Southern Rail engineers to go on five-day strike July 3, 2015 Engineers working for Southern Rail are planning to stage a five day strike from 12th July, RMT has confirmed. The action has been scheduled to start at 4:59pm on Sunday 12th July and will run until the same time on Friday 17th July. Members have also been instructed not to work any overtime between [...]
RMT union confirms dates of July London Underground Tube drivers’ strike July 1, 2015 The RMT union today confirmed the dates of its next strike for drivers on the London Underground, which will run between 6.30pm on 8 July and 6.30pm on 9 July. Workers belonging to the RMT and TSSA unions voted "overwhelmingly" in favour of strike action yesterday, after a dispute about a 24-hour weekend Tube service, [...]
RMT and TSSA workers vote to strike over Night Tube June 30, 2015 Workers for transport unions RMT and TSSA have voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of strike action over the Night Tube. Nearly 92 per cent of members voted in favour of strike action over both London Underground pay and the transition to running the Tube night. Some 96.5 per cent voted for action short of a [...]
Taxi protest shuts down more London roads as black cab drivers block TfL office over Uber regulation June 30, 2015 It's becoming something of a familiar site: yet another taxi protest has brought London streets to a standstill. Yet again the black cab drivers are protesting outside TfL's offices, meaning that areas around from Blackfriars Bridge, stretching as far as Waterloo, are jammed. https://twitter.com/AndrewNickolls/status/615881341821931520 Cabbies are demonstrating against what they see as [...]
Brexit: Union RMT to campaign for a Brexit from “pro-austerity, anti-worker EU” June 25, 2015 The transport union RMT will campaign for a Brexit from “pro-austerity, anti-worker” European Union (EU) after a vote at its AGM. Read more: Treaty change may not come before EU membership referendum David Cameron admits The group has long been opposed to the UK’s membership of the EU, and says the vote merely reaffirms its [...]
UK national rail strike: Threat averted as Network Rail and unions reach pay deal June 24, 2015 The threat of a strike that would have brought Britain's entire train network grinding to a standstill has been averted after a pay deal was reached. Network Rail and the unions have agreed a two-year deal that includes a two per cent pay rise for staff this year and a pay rise in line with [...]
TfL publishes new Night Tube map amid union threats to strike June 21, 2015 (Source: TfL) With 24-hour tube services set to go into effect in the autumn, Transport for London (TfL) has published a new Night Tube map. The new map shows Londoners which underground lines will operate through the night on Fridays and Saturdays when the extended services launch on 12 September. The Central, [...]
London facing travel misery as unions hit out over Night Tube service with 24-hour strike June 18, 2015 Londoners face the threat of a summer of travel chaos as unions fight a long list of industrial grievances. London Underground drivers belonging to the Aslef union have voted for a 24-hour strike from 8 July over the introduction of a new Night Tube service at weekends. Around 80 per cent of drivers belong to [...]
RMT union members balloting over First Great Western train strike June 15, 2015 Rail workers union RMT has issued a ballot on potential strike action following a dispute with First Great Western bosses. Read more: RMT is balloting London Underground members over a new strike The ballot for strike action and action short of a strike for all First Great Western members is underway over what the union describes [...]
DLR contractors are going on a 48-hour strike next week June 5, 2015 Contractors working on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) will go on strike this coming Monday for 48 hours over what the unions call an “assualt on pay and working conditions”. More than 80 per cent of DLR RMT members voted for action against the “notorious anti-union facilities company Interserve”. RMT said there were [...]