Win a shedload of rare and fantastic Robb Johnson stuff and help the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund!

Submitted by Admin on 13 July, 2013 - 14:20

Folk/rock lefty singer-songwriter Robb Johnson has donated some really great prizes for a fundraising raffle. Tickets are £1 each, and you can buy them online by clicking the 'Donate' button on this page (add 'Robb Johnson Raffle' and your email address to the seller instruction box once the link has taken you to our PayPal page).

The Raffle will be held at Tolpuddle on Sunday 21st of July. Last online purchases must be made by 1200 noon on Friday 19th July.

We Can Fight Job Cuts & We Can Win

Submitted by Admin on 11 July, 2013 - 21:33

By John Reid London Transport Regional Council Secretary

The Evening Standard has reported that TfL plans hundreds of job losses on the Tube and London Overground. The Government has cut the grant to Tfl by 12.5%, £222million.
So the Evening Standard gets to discuss the cuts and changes in job descriptions, but management cannot sit around a table and discuss with your elected representatives.

RMT Pledge All Out Public, Political & Industrial Fight To Defend Guards Jobs On London Overground

Submitted by rmtlondon on 11 July, 2013 - 21:26

Rail union RMT today pledged an all-out political, public and industrial fight following the announcement from Transport for London (TfL) to introduce Driver Only Operation (DOO) on the whole of the London Overground network. At a meeting with the LOROL senior management held on Monday at Overground House, RMT demanded that the plans, would lead to the scrapping of the Guard grades and the implementation of DOO, be withdrawn.

Transport for London Cuts Protest at Greater London Assembly

From RMT General Secretary Bob Crow

Dear Colleagues,

Transport for London cuts –

Protest at Greater London Assembly at 9am on Wednesday 17 July
Transport for London is planning hundreds of job losses and extensive changes to contracts affecting workers on the Tube and on London Overground.

The details are currently unclear but as we know, TfL have already announced their intention to introduce Driver Only Operation throughout the whole LOROL network. Cuts are unacceptable, and we are pressing for TfL to halt its plans and to engage with us now.

Cleaners To Take a Fortnight Of Action For Workplace Justice

Submitted by rmtlondon on 11 July, 2013 - 01:28

TRANSPORT UNION RMT confirmed today that cleaners working for Churchill on the Tyne and Wear Metro will mount a serious escalation of their long running battle for pay and workplace justice when they begin two weeks of strike action this Friday, 12th July, in a move that coincides with the massive Durham Miners Gala in the region.

Union Campaign To Stop Closure Of Whitechapel Ticket Office Steps Up With Protest

Submitted by rmtlondon on 11 July, 2013 - 01:25

Join the protest at 8am on Monday

TUBE UNION RMT will hold a protest at Whitechapel station at 8am next Monday – 15th July – as the union steps up the campaign to defend ticket offices on London Underground from attempts by Mayor Boris Johnson to smuggle in ticket office closures through the back door – despite pledging to oppose closures before he was elected.