Aslef
900 strike at South West Trains
900 workers at South West Trains walk out in a row over management scabbing.
The workers at South West Trains (SWT) walked out at midnight for a 24 hour strike over management scabbing during previous industrial action, when managers drove trains. The striking workers are mostly members of Aslef, with some RMT drivers also involved.
Rail workers may strike across the UK
Rail workers across the entire national network are preparing to strike over increases to employee pension contributions.
If the strike goes ahead it will be the first national shutdown of the rail network since 1926, involving tens of thousands of workers in every train operator, network rail and maintenance companies.
Tube workers vote for further strikes
Following a vote 6-1 in favour of industrial action on Thursday, the RMT union has announced two 24 hour strikes, on the 21st February and 2nd March.
This action will be co-ordinated with ASLEF, whose members voted for the same action in a separate ballot today.
Workers backed action over issues that include policy on signals passed at danger (Spads), health and safety, bargaining arrangements, harassment, discipline, denial of representation rights and imposition of excessive punishments.
Tube strike update: new offer criticised
RMT and ASLEF arrange joint ballot over health and safety, harrassment and breached agreements.
Bob Crow announced new offer yesterday before members or union organisers knew anything about it.
Second tube union to ballot for strike action
Over 2,000 ASLEF members employed by London Underground could be set to join RMT members on the picket lines as the union begins a strike ballot.
Half of LU's drivers are ASLEF members, and joint action would threaten a complete shutdown of the tube network - a marked difference from the strikes of RMT station staff on the 1 and 9 January.
The ASLEF press release stated:
P-P-Privatising the underground, and 'opposition'
As London Underground (LU) workers strike once again, Daniel O’Rourke looks at Labour’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme which is largely behind the recent problems
New year's eve strike account here:
http://libcom.org/news/article.php/underground-new-year-strike-04012006
