Tag: RMT
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If you’re not a big rally person be a local picket person
And what to do if you too want to fight back against government-induced austerity but you can’t do either of those things. Thursday and Saturday were both RMT strike days. There are still people working on our railways who are campaigning to reach a basic living wage… …whilst the railway execs continue to get ridiculously…
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What do we want…?
Today, 1st February 2023, the NEU teachers join in the #CostOfLivingCrisis wave of strikes, and this morning in Hastings, all the trade unions and other groups who answered the call #HastingsDemandsBetter gathered in support. Himself and I looked in at Hastings Station, where there was an ASLEF picket line, passed the government buildings where the…
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What defines our country
We went to a TUC rally in support of the RCN at our local hospital this morning. Yesterday, I was at a hospital a long way away (because our NHS services are stretched out all over the region, now). I sat watching a tired nurse, trying to hold onto too many pieces of (metaphorical) string,…
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The RMT cleaners’ dispute has gone national!
This is really good news for ALL of us. Read on to find out why… It’s not easy to find the determination to turn up and stand on a picket line in the rain, especially right after Christmas but the RMT train cleaners managed it up and down the country today, as their part in…
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What are governments for?
We had a solidarity gathering at Hastings Station – for – well, do you remember them? “They” are our essential workers. “They” are, essentially, us. But, since more and more trade unions have announced industrial action due to the neglect and underpayment of essential workers, the newspapers and our government have been trying to tell…
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I’ve voted Tory all my life…
… said a man who took a leaflet about the strikes the other day. On the RMT picket line this morning, we were discussing the mainstream media, how at best, they do “BBC balance”, showing you one person who does, and one who doesn’t, support the workers’ actions to force the government to do something…
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Ha ha! Here’s proof the left are far-right!
If I was going to be really bitchy… well alright, I am going to be a bit wicked. Here’s why… Some years ago now, a group of trade unionist women got together to deal with the blatantly obvious clash between Stonewall’s advocacy of sex self-ID and women’s legal rights. (I think now everyone’s seen what’s…
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Early morning picket line
Having a busy day on, I decided to visit today’s RMT picket in Hastings before I got started — of course, 7.30 in the morning isn’t particularly early to most of our key workers. On the way to the station, I noticed some newly decorated lamp posts… … don’t forget, the strikes and demos you…
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Are you still demanding better?
Please don’t stop demanding better! Whilst the mainstream news outlets think we’re really interested in watching the Conservative Party choose which member of the government that has been driving the cost-of-living crisis should be Prime Minister next… …we are busy demanding better. Please don’t stop. I went down to Hastings Station today to talk to…
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Find the human – then find some more humans
Avanti Lentemente (forward, slowly) This is the story of a train ticket. It is quite long but it contains a big welfare issue (actually, the biggest welfare issue) and a potential time-saver (actually, a life saver) for humans everywhere. One day back in June, I turned up at Penrith station with the intention of getting…
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