28 November 2018

"Horrendous" - Bristol's privatised buses

Bristol Socialist Party member Frankie Langeland called a protest after late and cancelled buses repeatedly made her seven-month-old baby miss bedtimes and even forced her to breastfeed by the side of the road.

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21 November 2018

Stop Nottingham Labour's cuts to disabled travel!

"We're making more cuts! You ain't seen nothing yet!" This was the comment of Graham Chapman, deputy leader of Nottingham's Labour council when asked about cuts to the disabled person's mobility card, which gives free bus and tram travel.

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21 November 2018

Arriva Rail North under pressure after nineteenth Saturday strike

RMT transport union members picketing Manchester Victoria train station on 10 November had an unusual visitor - and it wasn't Santa Claus. It was none other than David Brown, managing director of Arriva Rail North.

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21 November 2018

Them & Us

It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us.

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14 November 2018

Leeds meeting backs striking rail guards

It was standing room only as a packed meeting in Leeds supported the long-running dispute to maintain the safety-critical role of the guard on Arriva Rail North

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7 November 2018

Arriva Rail North strike hits 34 days of action

1,300 train guards across the north of England took their 34th day of strike action in defence of a safe, secure and accessible railway on 3 November.

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31 October 2018

Homelessness, Universal Credit misery, high rents, cramped flats, isolated estates...end the housing crisis!

Housing in Britain is in crisis. Bailiffs were called to a house in Hove on 26 October after the tenant - struggling to get by on Universal Credit - fell into rent arrears.

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31 October 2018

Driving London's buses - a laser in the eye and a boot up the bum!

Why are drivers involved in road traffic incidents often tired? Transport for London (TfL) could ask the real bus experts - the drivers!

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24 October 2018

Support RMT strikes against the elimination of guards on trains

Rail companies have undermined the safety of passengers

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17 October 2018

South Western rail workers launch five-day safety strike to save guards

Workers on South Western Railway are striking for five days from 23 to 27 October against management plans to remove the safety-critical role of the guard.

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10 October 2018

The Socialist Inbox

Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Varoufakis wrong on far right; GDPR at uni; street fighting; rail safety

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10 October 2018

South Western rail guards hit 18 strike days

Guards at South Western Railway struck for 48 hours on 5 October - their 17th and 18th strike days - in their ongoing battle to maintain their safety-critical role

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26 September 2018

Them & Us

It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us.

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26 September 2018

Private firms and toothless regulator to blame for trains chaos - nationalise rail now!

Britain's rail regulator admits it was asleep at the wheel in the run up to the May 2018 timetable change which resulted in chaos on vast swathes of Britain's railways.

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19 September 2018

Strikers ready to up the ante over rail safety

More coordinated strikes against removal of safety-critical train guards have taken place

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19 September 2018

Rail rip-off reversal

Rail firm Arriva Trains Wales has reversed a policy of charging customers 'commission' for returning lost property

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12 September 2018

Guards move closer to beating driver-only operation

Attempts to move to driver-only operation have been pushed back

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5 September 2018

Guards continue fight against driver-only operation

The struggle goes on to keep the safety-critical role of train guards.

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29 August 2018

Northern Rail guards continue fight against driver-only operation

Train guards in Newcastle, members of the RMT union, are participating in the ongoing battle against driver-only operation.

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22 August 2018

Nationalise rail! Tories out!

Staff and passengers are on same side: Beleaguered commuters learnt on 15 August that they will face yet another increase in rail fares from January.

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