22 October 2008
We can't afford private rail. Nationalise the railways now!
Comment: With above-inflation price rises for tickets being announced for next year, only the rich will be able to afford to travel by train, writes Andrew Walton, Leicester.
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17 September 2008
Swansea rail workers fighting for a living wage
SIXTEEN train cleaners, members of the RMT, have been involved in a one-day strike for better pay and conditions at Swansea's High Street railway station. Alec Thraves spoke to RMT rep Ian Fynch on the picket line.
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25 June 2008
Union news in brief
RMT's Bob Crow attacks the 'three Tory parties': IN THE debate on public ownership at the RMT rail union annual general meeting (AGM), general secretary Bob Crow said: "The reality is that we have three Tory parties in Britain now - the Tory party, the Labour party and the LibDems, writes Dave Reid.
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19 March 2008
Pay more to get less
In 2006 the railway trade unions, Aslef, RMT and TSSA, threatened industrial action to defend our pensions...
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12 March 2008
New period of workers' militancy in Germany
A WAVE of industrial unrest has swept across Germany in recent weeks - affecting hospitals, local councils, airports, childcare facilities and public transport...
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1 March 2008
Trade union bureaucracy
In addition the right-wing trade union bureaucracy is far more removed from the membership than was the case in the 1970s...
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20 February 2008
Rail pension dispute
178 train drivers working for London Midland and based at Bletchley are to strike on 28 and 29 February in a dispute about pension payments... By Aslef member
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20 February 2008
Union merger: OILC and RMT
Members of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) have voted overwhelmingly to merge with the rail and maritime union RMT...
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13 February 2008
Cuts and backlogs cause delays
Off the rails: OVER-RUN OF engineering work is a common reason for delays on the rail system...
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13 February 2008
Tangled web at Metronet
OUTRAGEOUS, SCANDALOUS, disgraceful... are a few of the printable words to describe the government's £2 billion bail-out of Metronet - the failed London... By Simon Carter
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