railway

ScotRail: Abellio bully boys try divide-and-rule

November 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · As the RMT union ballots 2,500 ScotRail workers for action in pursuit of an extremely reasonable pay claim, ScotRail bosses have come out all ...

Nationalise to save Springburn rail depot

March 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP workplace organiser · Workers at the historic railway depot in Springburn, Glasgow, are battling against its closure, with the loss of nearly 200 highly skilled jobs and 160 ...

Time to nationalise the railways

July 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Gordon Martin, Scottish Organiser, RMT • With the rail network across much of England in total meltdown due to the incompetence of various Train Operating Companies and the apparent dead hand of ...

Publicly owned railways: the surest way to end rip off fares

January 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Gordon Martin, RMT Regional Organiser • Along with activists from RMT branches, I was out on Wednesday 3 January distributing postcards to rail commuters making their way to work on the first ...

RMT: ‘keep the guard on the train’

May 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

by a ScotRail driver • The RMT union is balloting its ScotRail conductor members over Abellio’s refusal to rule out the extension of Driver Only Operation (DOO) on services currently worked by ...