Aslef train drivers vote to back pay deal and end two-year standoff DfT offer will mean rise of almost 15% over three years after dispute between unions and 16 operators in England The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024
Reading the news, you’d think unions are about to ruin Britain. It’s because we’re finally making progress under Labour Angry rightwing commentators can rant and rave all they like – we won’t stop striving for a more equal society, says RMT leader Mick Lynch The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024
Tube drivers could strike over Halloween after rejecting TfL's £70,000 pay offer October half term travel could be impacted if drivers choose to strike over pay offer Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2024
'Crucial' for SNP to send transformative message from conference, trade unionists say IT is “crucial” that the SNP send a message to voters that it is committed to a transformative vision of a fairer Scotland, trade unionists… The National (Scotland) · Aug 29, 2024
Minister defends Aslef train drivers striking over conditions at LNER after pay rise offer A minister on Tuesday defended train drivers threatening fresh strike action after being offered a pay rise from the government. Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2024
Aslef train drivers reach deal that could end rail strikes after two years of chaos Last long-running dispute between unions and English train companies will be resolved if members back offer The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper staff back strike action in pay dispute SCOTRAIL workers and staff on the Caledonian Sleeper have voted in favour of a walk-out in an ongoing dispute over pay, the RMT union has said ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 8, 2024
‘Another one bites the dust’: the best UK election memes From PoliticsJoe to even Ryanair, Labour’s landslide win is being marked across social media The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Eurostar RMT members to vote on strike action ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics Union does not rule out strike to be held during the multi sport event in French capital Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
Avanti West Coast rail caterers to strike in row over working conditions The RMT union said its members will walk out on June 7. Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2024
Train operator Lumo plans new direct service from Greater Manchester to London FirstGroup submits application for alternative route between capital and Rochdale The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2024
Safety alert over 'unacceptable' shortage of fully trained Tube station staff RMT union made the alert following a report into a smoke incident at Clapham Common station last year Evening Standard · May 16, 2024
Only 40 LNER intercity rail services to run on Saturday as train drivers strike Almost three in four services between London, Edinburgh and York will be cut in Aslef members’ stoppage The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024
Commuters face fresh strike misery as London Underground and train drivers set to walk out Aslef revealed train drivers at 16 train companies will be taking “rolling one-day strikes” in a shock announcement in March Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 RMT backs independent candidate Jamie Driscoll for north-east mayor Union’s endorsement comes after Driscoll was barred from standing for Labour
Evening Standard · Feb 29, 2024 London Overground strikes planned for next week called off Strikes planned for the Overground on March 4 and 5 next week have been called off.
Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2024 Are the London Overground strikes cancelled? RMT union issues update RMT says next week’s London Overground strikes have been suspended after they received an ‘improved pay offer’
Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024 London Overground strikes by RMT staff next week called off Planned strikes next week by London Overground workers have been called off after a pay offer was improved, the RMT union announced.
Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024 Tube staff set for up to 10% pay rise as strike threat pays dividends Sadiq Khan found an ‘extra’ £30million for the salary boost at the 11th hour in early January
Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2024 Rail maintenance workers in London to strike over 6% pay increase offer Maintenance engineers will walk out for five days from January 27 at sites in Doncaster, Bounds Green in London and Craigentinny in Scotland.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024 ‘Free money!’ Avanti West Coast bosses caught joking about UK government handouts Firm regrets comments made in internal presentation slides, including managers calling performance payments ‘too good to be true’
The National (Scotland) · Jan 14, 2024 'It's a managed decline': Union fears trains are on track for further chaos STORM Gerrit, Storm Pia, Storm Henk and Storm Elin – just four of the recent weather “events” that have wreaked havoc on Scotland’s railways.
Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2024 OPINION - The Standard View: The price of Sadiq Khan's £30 million Tube strike payoff The last-minute ending of the Tube strike was unequivocally good news for London. But as this paper observed yesterday, the way in which it ended is altogether more problematic. Twenty minutes before the strike was due to start, Mayor Sadiq Khan miraculously found £30 million down the back of the…
Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2024 Tube strikes: Aslef drivers to be balloted on possible walkout amid Sadiq Khan 'money train' deal row Exclusive: Aslef to re-ballot its 2,000 members to enable it to retain power to call strike at fortnight’s notice
Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2024 Why have London Tube strikes been cancelled and what happens next? Plans for a week-long walkout by London underground workers are no longer going ahead