Some people seem to believe only our party can do X…I am not like that but I wanted to blog our support for the RMT, Tim Parker resigns in the face of the uprising!  Looking forward to more on this. Greens support RMT ‘full support’ for

To: FAO: All RMT Members of South West Trains Dear Colleagues, Just a short reminder that all members of RMT who will be attending Displacement Interviews following the Company's proposed cuts in jobs throughout SWT that you are entitled to be accompanied by an RMT Representative and do ensure...

Richard Cohen, in The Washington Post, is worrying for the future of the book and the book store. 'The book is warm. The book is handy. The book is handsome to the eye', and so forth; and Cohen loathes Amazon,...

John Denham MP has written to the Department for Transport regarding the future of the Coach Concessionary Travel Scheme. The Coach Concessionary Travel scheme provides half price coach travel for disabled people and those over 60 within England and Wales. Last year over 3 million journeys were made by passengers using the scheme on National Express coaches alone. Unfortunately the scheme will end...

Legal Services RMT provides a wide range of legal services for its members (subject to Rule for eligibility and legal assistance). For an initial enquiry, one of our freephone helplines should assist: RMT Freephone Helpline - 0800 376 3706 For advice on all work-related and union matters.The...

Don't believe the Evening Standard (except when it publishes letters from us knocking Boris Johnson). This is the RMT's case (from their website ) Stop throwing insults around and negotiate, RMT tells Tubel...

News that rail unions, RMT and TSSA, who between them have about 110000 members are starting talks about a possible future merger is very interesting, and any such move might also drag in the 18000 strong craft union, ASLEF,  to create a powerful new transport union. The history of the trade union movement has always featured a process of

I'm off to RMT's AGM (conference) today. I'm not sure what access I will get to the internet while I'm there, so will make no promises on blogging.In the meantime, my fellow RMT London Underground station and revenue staff reps and I last week launched our new website, RMT Platform. It is primarily aimed at our members, but I think other trade unionists and lefties should take a look too. It is al...

thanks to everyone who has bought my book so far - some of you said you would like to post reviews, and I look forward to receiving those. Now it's time to start shopping! I want one of these, a Sony digital book reader in silver. People have been sniffy about these things, but they are not an alternative to reading books on paper, they are something extra. I read a lot and I travel quite a l...

MPs are to face fresh embarrassment this week when the full cost of taxpayerfunded travel for their spouses and children is revealed for the first time.