Workers' Liberty

Tubeworker 4/11/07: Gun Crime - problems and solutions

04 Nov 2007

The new issue of Tubeworker looks at the rise in gun crime, criticising mainstream political non-solutions. It also calls for more action to save Tube ticket offices and resist LUL's plan to introduce agency staff, security guards and mobile supervision. Other workplace stories include the closure of the East London line, the oppressive regime on the East Ham group, and moves by Northern line cleaners to get organised. Click on the attached file to view, download and/or print it. Click here to read Tubeworker 's blog.

Tubeworker 21/10/07: Fight Casualisation

24 Oct 2007

As London Underground takes over some stations from private company Silverlink, it plans to bring in private security guards and agency staff, and to use mobile station supervisors to cover several stations. And as the unions belatedly wake up to this attack, Tubeworker calls for a determined fight to stop casualisation. Tubeworker also reports on the rail unions' non-assertion at the recent Labour Party conference. Workplace reports include the forthcoming Bakerloo line detrainment strike, the latest on the ticket office closures, and news for Tube cleaners. To view, download and print it...

Tubeworker 21/9/07: Scrap PPP!

21 Sep 2007

The new issue of Tubeworker assesses the very effective RMT strike on Metronet, and calls for the battle to now move on to action explicitly against PPP. We also look at the capitalist casino exposed by the Northern Rock crisis. Workplace reports include an oppressive new regime on the Piccadilly line, London Underground's postponement of its attacks on ticket offices, and last week's safety crisis on the Central line. And we ask: Is asbestos removal safe? Read, download and print it by clicking on the file attachment below. click here to read Tubeworker 's weblog.

Tubeworker 1/9/07 - All Out For Metronet Strike

02 Sep 2007

The new issue of Tubeworker - Workers' Liberty's bulletin for London Underground workers - calls for full support for the impending strike action on failed privateer Metronet and rubbishes Ken Livingstone's claims that he can sort it all out for us. It also takes a sober look at the current dispute about lone working for Bakerloo line detrainment staff, rounds up news from the campaign against ticket office closures and other workplace issues, and questions whether staff should be able to continue working full-time past the ordinary retirement age. Click on the file name below to download...

Tubeworker, 27 March 2007

28 Mar 2007

The new issue of Tubeworker (dated 27th March 2007) is out now. You can download page one here and page two here . Or you can read Tubeworker's blog for daily updates. Readers who visited before will have had problems. This was down to human error and has now been dealt with (cue evil laugh).

Tubeworker 10/02/06

11 Feb 2006

In the wake of the stations Shorter Working Week dispute, London Underground presses for harsher new procedures for discipline and for absences from work. Download pdf . Read Tubeworker's weblog for up-to-date reports..

Tubeworker: Signallers strike against job cuts

22 Dec 2004

Tubeworker 's seasonal issue discusses the forthcoming strike action by signallers, as well as action by drivers on the Piccadilly and District lines. Workplace reports include the successful campaign to reinstate a Station Assistant at Oxford Circus, and the ongoing fight against job cuts on London Underground's stations. You can read the text below, or download Tubeworker here . Signals Shorter Working Week: Strike to Stop These Attacks no to job cuts we demand: 35-hour week without strings! fight back with solid strike action As we write, the result of the RMT ballot of service control...

Tubeworker 4/12/04: Stand by to fight station job cuts

07 Dec 2004

While the press howls with outrage that London Underground station staff have won a shorter-hours deal which brings them 52 days' leave per year, the new issue of Tubeworker alerts readers to the other side of the deal, and urges them to fight the coming job cuts. It also calls on signallers to vote Yes to strike against a shorter-hours deal with even worse strings attached. Workplace reports include one local strike that has been called off, one that is still on, and yet another that may be coming up soon. You can read and download the front page here and the back page here .

Tubeworker 21/07/04

28 Aug 2004

The Tubeworker bulletin of 21/07/04 (download pdf here) reports on the pay and conditions campaign. "The week after the [29-30 June] strike there was a big reps’ meeting. Everyone was clear that if management do not significantly up their offer, we should strike again. Reps reflected the overwhelming feeling of pickets and branch meetings - step up the action and stop messing around with 24-hour stoppages. Then RMT head office said it would name more strikes if there was no progress by 16 July. That date has come and gone, and as we write, everything has gone quiet...."

All Out for a Better Deal!

23 Jun 2004

Tubeworker of June 2004 puts the case for strike action, urging unity, and pointing to a way forward. Workplace reports include victories for the unions on sick certificates and a depot canteen. You can read and download it here , and/or read the text of the front page article below. Well done to the RMT executive - it has put the strike action back on following the failure of talks with LUL and Network Rail management concerning this year's pay and conditions claim. The offer for LUL operational staff is a 3% pay rise followed by a further 0.5% in October in return for future 'flexibility and...