RMT
Tube workers vote for further strikes
Following a vote 6-1 in favour of industrial action on Thursday, the RMT union has announced two 24 hour strikes, on the 21st February and 2nd March.
This action will be co-ordinated with ASLEF, whose members voted for the same action in a separate ballot today.
Workers backed action over issues that include policy on signals passed at danger (Spads), health and safety, bargaining arrangements, harassment, discipline, denial of representation rights and imposition of excessive punishments.
'The crisis in working class representation' conference report
A report by libcom.org on the recent conference called by the RMT on the 'Crisis in Working Class Representation'.
This event was called at the last RMT conference to discuss the ‘crisis in working class representation’. This is definitely a real issue and problem, however the main problem was that for most who would be attracted to such an event, ‘working class representation’ means a 'workers party'.
Tube strike update: new offer criticised
RMT and ASLEF arrange joint ballot over health and safety, harrassment and breached agreements.
Bob Crow announced new offer yesterday before members or union organisers knew anything about it.
Guards strike on Virgin trains
Guards on Virgin CrossCountry trains were on strike today for the third time over Sunday working payments.
An RMT organiser said they were unhappy that a deal agreed with managers had been blocked by the board.
Virgin CrossCountry, which operates between Penzance and Aberdeen, said the strike had less impact than planned engineering works.
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.
Second tube union to ballot for strike action
Over 2,000 ASLEF members employed by London Underground could be set to join RMT members on the picket lines as the union begins a strike ballot.
Half of LU's drivers are ASLEF members, and joint action would threaten a complete shutdown of the tube network - a marked difference from the strikes of RMT station staff on the 1 and 9 January.
The ASLEF press release stated:
Interview with an RMT member: The New Year tube strikes
With two tube strikes in as many weeks, and more still to come, libcom.org conducted this interview with a long standing London Underground worker and RMT member on the eve of the second strike.
The interview is presented here in full.
Why are station staff striking?
Contrary to public perception, it has nothing to do with greedy drivers!
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.
P-P-Privatising the underground, and 'opposition'
As London Underground (LU) workers strike once again, Daniel O’Rourke looks at Labour’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme which is largely behind the recent problems
New year's eve strike account here:
http://libcom.org/news/article.php/underground-new-year-strike-04012006
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