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Stand Up to the Bosses' Clampdown!

In our workplaces, employers have ratcheted up persecution of workers. Their mechanisms include: ever-harsher sickness absence policies; petty discipline clampdowns; de-staffing and increased workload;...

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Boycott Israel?

Should workers and trade unionists show our support for the Palestinians by boycotting all Israeli goods? This discussion article suggests seven reasons why active solidarity is better than boycott,...

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Marxism at Work: What Caused the Crisis?

The roots of the current economic crisis lie in the capitalist system itself. Capital does not sit still. If you get a twenty quid shopping voucher for your birthday, it might sit in your wallet for a...

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Defend Catering Grades

TOCs are hitting out at catering, with the loss of buffets, services and jobs. East Coast has restructured catering, and few restaurant cars now remain. On National Express East Anglia, all restaurants...

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The Unions and the Slump

This article looks beyond the rail industry and surveys the unions’ response to the crisis.This article looks beyond the rail industry and surveys the unions’ response to the crisis.=====Publications:...

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Tube / TfL Dispute

London Underground and Transport for London workers struck for 48 hours from 9-11 June over pay, jobs and bullying.London Underground and Transport for London workers struck for 48 hours from 9-11 June...

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London Midland

London Midland conductors based at Bletchley, Northampton and Watford took eight days of strike action to demand the right to opt out of Sunday working, but while they forced the company to back off,...

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No2EU?

Off the Rails favours unions backing independent working-class challenges in elections - but No2EU was not such an initiative. It did not speak up for our class, and its main union backer was the RMT...

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Fighting and Winning

Eurostar cleaners - Heathrow ExpressEurostar cleaners at St Pancras International have been boycotting fingerprint booking-on machines since 6 May. RMT balloted them for ‘action short of strikes’ in...

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East Midlands Trains

Pre-emptive scabbing by some guards at Lincoln and a capitulatory text from the Norwich guards rep on the company mobile effectively sabotaged the strike action called by RMT for May 1st against East...

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London Overground

Earlier this year, staff on London Overground won an impressive victory, and beat the lie that you can not fight and win during a recession.Earlier this year, staff on London Overground won an...

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Holding Back the Tide

The recession is seeing railway employers wage full-scale attacks on workers, and a patchy resistance to these attacks.The recession is seeing railway employers wage full-scale attacks on workers, and...

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