Action over pay on the Tube
21 October 2024
Transport unions Aslef and RMT are planning strikes over pay for their members on London Underground. In separate disputes both will be taking action in early November.
Transport
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Engineering - Alstom Derby at risk
Britain’s only train factory able to design, engineer, build and test new trains, the Alstom plant at Litchurch Lane, Derby, is once again at risk, with no confirmed workload beyond next March.
Ticket office victory
2 November 2023
The government has scrapped plans to close rail ticket offices in the face of overwhelming opposition from rail workers and passengers – a victory for people power.
Modern transport: for workers, for industry
Tuesday 5 December 2023 19:00
Transport binds a nation, moving people and goods around. Our infrastructure needs modernising. What can workers do about this?
Come and discuss. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation
Sign of the times – people care: a reader writes
8 September 2023
We received this letter from a Workers reader in east London about a recent shopping trip. Although it was a novel experience, this may be happening around Britain more often than we realise. The challenge is how not let this go to waste – to act and not just grumble.
Manchester - New offer for tram drivers [print version]
Tram drivers at Manchester Metrolink have won an improved pay offer from the company following planned strike action.
Manchester tram drivers gain improved pay offer
8 June 2023
Manchester tram drivers are balloting on an improved pay offer. Their threatened strike action is on hold.
Britain needs better transport - much better
A report from the TUC and transport unions calls for a massive increase in investment and financial support for public transport outside of London – rail, tram and bus…
Woolwich Ferry workers steam to big victory
30 March 2023
Workers on the Woolwich ferry services across the River Thames have won a hard-fought victory in a struggle which started with the now discredited Briggs Marine, and continued with Transport for London when it took over in January 2021.
Government delays key rail and road projects
14 March 2023
Transport secretary Mark Harper has announced delays to much needed transport projects. His plans have attracted criticism from industry and unions.
Transport in the North - what's to be done?
Monday 27 March 2023 19:30
Monday 27 March, 7.30pm
Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE
Promises of improvement to rail, bus and other transport in northern England have been legion. The reality is decline. Only workers can change that. Come and share your thoughts.
All welcome. Free entry.
Bus services in England slashed [updated]
Massive cuts in bus services across England are under way as the government cuts financial support. This is deliberate and avoidable government policy.
Red Funnel workers in dispute
15 August 2022
Ferry Workers on Red Funnel Isle of Wight routes are fighting for better pay with a series strikes throughout August.
Public transport: the battle unfolds
There is surely now no doubt about the government’s hatred of public transport and the highly unionised workers that provide Britain’s train, bus and tram services…
The Elizabeth Line: a British working class achievement [updated]
23 May 2022
The opening of the Elizabeth Line this week is a great achievement, to be celebrated despite delays.
The future of the rail industry
Tuesday 7 June 2022 19:00
The government is driving an agenda of service cuts even as passenger numbers recover from the Covid-19 slump. How will rail workers and rail users defend services?
For an invitation, email info@cpbml.org.uk.
Plenty of time for gimmicks
Rail use is currently around 80 per cent of pre-Covid levels, but it is expected to recover and grow further in time.
Public transport in crisis as buses take a hit
The government says Covid-19 is to blame for the disaster engulfing public transport. That's a lie. Its own policies are responsible for the carnage that commuters and travellers see all around them...
RMT fights government assault on London Transport
5 March 2022
With staff facing the prospect of job cuts along with a degraded pension provision as part of a wider attack on working conditions, over 10,000 RMT London Underground members in all grades took strike action on 1 and 3 March.
South Yorkshire bus workers win big pay rises
15 January 2022
More than 560 Stagecoach bus workers in South Yorkshire have won a 10.7 per cent pay increase from May after walking out on indefinite strike following the company’s refusal to improve its pay offer.
Battle for London's transport [print version]
London Transport union RMT has begun balloting over 10,000 members across all grades after Transport for London (TfL) refused to give assurances on jobs, pensions and working conditions...
London Transport: the big battle begins
15 December 2021
London Transport union RMT has begun balloting over 10,000 members after Transport for London refused to give assurances on jobs, pensions and conditions in the midst of an ongoing financial crisis driven by central government.
Save the capital's transport!
15 December 2021
The planned government assault on the London’s transport system demands above all a collective response, and not just from transport unions.
Caution on public transport funding
1 November 2021
Extra funds to improve public transport are welcome, but government spending may not reach the right places .
Union and employers attack relaxation of restrictions on foreign hauliers
17 October 2021
The government is to allow foreign HGV drivers entering the country with a load from abroad unlimited licence to spend two weeks collecting and delivering goods before they return.
Walkout at Stagecoach South West averted as union receives new offer
17 October 2021
The RMT has announced that action on Stagecoach buses in the South West has been suspended while members consider a revised offer made in last-ditch talks.
London on the front line in fight for public transport
The government’s attitude to supporting public transport in the capital doesn’t just spell trouble for Londoners. Workers across Britain should heed this warning and unite in opposition against the threat to TfL…
HGV drivers: Why the shortage?
The Road Haulage Association has reported that there are currently 70,000 vacancies for HGV drivers, a shortage of “catastrophic proportions”. There’s a simple remedy…
Workers want cleaner air -- but not Birmingham ULEZ scheme
11 June 2021
Charges of £8 a day for drivers of highly polluting vehicles in Birmingham's Ultra Low Emission Zone are to be enforced from Monday 14 June. The zone includes some of Birmingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods.
Bus drivers win victory over ‘fire and rehire’ [updated]
18 May 2021
Manchester bus drivers, members of the union Unite, working for Go North West have defeated a plan by the company to fire and rehire them on worse pay and conditions, ending a strike that began at the end of February.