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6 June 2018
RMT rejects Labour affiliation - now step up the fight for workers' political representation
The special conference of the RMT transport union on 30 May was an important milestone in the battle to re-establish a political voice for workers after the bleak years of Blair's New Labour
6 June 2018
#NorthernFail: 250 rail services cancelled
Nationalise rail - don't delay!: Northern rail cancelled more than 250 trains entirely on 29 May. Where trains run at all they have been up to two hours late.
6 June 2018
RMT special conference debates political strategy
Delegates to the RMT transport union's special general meeting (SGM) have voted to maintain the union's current political strategy and not to affiliate to the Labour Party.
30 May 2018
Welsh Labour reprivatises rail lines: reverse Tory sell-offs!
The Welsh government has announced, with great fanfare, handing the new £5 billion Wales and Borders rail franchise to multinational corporation KeolisAmey.
23 May 2018
Government continues to back failed private rail
The companies running the East Coast Main Line (ECML) rail franchise from London to Scotland - Virgin and Stagecoach - are to lose it because they "got their sums wrong" according to Chris Grayling, the transport secretary
23 May 2018
Tories prepare for possible snap election
Jeremy Corbyn needs to do the same by standing up to Blairite saboteurs.
As the deadlock at the top of the Tory Party continues, Tory MPs are reported to be telling their constituency parties to prepare for another snap general election
16 May 2018
A huge Socialist Party "Tories Out!" banner greeted 20,000 marchers
2 May 2018
RMT members reject Labour affiliation calls at London debate
The RMT transport union will hold a special general meeting on 30 May to discuss the issue of affiliation to the Labour Party. RMT was expelled from Labour in 2004 after supporting Scottish Socialist Party candidates.
25 April 2018
RMT Labour Party affiliation debate - where do socialists stand?
Dialogue with the Labour Party is welcome, but it must be honest. Unfortunately, many of the replies to the RMT's questions dress up the reality of the position, and are sometimes completely misleading
18 April 2018
Labour councillors could stop unsafe 'driver-only operation' tomorrow
Safety-critical staff are to be replaced with a bank of tiny TV screens in the driver's cab.
4 April 2018
RMT strikes in Newcastle and London
Northern Rail workers strike to save the guard; DLR workers strike to defend conditions
8 March 2018
We feel that we will win - a striker speaks
3 March was our sixteenth strike day in a year-long dispute over the introduction of driver-only operated trains on the Merseyrail network
7 March 2018
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on in DOO dispute
Saturday 3 March saw another solid strike across the Arriva Northern and Merseyrail railway franchises by guards
7 March 2018
Hull workers united against bosses
In a determined and clear show of solidarity, more than 150 workers in Hull rallied in support of University and College Union members from Hull University on strike to defend pensions, railway workers from the RMT striking to keep a guard on every train and the FCC strikers battling to win sick-pay rights.
28 February 2018
Coordinate the struggles: Faced with a fresh series of attacks from the Tories and their friends in big business, workers are striking back up and down the country
31 January 2018
A demonstration called by the transport union RMT took place outside Liverpool Town Hall ahead of a meeting of Merseyrail stakeholders on 25 January to show the incredible public support in favour of keeping the guards on Merseyrail trains
17 January 2018
RMT strikes against driver-only operation continue
"Everyone passing understands that this strike is about rail safety"
8 January 2018
RMT rail members buoyed by coordinated action
RMT members across five train companies are striking
4 January 2018
Strike against driver-only operation on five rail networks
Train guards are taking strike action in defence of railway safety
7 December 2017
Anti-DOO lobby of Liverpool's transport committee
A lobby gathered at the Cunard Buildings, Mann Island, ahead of a meeting of Liverpool's Transport Committee
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