Going underground
Review article: Workmates – direct action workplace organising on the London underground.
Cleaners strike protest near London Olympic site
Submitted by Choccy on Jul 27 2012 14:54
Cleaners strike over pay and conditions on London Underground and Docklands Light Railway.
London Underground strike threat wins reinstatement for unfairly sacked driver
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 24 2011 12:39
Six days of strikes on the London Underground by the RMT union have been called off after management agreed to reinstate a sacked train driver.
Workmates: direct action workplace organising on the London Underground
In the late 1990s, plans to outsource track maintenance on the London Underground were being pushed through by the government. Workers at one depot responded by forming a new workplace group, both inside and outside the existing union, the RMT. This pamphlet charts the highs and lows of the Workmates collective, highlighting their successes and failures, their radically democratic organising method and their creative forms of direct action. We hope it can provide an inspiration to other workers frustrated with the limits of the existing workplace organisations.
Workmates: direct action workplace organising on the London Underground - Review
Submitted by Steven. on May 7 2011 18:53
A review by Steven Johns of the Solidarity Federation pamphlet Workmates: direct action workplace organising on the London Underground.
UK workplace news roundup, August 2010
Submitted by Django on Aug 29 2010 15:46
Recent industrial news from the UK, including transport strikes in Liverpool, walkouts at West Lothian Council and Southampton libraries, and strike ballots for London firefighters, ambulance drivers, and tube staff.
More misery now! - The Red Menace
Submitted by Spassmaschine on Aug 10 2009 23:58
Article looking at the impact of the 1989 public transport workers' strikes in London and elsewhere.
The underground is going down the tube - Anarchist Communist Federation
Submitted by Spassmaschine on Jul 26 2009 08:44
Leaflet distributed to commuters during a 1989 strike of tube drivers.
Victory to the rail workers
Submitted by Spassmaschine on Jul 26 2009 08:35
Leaflet for a 1989 strike of tube drivers.
London Underground make new pay offer to tube staff
Submitted by Ed on Jul 5 2009 10:41
London Underground Ltd (LUL) has made what it claims is a final offer in an attempt to end a pay and jobs row which led to a 48-hour strike last month.
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