transport
News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in transport and distribution around the world.
Striking transport workers in Lyon occupy head office
After six days of strike action 20 workers have occupied parts of the head office of Keolis, the company responsible for the city's public transport.
The strike action began on Thursday with strong support by workers leaving only 58% of metro; 32% of tram and 25% of bus services running. Workers were protesting against management attempts to remove a large number of conditions from their contracts.
Victorious Belfast Traffic Warden speaks
From issue 2 of The Leveller, this is an expanded version of the story of the four-month battle against bosses by Belfast traffic wardens. This article contains extracts from an interview with an NCP worker involved in the dispute elaborated on the deal they had won, and how they fought their bosses.
Belfast traffic wardens have expressed joy at finally winning their demands in their struggle against their employer NCP. The workers were engaged in almost daily protest since April after 28 were sacked for taking part in wildcat industrial action over working conditions and sick-pay.
Victory to Belfast Traffic Wardens!
After a 4 month battle against bosses over their sacking for wildcat action, 28 traffic wardens in Belfast have won their fight.
Traffic wardens this week expressed joy at finally winning their demands in their struggle against their employer NCP. The workers were engaged in almost daily protest since April after 28 were sacked for taking part in wildcat industrial action over working conditions and sick-pay.
Thomas Cook Dublin: Workers Released
The 28 workers arrested this morning for occupying the Grafton Street outlet of Thomas Cook were released this afternoon after agreeing not to resume their occupation or damage the property of Thomas Cook.
On Friday 31 July Thomas Cook managers and security went to close down shops in Dublin at 10 a.m. Over 70 staff were sacked and offered an appalling 5 weeks redundancy pay with the threat that it would be dropped to two weeks if the workers did not accept it. Staff in two of the outlets then occupied their workplaces in response.
Thomas Cook outlets in Dublin occupied against closure
On Friday 31 July Thomas Cook managers and security went to close down shops in Dublin at 10 a.m. Staff in two of the outlets then occupied their workplaces in response.
The workers, some of whom are members of the Transport and Salaried Staff Association (TSSA), have since been served a court ordered to leave the premises but are refusing to budge.
On burning and building bridges: contradictions in the movement around the Liverpool dock strike
Leaflet handed out at a demonstration of striking Liverpool dockers, in April 1997.
The struggle around the Liverpool docks has become a focus point for a whole range of different social groups; proletarians both in and out of work, members and non-members of trade unions, lefties, radical journalists, eco-warriors and others.
The underground is going down the tube - Anarchist Communist Federation
Leaflet distributed to commuters during a 1989 strike of tube drivers.
The tube strike is obviously going to cause anger and frustration amongst nearly all commuters. Even if you support the strike, we all need to get to work to pay our bills, rates and mortgages. The anger, however, needs to be focused in the right direction - at the management - whose failure to please commuters and staff is well evident.
Victory to the rail workers
Leaflet for a 1989 strike of tube drivers.
"The strike has been brewing for the past 3 years - management treat us like robots" (striking driver interviewed on LBC 20-4-89).
This is the root of the rail strike - management try to increase profits (that is exploitation) in the run up to privatisation more work for less pay, redundancies, one person operated trains, flexible rostering, automatic ticket barriers and machines.
Strike! - Thames Valley Class Struggle Group
Leaflet produced for the 1989 Tillbury strike of dockers in defence of conditions codified in the Dock Labour Scheme. This struggle was ultimately defeated.
The struggle in the ports over the Dock Labour Scheme obviously raises important questions for any workers who want to fight back against the bosses. The fact that the scrapping of the DLS was announced without warning in parliament shows that this measure is an attack by the state which has been planned in advance.
No go, P&O! - Thames Valley Class Struggle Group
Leaflet produced as an intervention into the 1988-1989 strike by P&O ferry workers against attacks on their working conditions.
Seafarers fight on
