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Strike ballot result
Total: 1.369 (95.1%) yes, 70 (4.9%) no.
RMT: 1,123 (98.3%) yes, 20 (1.7%) no.
TSSA: 127 (77%) yes, 38 (23%) no.
Unite: 119 (90%) yes, 12 (10%) no.

Nearly 3,000 Metronet workers have voted to strike, in a great display of determination to fight and a welcome show of unity...

Tubeworker has reported previously about the staffing levels crisis on the east end of the District line.

This really hit rock bottom on Saturday 4th August, when West Ham United played Roma and the station was left woefully understaffed.

Fights broke out in the ticket hall and on the westbound...

There is a useful article on workers’ control in Venezuela, explaining in detail the recent struggles of workers at bathroom manufacturer Sanitarios Maracay, as well as the difficulties they face.

Detrainment staff at the north end of the Bakerloo Line will strike on Tuesday 22nd August in protest against LUL attempts to impose lone working. Meetings between RMT and management came to nothing after one day’s strike action last month of detrainment workers and drivers on the northern end of...

It seems that we all continue to ignore the new Rule Books, preferring to stick to procedures that we know are safe. For instance, earlier this week, during the signal failure on the District line, a driver needed to do a Wrong Direction Move near Dagenham East - and naturally, needed the station...

The 2008 Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections are likely to offer little choice for working class people in London.

For mayor, there will be Ken Livingstone, who proved he'd turned his back on workers when he said that RMT members should cross picket lines - and he's supposed to be on our...

Management's plan to more-than-decimate our ticket offices continues apace. And there is a real mood amongst rank-and-file workers to fight back against it. Passengers too. A petition put together by staff at Boston Manor has already gathered more than 2,000 signatures. Repeat this across the...

Tubeworker has received this invitation, and will be popping along. See you there?

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Campaign for a fighting and democratic union [CFDU]

RMT members need a union which fights on our behalf and behaves in a democratic manner. To ensure this happens the London Underground Engineering Branch...

As management advertise for new CRAs, they will no doubt be expecting existing CRAs to coach the newcomers. But despite having agreed in principle to pay them a coaching allowance, they are dragging their feet about actually implementing it.

While the details of the allowance's introduction sit...