Show threadPeter RileyFeb 10

@pasttense @workingclasshistory

https://janinebooth.com/issues-and-campaigns/trade-unions/rmt/

#LabourMovement #Railworkers #RMT #unions #workingclasshistory

RMT - Janine Booth

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (UK). I have been a member since 1997, and served on the union's national executive 2011-13.

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Peter RileyFeb 9

@pasttense @workingclasshistory

Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

https://notesfrombelow.org/article/lessons-for-unison-3

#FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

Lessons for Unison #3

by Janine Booth // Part 3: Bob Crow

Notes From Below
Peter RileyDec 14

“End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

https://fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-bonuses-for-18000-workers-900-apiece/

#AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers

"This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” said union leader Mark Wallace.

Fortune
General Strike NowDec 10
... general strike from 9 a.m. tomorrow," the union said. While the union had also called for the integration of high-speed rail services as part of ...#bonuspaynegotiations #compensationsystem #financeministrysteeringcommittee #governmentpledge #high-speedrailintegration #indefinitestrike #korearailroad #KoreaRailroadCorp #KoreanRailwayWorkersUnion #KTXservices #performancebonusesnormalization #performance-basedbonuses #publicinstitutionsmeeting #railworkers #safetymeasures #SRTservices #wagetalks #korea #southkorea #news #northkorea #thekoreatimes #koreatimes #koreatimes #koreannewsinenglish #seoul
Unionized rail workers to launch indefinite strike as wage talks break down - The Korea Times
Unionized rail workers to launch indefinite strike as wage talks break down

Unionized workers of Korea Railroad Corp. said Wednesday they will go on an indefinite strike starting Thursday after negotiations over bonus pay a...

The Korea Times
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Just to make sure my co-workers know what's under the uniform... #hungmale #bigdick #railworkers #uniform #publicboner #malescent #aimaleart
Peter RileyJan 7, 2025

8th Jan 2003 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10799/anti-war-train-drivers

Source:
Kevin Maguire “Anti-war drivers refuse to move arms freight.” Guardian. 9th January 2003. Accessed December 11, 2021, https://www.the guardian.com/uk/2003/jan/09/politics.military; Liam Turbett “The forgotten Story of How Scottish Train Drivers Tried to Derail the Iraq War.”

#antimilitarism #railworkers #traindrivers
#transportworkers #Labormovement #directaction #solidarity

Working Class History

Peter RileySep 16, 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-16/pneumoconiosis-black-lung-disease-testing-for-port-rail-workers/104318612

#blacklung #coal #fossilfuels #healthandsafety #Pneumoconiosis #labormovement #mineworkers & #transportworkers #railworkers #dockworkers #union

Port and rail workers call for expansion of free black lung disease testing program

Anyone who has worked in a coal mine is entitled to free black lung testing without a referral, but those who handle coal through the ports and rail network face a more arduous process.

ABC News
Jude JacksonAug 28, 2024

Socialist Equality Group meeting on #Wellington rail workers’ dispute calls for rank-and-file committee - World Socialist Web Site

#RailWorkers #RailWorkersStrike

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/28/jzdg-a28.html

Socialist Equality Group meeting on Wellington rail workers’ dispute calls for rank-and-file committee

The SEG in New Zealand held an online meeting to discuss the need for rail workers to form a rank-and-file committee, break from the union bureaucracy, and unite with workers internationally, following their rejection of a wage-cutting offer from Transdev and Hyundai Rotem.

World Socialist Web Site
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https://youtu.be/Ys1Pc0WtNfk

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Show threadPeter RileyAug 23, 2024

@npilon

Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers
https://labornotes.org/2024/08/canada-ends-lockout-rail-workers

Canadian rail workers who are Teamsters members were locked out because they refused to buckle to company demands for unsafe and inhumane scheduling. Photo: IBT Canada.

#railworkers #union #Teamsters #Canada
#lockout

Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers

UPDATE, August 22: The lockout was not even a day old when the government moved to end it with a back-to-work order and initiate binding arbitration. —Editors Ten thousand Canadian railroad workers were locked out early this morning after two sets of major contracts expired. Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) forced out locomotive engineers, conductors, and yard workers who are organized under the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.

Labor Notes