health and safety
Articles about health and safety, and struggles over health and safety in the workplace.
Background to the tube drivers' wildcat
As RMT station workers struck over jobs and safety on Monday 9 January, tube drivers on the Northern line took wildcat strike action in support of a suspended colleague.
This is Hertfordshire reported that there were severe delays on the Northern Line throughout Monday, but they had little to do with that day's Tube strike called by the RMT union in protest at safety concerns over the new roster to be introduced next month.
Strike and wildcat - a day on the Underground
The day-long strike of London Underground station staff ended last night, as 45 stations were closed.
In a separate action, the Northern Line - one of the busiest of the 12 lines - was shut down by the wildcat action of drivers who were supporting a sacked colleague
The BBC reported that when the strike ended at 1830 GMT a total of 19 stations remained closed and two tube lines were having delays.
New year's eve tube strike on safety and jobs
London Underground (LU) gate line, platform and ticket office workers struck for 24 hours on New Year’s Eve against the imposition of new working patterns and the issuing of “at risk of displacement” letters.
Daniel O’Rourke takes a detailed look at the action, the unions, the workers and the government.
As a result of the strike about 40 out of London’s 275 stations were closed, including Covent Garden in the heart of London’s West End and King’s Cross, one of the capital’s busiest stations.
