The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival on Sunday 14 July 2010 saw more trade unionists attending than ever. See pictures of the banners, read the report, click here.
The Guardian: 26 August 2010 By Dan Milmo
Senior executives at Network Rail are at loggerheads with the organisation's chairman, despite an internal investigation that has cleared the chief executive, Iain Coucher, of allegations that he abused his position at the expense of taxpayers.
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Morning Star: 26 August 2010 by Will Stone
Britain is set to be taken to the cleaners by a plague of companies raking in money as a direct result of government cuts, economists have warned.
ITF: 11 August 2010
There is a great responsibility on the ITF and its affiliated unions to defend transport workers in difficult times, using our collective resources as effectively as possible, delegates were told in the Strong Unions – Sustainable Transport debate at Congress.
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BEP: 13th August 2010 By marc rath
Passenger numbers on the Severn Beach railway line jumped by almost 17 per cent last year.
Continue reading "100,000 extra journeys made on Severn Beach railway in last year" »
BBC: 13 August 2010
A runaway train went through six stops on a 13-minute journey on London's Tube with other trains having to be cleared out of its path.
Continue reading "Runaway train on London Tube's Northern Line" »
Daily Mail: 16th August 2010 By Paul Bentley
Rail passengers face the biggest rise in ticket prices since the industry was privatised in the mid 1990s after the Government refused to rule out higher-than-usual fare increases.
The Telegraph: 07 Aug 2010 By Angela Monaghan
BCC tells Transport Secretary to avoid "hasty and ill-conceived cuts" or risk putting economic growth at risk.
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UKPA: 4 August 2010
Union leaders have raised the threat of industrial action in the railway industry unless urgent assurances are given on safety in the wake of the inquest into the Potters Bar train crash.
BBC: 8th August 2010
Trains in and out of Reading station were badly affected on Friday Rail authorities say they will be stepping up their efforts to stop thefts after thousands of passengers were delayed on Friday.
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BEP: 07 August 2010
Bristol City Council is inviting bus companies to bid to run every single journey it helps pay for – in a move that could end First's dominance.
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BEP: August 04, 2010
BRISTOL City Council should know whether it can swap bendy buses for a light tram system by the autumn.
Continue reading "City could swap bendy buses for a new Ultra Light Rail system" »
The Telegraph: 06 Aug 2010 By Louisa Peacock
Rick Haythornthwaite, the Network Rail chairman, has vowed to investigate claims that the company's outgoing chief executive Iain Coucher enjoyed "lavish pay and perks" at the taxpayer's expense.
Morning Star: 04 August 2010
If you need evidence that, as this newspaper has been claiming since the election, the Con-Dem coalition is conducting an overt class-war offensive against working people, you don't have to look much further than its emerging social housing policies.
UKPA: Aug 2 2010
Unions will be urged to organise national days of protest and co-ordinated industrial action against the Government's public spending cuts during the TUC's annual conference next month.
Reuters: Aug 1, 2010
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has agreed to join Morgan Stanley and private equity group 3i in a bid for the high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel, Abu Dhabi's National newspaper said.
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Morning Star: 01 August 2010by Lizzie Cocker
Network Rail bosses who oversaw the fatal maintenance regime which led to the Potters Bar crash should be stripped of their "grotesque" bonuses, transport union RMT has said.
Continue reading "Call for death rail chiefs to lose bonuses" »
The Independant: 31 July 2010 By Kevin Rawlinson
Seven people died in the Potters Bar rail crash as a result of a points failure caused by track inspection and maintenance failures, an inquest jury concluded yesterday.
Continue reading "Potters Bar rail crash could be repeated, says coroner" »
BEP: July 29, 2010
A FIRM that operates Europe's biggest wine warehouse says it is taking thousands of lorries off Bristol's road network every year thanks to a newly reopened rail link.
Continue reading "Rail link to wine store cuts lorry congestion" »
Morning Star: 22nd July 2010 by Louise Nousratpour
Rail union RMT has branded the Con-Dem government's plans for longer rail franchises a "one-way ticket to the bank" for failed private train operators.
Continue reading "RMT sees through new plans for rail privateers" »
Morning Star; 13 July 2010by Paul Haste
Furious rail workers have begun legal action to fight for millions of pounds in unpaid wages. The money is owed to more than 1,000 engineering workers sacked after an engineering firm collapsed.
Morning Star: 13 July 2010 by Roger Bagley
Miners' MP Dennis Skinner bitterly condemned the "outrageous" invitation to Prime Minister David Cameron to speak at September's TUC Congress.
Continue reading "Miners' champion Skinner joins TUC outcry" »
BEP: July 13, 2010
At a recent meeting, Bristol City Council went ahead with a £48 million bendy bus scheme despite Government warnings that the money may not be there. You could understand if the money was for the reopening of the Portishead rail line to passengers. But a bendy bus? It is not worth taking the risk.
Continue reading "It beggars belief the council is ignoring rail" »
The Telegraph: 05 Jul 2010
Trade Unions have accused the Government of ''declaring war'' by considering tightening up laws on strike ballots.
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ITF: 8 July 2010
Low paid workers in the UK working on London’s underground network have won fairer pay thanks to a long campaign by an ITF-affiliated union.
Continue reading "Victory for low paid UK transport workers" »
BEP: 9th July 2010
A £30 MILLION passenger rail link between Portishead and Bristol has been put back years because of public spending cuts.
Lille - 13 April 2010
