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 talks go into fourth day as union bosses reject new pay deal May 31, 2015 Talks to prevent a national rail strike have been adjourned until Monday, in a dispute over pay that previously threatened a strike last Monday. Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary Mike Cash dubbed a new pay offer by Network Rail "unacceptable". The move meant that a new 24-hour strike is planned for Thursday [...]
Network Rail strike rescheduled as RMT union refuses pay offer May 28, 2015 THE RAIL strike is back on. Londoners may have avoided travel disruptions earlier this week when the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union called off a two-day strike over pay disputes, but yesterday the union said that more industrial action could be expected as soon as next week. RMT said that it would hold a 24-hour strike from [...]
Is the Network Rail train strike cancelled? TSSA suspends action as RMT mulls improved offer May 21, 2015 The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) has said it has suspended its planned bank holiday strike after receiving an improved offer from Network Rail bosses. However, as things stand, workers at the bigger RMT union – which has five times the number of members as TSSA – is still going ahead with the planned 24-hour [...]
UK national train strike: Unions begin fourth day of crisis talks as 24-hour rail walkout looms May 20, 2015 UPDATE: The RMT has followed the TSSA union in suspending strike action after an improved offer from Network Rail. Union representatives are returning for a fourth day at the bargaining table today after late-night mediation failed to avert a planned 24-hour rail strike. Network Rail and the unions RMT and TSSA are yet to find a compromise [...]
National rail strike: RMT suspend 24-hour Network Rail walkout planned for 4-5 June June 1, 2015 The national rail strike, scheduled to take place this week, has been suspended after unions and rail bosses negotiated a new pay deal. In a letter to members RMT general secretary Mick Cash said improvements to pay conditions "are enough to suspend the forthcoming industrial action". The action, due to take place over 24 hours [...]
Tube strike August 2015: London needs to call in retired drivers as a contingency plan to keep the capital running August 5, 2015 When the RMT leadership branded the mayor’s Night Tube plan as a “vanity project” that should be shelved, we reached a crunch point. The militant rail unions have inflicted misery on London commuters and have caused untold damage to the capital’s economy through disruptive strikes in recent years, the latest due this evening over the [...]
TfL Tube Strike: TSSA union accuses Boris Johnson of “engineering” Night Tube dispute and “playing politics” July 30, 2015 One of the unions representing Tube drivers who plan to strike next week has accused London mayor Boris Johnson of "engineering" the dispute and "playing politics" with the matter in the latest shot fired between the two warring sides. Tube workers will strike for 24 hours on 5 August over working hours on the soon-to-launch [...]
My modest proposal to make petty regulation unenforceable October 14, 2015 The people of the United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union are all beset by armies of bureaucrats enforcing stupid, pointless rules. By “stupid, pointless rules,” I don’t mean regulations that prevent smokestacks from belching noxious smoke or ensure that coal mine tunnels are safe, but thousands of regulations that are petty in themselves [...]
Network Rail issues legal challenge to strike ballot May 19, 2015 Network Rail yesterday issued a legal challenge to the TSSA union over its planned bank holiday strike, as talks to avert the 24-hour industrial action dragged on. The rail employer said it was issuing court proceedings against TSSA – which represents around 3,000 “white-collar” workers who would be on strike – to contest “numerous defects” [...]