Mick Lynch alerts London Mayor to tube safety concerns
Mick Lynch has expressed ‘deep concern’ regarding unsafe staffing levels on London Underground.
Trade Unions
RMT’s Eddie Dempsey interview: ‘If they stop us on the picket lines we’ll take it on the streets’
‘This government is seeking to pacify the British public. They want to criminalise dissent against poverty.’
Poll reveals majority of public support teachers’ strike
Despite government attacks on striking workers, latest poll reveals public majority support teachers taking strike action.
Mick Lynch round up: best moments of the week
The union general secretary’s comments on the government’s new anti-striking laws were described as ‘73 seconds of pure gold.’
Offices of Tory MPs to be targeted in protests over anti-strike law
The protests are being coordinated by Enough is Enough
Strike dates: Universities to be shut down for 18 days in February and March
UCU members will walk out in a long running dispute over pay, conditions and pensions
Unions plan ‘day of action’ to fight for the right to strike
Trade unions to hold national ‘protect the right to strike’ day as anger over the government’s anti-strike bill escalates.
Unions call out ‘mistruths’ over ambulance minimum service levels
Union representatives label Grant Shapps claim that ambulance minimum safety levels were not being met on strike days as ‘seriously misleading’.
The biggest ambulance strike so far as thousands of workers walk out over pay and conditions
25,000 ambulance workers represented by the unions GMB and UNISON will go on strike over a 24-hour period in response to low pay and indecent working conditions.
Unions launch campaign to protect right to strike against anti-strike laws
‘Strike Map, who launched the campaign, announced yesterday that within a few hours, representatives for over 50,000 workers had already signed the letter supporting the right to strike.’