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22 October 2008 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. 17 September 2008 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. 25 June 2008 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. 19 March 2008 In 2006 the railway trade unions, Aslef, RMT and TSSA, threatened industrial action to defend our pensions... 12 March 2008 A WAVE of industrial unrest has swept across Germany in recent weeks - affecting hospitals, local councils, airports, childcare facilities and public transport... 1 March 2008 In addition the right-wing trade union bureaucracy is far more removed from the membership than was the case in the 1970s... 20 February 2008 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 20 February 2008 Members of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) have voted overwhelmingly to merge with the rail and maritime union RMT... 13 February 2008 Off the rails: OVER-RUN OF engineering work is a common reason for delays on the rail system... 13 February 2008 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 1 - 10 of 25 | Next > |