Workers need socialist Gordon Martin as RMT General Secretary
As the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ Union RMT holds elections for its new General Secretary, SSP national workplace organiser Richie Venton spoke to one of the ...
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ScotRail: Abellio bully boys try divide-and-rule
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 ...
IKEA face anger across UK, in unions, public and parliament
by Ken Ferguson, Editor, Scottish Socialist Voice · The battle to win reinstatement for Glasgow IKEA shop steward Richie Venton, and 100 per cent average wages for workers ...
Nationalise to save Springburn rail depot
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 ...
Time to nationalise the railways
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 ...
As SNP put NorthLink ferries out to tender, RMT pledge to continue nationalisation fight
by Gordon Martin, Scottish Regional Organiser, RMT • Following several months of will-they-or-won’t-they, the SNP Scottish Government delivered the news on Thursday 24 ...
RMT considers re-affiliating to Labour
by Colin Turbett • Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard reiterated his party’s recent commitment to bring ScotRail back into public hands at April’s STUC conference ...
Working class demands hold the key to progress in 2018
by Ken Ferguson • The hangover that greeted the dawn of 2018 wasn’t just down to too much Prosseco but based on the experiences of the events of the old year and the ...
Publicly owned railways: the surest way to end rip off fares
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 ...
RMT launches nationalise Northlink Ferries campaign
by Gordon Martin, Regional Organiser, RMT • Following on from RMT’s high profile and ultimately successful campaign to “Keep CalMac Public” the Union is now heavily ...
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