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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
18 May 2012
Public meetings against cuts in the rail industry
Rail unions and trades councils are holding public meetings and a day of action at the end of May opposing the government's proposed cuts to jobs and services in the rail industry...
18 April 2012
Trop cher: Britain's privatised, publicly subsidised, overcrowded rail network is also the most expensive in Europe...
Steve Hedley
15 March 2012
Fight the cuts - for a workers' alternative
Interview with RMT candidate: London regional organiser for the RMT transport union, Steve Hedley, spoke to the Socialist about present issues facing London Underground workers, and why he is standing for TUSC in the May elections
15 March 2012
RMT calls Budget Day of Action
Rail union RMT is holding a Budget "Day of Action" over government plans to axe thousands of jobs, close ticket offices, jack up fares and give the train operating companies "gold plated" franchises as it implements the McNulty Rail Review recommendations, writes Information from a RMT press release, 12 March 2012:.
22 February 2012
Should socialists support the proposed HS2 rail link?
The debate on the HS2 high speed rail in the Socialist 703 continues with arguments for and against the scheme
16 February 2012
Train cleaners strike for a living wage
'£8.30 - London Living Wage!' was the chant of the Initial cleaners taking strike action today outside St Pancras station in London
8 February 2012
Safe railways, not shopping malls
Craig Johnston, a member of the transport union RMT in Carlisle recently wrote a letter to his local paper challenging the Tory MP's proposals for station buildings...
HS2 - The second high speed line in Britain - government advert
1 February 2012
Debate: Should socialists support the HS2 rail line?
Developing efficient public transport: The second high speed line (HS2) in Britain (the first being the channel tunnel link from London to Paris) would initially connect London to Birmingham by 2026 with a journey time of 49 minutes, writes Mark Pickersgill, Stevenage Socialist Party.
26 January 2012
Rail union RMT secures £2,500 Olympics pay deal on Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
Transport union RMT has secured a ground breaking Olympics pay deal on DLR worth £2,500 made up of a guaranteed attendance payment of £900 and guaranteed overtime payments for all staff throughout the Olympic and Paralympic games...
11 January 2012
In December 2011, after a dispute between Scotrail and rail union Aslef, an agreement was reached which provides for the recruitment of at least 32 train drivers in 2012 and for eliminating rest day working by April 2013, writes Pete, Worcester.
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