8 November 2017

Ireland: rail workers demand share of 'recovery'

Rail workers in the Irish Republic walked out on 7 November for 24 hours, the second stoppage in their demand for a 3.75% pay rise

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25 November 2009

Axiom railworkers' strike remains solid

Stoke: After four 24-hour strikes at Axiom in Stoke, the workforce, Unite members, has become even more determined to win this dispute for a decent pay increase, writes Andy Bentley, Stoke Socialist Party.

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22 November 2007

Train drivers strike in Germany

LAST WEEK 10,300 train drivers of the rail union GDL took strike action for 62 hours... By Anne Engelhardt, Sozialistische Alternative (SAV), CWI Germany

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9 August 2007

Railworkers strike for jobs and safety

RMT strike in Wales

Around 20 members of the RMT union from South Wales and South West England joined a picket line at Corus steel works Margam to protest at plans by rail freight operator EWS to cut groundstaff by half.... By Alec Thraves, Socialist Party Wales

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4 January 2007

Railworkers fight for quality of life

SENIOR CONDUCTORS working for Central Trains voted in two ballots to strike on 1 January 2007 and not to work on Christmas eve and New Year's eve 2006...

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26 October 2006

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Rail privatisation: RAIL PRIVATISATION in the 1990s was an expensive and chaotic disaster. Railtrack has been replaced with Network Rail. Three private firms control all train... By An Aslef member

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2 February 2006

Healthworkers back RMT and Socialist Party initiatives

FOLLOWING THE success of the RMT railworkers' union conference on working-class political representation, Socialist Party member Len Hockey, who is secretary of Waltham Forest UNISON health branch, sent the following letter to Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT...

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7 February 2004

The Trade Unions And The Labour Party

TRADE UNION links with the Labour Party will be under intense scrutiny this week...

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30 June 2000

Signal workers vote for strike

MEMBERS OF the Rail Marine and Transport (RMT) union have voted for strike action against Railtrack over signal workers' pay...

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