News Strikes: Mail, rail and airline workers set for Christmas week walkouts The days before Christmas will see a wave of strike action with trains, post offices and airlines all… Emma Bean 19th December, 2016, 10:03 am
News Labour MPs speak out as wave of strikes hit trains, post offices and airlines Diane Abbott has defended workers’ right to strike as a series of stoppages got underway today and a… Peter Edwards 19th December, 2016, 9:13 am
Comment Aslef chief: Southern Rail franchise was failing but this dispute has been made worse by political interference ASLEF represents nearly all the train drivers in the UK, across every company. Our members are professionals who… Mick Whelan 16th December, 2016, 11:12 am
News Unions at war with Grayling as strike begins on one of Britain’s worst rail lines Labour is coming under increasing pressure after it refused to condemn the wave of strikes on one of… Emma Bean 13th December, 2016, 9:27 am
Comment Sam Tarry: Southern Rail fiasco tells us what “taking back control” should really mean – railways owned by the public Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary, has been summoned to the Commons to answer for his department’s role in… Sam Tarry 17th October, 2016, 8:30 am
Comment The biggest myth about May? That she has a plan to steal working class Labour votes Theresa May, it is claimed, has parked Tory tanks firmly on Labour’s lawn by sticking up for the working… Dan McCurry 14th October, 2016, 5:00 pm
News Calls for rail nationalisation following “gravy train” profits for Southern Rail Transport union chief Manuel Cortes has unleashed fresh calls for rail renationalisation following revelations the Southern Rail parent company… Sarah Pine 2nd September, 2016, 12:12 pm
News Corbyn pledges to nationalise “constantly failing” Southern Rail Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to nationalise Southern Rail in a bid to end “rip-off Britain” blighted by rising… Sarah Pine 3rd August, 2016, 9:44 am