

RMT members are still having to campaign for secondary protection for workers on or about the rail lines.

Eleventh Tebay rally for workers’ secondary on track protection
Sunday 15 February, 12noon, Tebay Memorial Stone, by the A685
A buffet will follow at Tebay Sports, Social and Railway Club, Church Street, Tebay, Penrith CA10 3SP