WCH E5: Workmates - organising with agency workers on London Underground
An interview with Andy Littlechild, a rail track charge hand and rail workers' union official, about Workmates: a fighting organisation of permanent and agency contract workers on London Underground in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Rail workers are striking for passenger rights but no-one’s talking about that
Submitted by QQ on Nov 9 2017 11:19
Train conductors, represented by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), are on their second day of coordinated strikes on multiple services.
Responding to Evening Standard bollocks on the tube strike
Submitted by Ed on Jul 8 2015 22:21
A commuter's rant about the (unsurprisingly) anti-worker coverage of the tube strike by the Evening Standard.
The 10 July public sector strike and going beyond formula
Submitted by Phil on Jul 9 2014 17:11
Tomorrow's coordinated strike by public sector workers looks set to be larger than the one on 30 Novermber 2011 that was billed as a public sector 'general strike.' But what does that mean, and are we in any better position now, industrially, than we were then?
A sideways look: Bob Crow
Submitted by svartfrosk on Apr 15 2014 23:22
A look at the recently deceased union leader, Bob Crow.
Workers: expect more tube strikes
Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 27 2014 09:55
Some Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members are starting to prepare for further strike action on the London Underground (LU) after the second of two planned 48-hour strikes was called off earlier in the month following what was described as a last-minute deal.
Tube strikes: first round of five days' strike action begins
Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 11 2014 10:49
Thousands of London Underground workers set to take part in a second 48-hour strike over proposed cuts which include closing every Tube ticket office in London, with another 72-hour strike planned for next week.
The North Sea 3. Coal, oil and after
Submitted by wojtek on Sep 15 2013 12:17
The third part of an interview with Neil Rothnie about North Sea oil workers’organisation.
Steve Hedley: not “cleared of domestic violence” with a case still to answer - Andy Littlechild
Submitted by libcom on Apr 9 2013 15:13
Steve Hedley was not cleared of domestic violence and still has a case to answer according to the RMT rep representing his former partner in her complaint of physical, emotional and verbal abuse.
An injury to one – fighting the victimisation of workplace organisers
Submitted by Phil on Mar 11 2013 20:45
Victimisation, by bosses and the state, of those who try to organise in the workplace is nothing new. But recently a spate of high profile cases have focused wider attention on the issue.
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