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8 May 2019
It's one world for the bosses, and another for the rest of us. Fat cat pay; rail deregulation.
1 May 2019
Scandinavian Airlines walkout disrupts Nordic air travel
Hundreds of flights in Norway, Sweden and Denmark have been cancelled as 1,400 pilots for Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) began strike action on 26 April.
17 April 2019
Arriva Rail North cleaners fight bosses' punitive pay arrears
Cleaning staff on Arriva Rail North have been told by their employer, outsourcer ISS, that they will be forced to work eleven days with pay owed in arrears. Members of transport union RMT protested outside Manchester Victoria station on 10 April.
10 April 2019
South Yorkshire Freedom Riders - still battling on
South Yorkshire Freedom Riders held rallies on 1 April marking five years of our struggle for the full restoration of travel pass rights
6 March 2019
Boot out failing Grayling and the other Tory wreckers
What does it take before one of the most incompetent government ministers in modern times is sacked? I am of course talking about transport minister Chris Grayling.
13 February 2019
Workplace and union news in brief
Glasgow strike victory; Bradford bus victory; union action in Hackney; oil tanker strike; Irish nurses strike; home care doorstepping; Woolwich ferry walkout
13 February 2019
Heroic RMT guards beat back Northern rail in fight against dangerous driver-only operation
47 days of determined industrial action have won a significant breakthrough
30 January 2019
Trade unions protect rail workers' picket line in Hull
More than 150 trade unionists and activists rallied to Hull and District trade union council's call to defend the transport union RMT's picket line on 26 January.
30 January 2019
Fresh inquest into killer air pollution: nationalise energy and public transport!
The family of nine-year-old Ella Roberta have been allowed to apply for a new inquest into the wrongful death of their daughter.
16 January 2019
Unions must fight and demand nationalisation to save thousands of car industry jobs
Bridgend Ford bosses have said over 1,000 workers will lose their jobs over the next two years, with 370 to go this spring
9 January 2019
Grayling's attacks on rail workers wages 'un-fare'
The government continues to claim that Britain's economy is doing great and that everyone's wages are sky high.
9 January 2019
Far right attack on Manchester rail workers' picket line - trade union fightback needed
Far-right protesters, wearing yellow vests, verbally abused the RMT transport union picket line at Manchester Victoria station on 5 January.
2 January 2019
Yet another wage-busting fare hike? Nationalise rail now!
Queues and scuffles to squeeze aboard, delays and cancellations as the life sweats out of you
5 December 2018
Fatal bus crash - an avoidable tragedy
Stagecoach bosses have been let off the hook. They should have been jailed for corporate manslaughter.
5 December 2018
Shelter strike, Beefeater beef, Cammell Laird continues, buses bust-up
28 November 2018
"Horrendous" - Bristol's privatised buses
Bristol Socialist Party member Frankie Langeland called a protest after late and cancelled buses repeatedly made her seven-month-old baby miss bedtimes and even forced her to breastfeed by the side of the road.
21 November 2018
Stop Nottingham Labour's cuts to disabled travel!
"We're making more cuts! You ain't seen nothing yet!" This was the comment of Graham Chapman, deputy leader of Nottingham's Labour council when asked about cuts to the disabled person's mobility card, which gives free bus and tram travel.
21 November 2018
Arriva Rail North under pressure after nineteenth Saturday strike
RMT transport union members picketing Manchester Victoria train station on 10 November had an unusual visitor - and it wasn't Santa Claus. It was none other than David Brown, managing director of Arriva Rail North.
21 November 2018
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us.
14 November 2018
Leeds meeting backs striking rail guards
It was standing room only as a packed meeting in Leeds supported the long-running dispute to maintain the safety-critical role of the guard on Arriva Rail North
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